2023-04-26 SIU DEI Drama

Jonny shares highlights from the SIU "Rally for Diversity," a
student protest concerning staffing changes at the Student
Multicultural Resource Center (SMRC). Students and others expressed
a variety of concerns, including the sudden departure of the LGBTQ
Resource Center Coordinator, Dr. Angela Towne. The Vice Chancellor
of Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Dr. Paul Frazier,
attended the rally and addressed student concerns. Jonny then
interviews the SMRC's Executive Director, Dr. Renada Greer, and Dr.
Frazier about services provided by their programs, the process for
restaffing the LGBTQ RC, and how SIU might be poised to be an open
and affirming university, recruiting and retainng minority students
from surrounding states legislatively enacting bans and
restrictions on higher education.