Sarah Fears — Class of 2017

I held many positions during my time at DePauw, but the position that was the most important to the administration was the unpaid emotional labor intern. For four years, my peers and I shouldered the burden to educate others on systemic oppression, misogyny, and White supremacy…

Leann Burke — Class of 2015

Race relations took center stage at DePauw during my junior and senior years. I remember covering the events for The DePauw, first as a copy editor my junior year, then as editor-in-chief in the first semester of my senior year, and finally as a writer in my final semester at…

Amy Ratcliffe — Class of 1990

I am a white DePauw alum with 150 year family history at DePauw. As Quakers in Evansville, my grandparents taught me that our family roots went back to the Mayflower, that our history included the underground railroad, and that DePauw was our university. These are the roots of…

Rachel Hanebutt — Class of 2015

The following is why I am personally donating to AAAS at DePauw and not participating in DePauw Day.

Joshua A. Thompson — Class of 2004

As a graduate of DePauw in 2004, I stand in solidarity with the current students of color at DePauw University during this trying, infuriating and frustrating time. During my time at DePauw, I honestly have too many personal accounts of racism I experienced to count…

Ariel Cheatham — Class of 2016

I am writing this letter to express the impact the Association of African American Student’s (AAAS) house had on my DePauw experience. I arrived on DePauw’s campus in August 2012, and I was not excited about being away from home or in an unfamiliar town. After my family…

Sydney Jordan — Class of 2017

I am disgusted. This institution has become a joke. For years we have had issues with diversity and inclusion making POC and minority students feel safe. For years we have put the burden of making change happen on the backs of the victims. And all Depauw has to show for it is…

#MyBlackIsGold Raised: $3200

Wow! What an incredible first two days!

Update: We’ve raised $3,600 all of which will be donated DIRECTLY to AAAS at DePauw.

Cate Hensley — Class of 2017

In my time at DePauw, AAAS spearheaded countless programming efforts to create a safer environment on DePauw’s campus for students of color. Even before I graduated, AAAS gave a home to students of color that DePauw did not provide.