Inside BFSA
Your information source for BFSA - June 2020
Black. Lives. Have. Always Mattered.
Powerful response to George Floyd's death
The networks will not merely be observing a moment of silence. They will air a devastatingly visceral visual and auditory representation of Floyd’s pain, with the sound of natural breath punctuating the words “I can’t breathe” responding in rhythm with the breath.
Floyd pled for his life by saying “I can’t breathe.”
ViacomCBS’s entertainment and youth brands (MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, BET, Pop TV, CMT, VH1, Logo, and Smithsonian) and CBS Sports will cease programming for eight minutes and 46 seconds to protest the death of George Floyd. The time is symbolic, of course, as it is the same length of time that Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ground his knee into Floyd’s neck and prevented him from breathing despite his entreaties.
“Breath is one of the many things that unites us,” Chris McCarthy, president of the entertainment and youth brands, wrote his team, “and during this time, when Black lives are under attack in so many ways, we want to leverage all of our platforms to show our ally-ship. We have partnered with Color of Change to include a call to action—an important step to help all of us understand that we have a responsibility to get involved and be part of the solution. Please be on the lookout for a note later today on how all of us can get involved in Black Out Tuesday tomorrow.”
The call to action with Color of Change elevates the powerful spot and the corporate message of support, asking viewers to demand an end to “broken windows” policing, add legitimate civilian oversight boards with full investigatory power, decrease police budgets, and more. More companies should follow suit after the hollow first wave of corporate bromides.
Source:https://www.fastcompany.com/90511929/this-haunting-846-spot-is-the-most-powerful-corporate-response-to-the-george-floyd-murder
Next Steps toward change following George Floyd's death
Views on Racism
Staff Congress Election Results
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Quick Campus Tour: Faces, Places and Spaces
Mary Elaine Horn
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Jones College of Science, Engineering & Technology
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Dr. Esther Malm
Dr. Debbie Owens, College of Business
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Roslyn White, University Recruitment
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Renita Avery, Curris Center Director
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Chris Cunningham
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Darius Hart
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serving as the institutional Chief Diversity OfficerDr. Jessica Evans
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Scholar Stage features students at MSU
Please turn your attention to the Scholar Stage which features outstanding students in their field at MSU. You will note several of our minority students are featured on the website which rotates. This is one of the places you can turn to when referring students.
You'll be interested in such profiles as:
Kevonte Turnley
Jade Townsley
Jasmine Groves
Shantaye Powell
Ja Morant
Mustafa Alhussain
Early Scholar Stage Recipient: Ryan Hudson
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About BFSA
Email: msu.idea@murraystate.edu
Website: www.murraystate.edu/bfsa
Location: 103 Wells Hall, Murray, KY 42071
Phone: 270-809-3155
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KABHE Conference (Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education)
Thank you to our donors/financial gift givers to BFSA this year
Dr. Renee Fister
Renita Avery and the Curris Center Staff
Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA)
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Dr. Timothy Todd
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