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Georgetown Launches Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies

Georgetown Launches Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies

By Emily Han March 25, 2023

Georgetown announced March 17 the formation of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies (CSSL), an academic initiative for research and interdisciplinary work to strengthen the community’s...

The GU272 Referendum: A History Through 2021

By Adora Zheng December 7, 2021

Following years of activism by Georgetown University community members and descendants of the GU272, the 314 enslaved people sold by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus in 1838 to financially...

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...

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 —...

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...

GU Announces New Reconciliation Initiative, Will Not Enact Student Fee

GU Announces New Reconciliation Initiative, Will Not Enact Student Fee

By Myroslav November 1, 2019

Georgetown University will launch an initiative supporting community-based projects with GU272 descendants after a student referendum in April voted in favor of a reconciliation fund to benefit the descendants. The...

VIEWPOINT: Changing Perceptions on the GU272 Referendum

By Javon Price April 23, 2019

On April 11, the Georgetown University undergraduate student body overwhelmingly voted “yes” to the referendum, establishing a board of trustees to “directly better the lives of the descendants of...

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

Students Endorse Reconciliation Fee in GU272 Referendum

By Deepika Jonnalagadda April 12, 2019

Students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum to establish a semesterly fee that would go toward a fund to benefit descendants of the GU272 on Thursday night with the highest turnout in recorded...

FILE PHOTO: KARLA LEYJA/THE HOYA | The GU272 Advocacy Team, an on-campus group of students that advocates for descendants, many of whom live in Maringouin, La., has hosted events to educate students and encourage them to vote in the weeks leading up to the April 11 referendum.

Historic GU272 Referendum Set for Thursday Vote

By Moira Ritter April 5, 2019

Undergraduate students are set to vote next Thursday on a referendum to create a semesterly fee that would go toward a fund to benefit descendants of the GU272. Students will vote on whether to include...

EDITORIAL: Form Descendant-Led Foundation

By Editorial Board February 9, 2018

Georgetown University would have folded if not for the sale of 272 slaves in 1838. Today, the university must take extraordinary steps to grapple with its past. The university was kept financially afloat...

DILLON: Musings on Reconciliation

DILLON: Musings on Reconciliation

By Raymond W. Dillon Jr. January 24, 2018

Rereading the news headline, “Georgetown Apologizes, Renames Halls After Slaves,” I must admit that my brain felt bruised with numb surprise. The story that followed those six words shredded my view...

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