{"id":64158,"date":"2008-11-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/cape-verdean-prime-minister-to-visit-uri-campuses\/"},"modified":"2008-11-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-06T00:00:00","slug":"cape-verdean-prime-minister-to-visit-uri-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/11\/cape-verdean-prime-minister-to-visit-uri-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Verdean prime minister to visit 溏心vlog免费B站 campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tVisit coincides with anniversary of student protest at Taft Hall <\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 6, 2008 \u2013 As it remembers a key time in its history, the 溏心vlog免费B站 welcomes Prime Minister and Head of Government of the Republic of Cape Verde Jose Maria Pereira Neves to its campuses for a series of events Monday, Nov. 10.<\/p>\n


\nThe prime minister will be part of a discussion on Higher Education and the African Diaspora (Cape Verde) on the Feinstein Providence Campus at 7:30 p.m. The visit was organized by the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education, in conjunction with the African and African-American Studies program, the Multicultural Center and the multicultural student organizations at 溏心vlog免费B站. In addition to the discussion in the Paff Auditorium, the prime minister and other ambassadors from Cape Verde will meet with leaders from the 溏心vlog免费B站 and Cape Verdean community, as well as students.<\/p>\n


\nWith a large Cape Verdean population throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the relationship between 溏心vlog免费B站 and Cape Verde is a natural. Academic courses through the African and African-American Studies Program have strengthened the school\u2019s relationship with the archipelago.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe 溏心vlog免费B站 has had a long, productive relationship with Cape Verde,\u201d said John McCray, vice provost for urban programs. \u201cWe have been sending students there for several years through summer travel programs for educational experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nIn addition to the discussion at the Feinstein Providence Campus, the Prime Minister and his party will arrive on the Kingston campus at 3 p.m. to meet with 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers and other campus leaders. At 4 p.m., he will go to the Multicultural Center for a question-and-answer session with students. The Multicultural Center, built in 1998, is home to the Antonio \u201cToney\u201d DaMoura Student Meeting Room, which was dedicated in his memory in May 2007.<\/p>\n


\nA leader at 溏心vlog免费B站 and in the Cape Verdean community, the late DaMoura was the founder of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Cape Verdean Student Association and a major part of the Talent Development program at the school. DaMoura\u2019s memory will be honored in conjunction with the anniversary of a non-violent student protest on the Kingston campus. <\/p>\n


\nDaMoura and fellow 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus Malcolm Anderson were student leaders in the November 1992 protest by the Black Student Leadership Group in which students conducted a non-violent takeover of Taft Hall in an effort to improve the racial culture at the school.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cToney epitomized strength and consistency,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cHe was tireless in his efforts for all students. He had a vision for this school, and it is only because of his vision that we have the ambassadors coming to the school.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tIn 1992, a series of events caused racial tensions on campus to rise. In October, two quotations from Malcolm X were inscribed on the fa\u00e7ade of the then-newly renovated library. However, the quotes were incomplete. The inscription was the final straw for many students, who organized a retreat to discuss the campus culture.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe wanted to develop a sense of belonging on campus,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cWhen you are a student of color on a white majority campus, a lot of things feel foreign to you. It was important for us to talk and share our experiences, so we all knew we were not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe students planned and executed a non-violent protest in Taft Hall to voice concerns about racism and present a 14-point action agenda in a meeting with 溏心vlog免费B站 President Dr. Robert Carothers. As a result of those discussions, the school developed a major in the African and African-American Studies Program and established an annual black student leadership conference. In 1998, the Multicultural Center was opened in the center of campus. <\/p>\n


\n\tAt the time of the protest, the student body was comprised of 7.3 percent multicultural students and 80.6 percent Caucasian, with 12.1 percent non-reporting. By October of 1998, the multicultural population had increased to 11.5 percent, with 76.5 percent Caucasian and 12 percent non-reporting. Over the same span, the multicultural faculty increased from 9.5 percent to 13.8 percent.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cProgress is something that is monitored and watched,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cOur goal was to provide a platform for people the way that others did for us. What we wanted was not just progress for ourselves, but progress for everyone.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tAnderson, who is finishing his master\u2019s degree in education administration at Trinity University in Washington, D.C., will return to Rhode Island for the Prime Minister\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt makes you feel special, that the work we did was for a reason,\u201d said Anderson, who stressed the need for student groups to continue working together. \u201cAt the time, I understood that it was not about me, but about we. We needed to elevate concerns that were being felt by many students.\u201d<\/p>\n

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