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Georgetown Professor Debuts Performance Honoring GU272+ at Library of Congress

Georgetown Professor Debuts Performance Honoring GU272+ at Library of Congress

By Nick Cohen November 19, 2021

A song honoring the 314 enslaved people sold by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus made its international debut Nov. 5 at a Library of Congress event. Written over the past three years,...

Georgetown Community Challenges School Colors’ Confederate Ties

Georgetown Community Challenges School Colors’ Confederate Ties

By Sydney Raymond October 15, 2021

As Georgetown University track and field runner Malachi Quarles (COL ’23) puts on his uniform before a competition, he feels conflicted. His uniform is blue and gray, Georgetown’s school colors.  When...

HOOD: Address Environmental Racism

HOOD: Address Environmental Racism

By Erin Hood April 29, 2021

On the edge of the Mississippi River, just outside of Baton Rouge, La., a county called Iberville Parish lies in a haze of thick pollution. Because the county is part of Louisiana’s so-called Cancer...

GU272 Descendant Takes the Stage To Share Family History

GU272 Descendant Takes the Stage To Share Family History

By Grace Buono April 22, 2021

In 2017, at the age of 63, Mélisande Short-Colomb began unpacking her belongings into the Copley Hall suite that would become her home for the next two years. Looking out of her dorm room window, she...

Descendants of Jesuit Enslavement Voice Opposition to New Reconciliation Fund

Descendants of Jesuit Enslavement Voice Opposition to New Reconciliation Fund

By Liana Hardy April 16, 2021

Descendants of the GU272 and other people enslaved by Maryland Jesuits voiced concerns about a newly established racial reconciliation foundation receiving funding from Georgetown University in a town...

GU272 Descendant Leaders, Georgetown Officials Establish New Foundation Dedicated to Funding Racial Reconciliation Projects

GU272 Descendant Leaders, Georgetown Officials Establish New Foundation Dedicated to Funding Racial Reconciliation Projects

By Liana Hardy March 25, 2021

Georgetown University has contributed funding to a new foundation that will fund racial healing programs and award scholarships to descendants of the 272 enslaved people sold to keep Georgetown open in...

EDITORIAL: Vote Blass, Sanchez

EDITORIAL: Vote Blass, Sanchez

By The Editorial Board February 25, 2021

As we approach the one-year mark of Georgetown University’s shift to a virtual learning environment, it is clearer than ever that the leaders of the Georgetown University Student Association must connect...

EDITORIAL: Pressure Administration on GU272

EDITORIAL: Pressure Administration on GU272

By The Editorial Board February 19, 2021

Georgetown University must follow through on its commitment to atone for its history with slavery, and students should direct new energy toward GU272 advocacy at Georgetown. The GU272 referendum —...

AMBER GILLETTE/THE HOYA | The GU272 referendum, which passed with 66 percent of students voting in favor of a reconciliation fee, awaits university approval.

Georgetown Students Renew Push for Reconciliation Fee as University Commemorates Juneteenth

By Liana Hardy, Moira Ritter, and Kelly Anderson June 24, 2020

Georgetown University student activists have renewed their effort to implement a reconciliation fee for descendants of the GU272 as the university commemorated its first official Juneteenth observance.  University...

VIEWPOINT: Mandate Reparations for GU272

VIEWPOINT: Mandate Reparations for GU272

By Blake Hite February 7, 2020

With the words of Martin Luther King Jr. before me, I am reminded that evil often succeeds when “moderates” do nothing. Indeed, the graduate student body has been content with a moderate role, one...

EDITORIAL: Improve GU272 Initiative

EDITORIAL: Improve GU272 Initiative

By Editorial Board November 8, 2019

Last week, Georgetown University announced an initiative to collaborate with descendant communities to support community-based projects to benefit descendants of the GU272, the 272 enslaved people sold...

VIEWPOINT: Engage Graduate Student Voices in GU272 Initiative

VIEWPOINT: Engage Graduate Student Voices in GU272 Initiative

By Lewis May November 8, 2019

Graduate Students Need Seat at the Table for Discussions Around Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation.  Prior to applying to Georgetown University in 2018, one of my first experiences with the university...

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