Student Advocacy Info.

RESOURCE HUB FOR BRYN MAWR’S HISTORY OF STUDENT RESISTANCE & PUBLIC ARCHIVES ON BMC STRIKES
Photo of hand with the following writing "I shouldn't have to question if I belong here" "I will not be silenced"
Bryn Mawr student advocates for their belonging and voice when: “in September, two Bryn Mawr students hung up a Confederate flag in a public area of the Radnor Hall dormitory and used neon duct tape to symbolize the Mason-Dixon line on the carpet.”
Table of Contents:
Student Organizing
2020 Strike
Community-made Archives
Continuing Advocacy

STUDENT ORGANIZING

THE BRYN MAWR STRIKE COLLECTIVE
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Students* organized the Bryn Mawr Strike Collective in 2020 “to dismantle systemic oppression in the Bryn Mawr community”
STILL ACTIVE: THE BLACK STUDENT LIBERATORY COALITION
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BMC BSLC publish the labor, challenges, and successes that went into striking alongside continuing active work in events for black recognition and community on campus

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Student-Organizing in practice

Bryn Mawr Strike Collective linktr.ee

2020 STRIKE

here find recordings and documents relevant to the organization and archiving of the 2020 strike
town hall meeting recording
recording of the 11/13/20 town hall meeting

 

Town Hall Chat Transcript Here

Demand Lists

Final Strike Collective Demands

 

taylor hall sit in recording
recording of a taylor hall sit-in, posted 11/11/20

Various Demand Doc Versions

 

Meeting Notes

Notes from various meetings from 11/5/20-11/19/20

 

 

sit in recording 11/6
recording of the 11/6/20 sit-in

 

President Cassidy Emails to All-Campus

Emails from Bryn Mawr’s president in 2020 concerning the Strike, from 11/3/20-11/16/20

 

 

COMMUNITY-MADE ARCHIVES

Educational Resource: Interactive Timeline

Access additional resources for citations included in the timeline
CONTINUING HISTORY
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A Year After The Strike: A Student Art Exhibit Reflecting on, Memorializing, and Continuing the Work of the Fall 2020 Bryn Mawr Strike
BRYN MAWR HISTORY: THE SILENCING OF BIPOC VOICES
Bryn Mawr History- the silencing of BIPOC voices logo
A Bryn Mawr alumn, Amel, created this digital resource to provide context to Striking at Bryn Mawr
WHO BUILT BRYN MAWR?
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Who Built Bryn Mawr links campus in the 1960s to the present, inviting you to question who built the Bryn Mawr we experience today.

Explore further with “WHY BUILD BRYN MAWR”

CONTINUING ADVOCACY

Template Resources

email templates

response & sign up forms

shareable BMC Strike Resources

Working & active orgs for student advocacy

access services committee

bi-co mutual aid

Student Advocacy Archiving: To be continued
-Guide to research BMC Student Resistance
-Further transcribing of 2020 Strike recordings