The Alexander Protests - A Week of Awareness, A Week to Demand Change
It all began in early January, 1993, when the Federal Election Committee (FEC) of Claremont allowed the Scripps Administration and the other Claremont Colleges to suspend or eliminate searches for ethnic studies faculty and courses from the curricula. For instance, the Joint Search Committee for I.D.B.S. (Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies) and the Pomona English Department declined three candidates of color for the new joint positions within the Claremont Colleges.
As a result of such decisions, various students from across the five campuses formed a group called Liberation through Education. Their motives focused on making the Colleges' Administrations - as well as the students - aware of the lack of diversity within academic and social settings. At first, Liberation through Education began to meet and organize in secret in order to plan out how they would respond to the Administrations' management of faculty hiring. Then, through word of mouth they also recruited and informed anyone who shared the same values and opinions about the issues concerning diversity.
By February they could not abide by the Colleges' decisions any longer. Once the Scripps President, Nancy Bekavac, announced the postponement of the Chicano Literature position due to budget restrictions, Liberation through Education prepared for an action (the Alexander Protest) that would assure the attention from the college community. They also had other events throughout this planning as well. Not only were the members set on presenting their demands, but they were also ready to have those demands be met by all means necessary.
As a result of such decisions, various students from across the five campuses formed a group called Liberation through Education. Their motives focused on making the Colleges' Administrations - as well as the students - aware of the lack of diversity within academic and social settings. At first, Liberation through Education began to meet and organize in secret in order to plan out how they would respond to the Administrations' management of faculty hiring. Then, through word of mouth they also recruited and informed anyone who shared the same values and opinions about the issues concerning diversity.
By February they could not abide by the Colleges' decisions any longer. Once the Scripps President, Nancy Bekavac, announced the postponement of the Chicano Literature position due to budget restrictions, Liberation through Education prepared for an action (the Alexander Protest) that would assure the attention from the college community. They also had other events throughout this planning as well. Not only were the members set on presenting their demands, but they were also ready to have those demands be met by all means necessary.
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