NAACP Drake University Chapter

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This document was released earlier today around 2 PM. It was brought to our attention that the signature of some students needed to be corrected slightly. This document includes the corrected versions of their signatures. Please share and repost this statement!

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LED BY STUDENT NAACP, DRAKE STUDENTS SEEK STRONGER COMMITMENT BY THE UNIVERSITY TO RACIAL EQUITY

Students at Drake are asking the university to make policy changes to strengthen racial equity on the campus. Led by the campus chapter of the NAACP, the students are asking Drake to reassess policy statements about nondiscrimination and audit interactions between students and campus police among other things. They are also asking for a stronger response to incidents of discrimination or racism on campus.

Several of the demands involve the Des Moines police department which maintains an office on campus. One is to bar from campus any police officers found to have used excessive force in recent demonstrations around the city. A second calls for the university to publish the memorandum of understanding which covers the Des Moines police presence on campus. A third: Don't allow Des Moines to be involved in alleged drug or alcohol violations by students on campus.

You can find the complete document, along with a list of the student organization sponsors, at the NAACP Drake University Chapter page on Facebook.

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NAACP Drake University Chapter, with the help of other student leaders and organization, has created a 3-part list of demands regarding the ties Drake Public Safety has with the Des Moines Police Department, revisions and additions to current policies and procedures, and general student demands. The link to our demands can also be found in our bio!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kkY24o_BCMJ-_utoTzKZ_eO9uzY8rfvxoxjtpaR7es4/edit

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UPDATE:

As promised, we are here to give you an update on things concerning our petition and specific demands we plan to send out to the public. We have received 1,886 signatures on our petition! We are almost at 2,000 signatures. Please continue to sign and share. I know many of you have reached out regarding specific demands, and we are still going to get that out to you. The demands that we are requesting are threefold, and they are concerning the ties Public Safety has with the Des Moines Police Department, revisions & additions to policies and procedures already in place, and general student demands such as the creation of a Multicultural & NPHC (National Pan-Hellenic Council) student building or house.

Additionally, Drake leadership members who work directly with Public Safety have reached out to us to have a conversation regarding the ties Drake Public Safety has with the Des Moines Police Department some time tomorrow. In the making of these demands, we reached out to other student organizations to obtain their support as well as sure they are included and heard in their demands. We have taken their revisions and edits and made sure to have their voices heard as well.

We thank you for your patience in this endeavor. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

- NAACP Drake University Chapter

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