Rise Up Rally celebrates diversity of student body
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the Rise Up rally, a student event focused on diversity and support for different causes.
- The News-Letter reported that students gathered on the Beach for the rally, which was organized by Karter James Burnett, Lior Levy and Clarissa Chen.
- The paper reported that the organizers began planning after the Charlottesville rally, and Burnett said they wanted to create a space for students to unite; the article quotes him saying, “It blew my mind that others were scared too. [When] we realized how much of the Hopkins community was going through the same thing, we thought to hold an event to raise hope, health and awareness,”
- The article adds that students made a collage about causes including disabilities, LGBTQ rights and systemic racism; Burnett said, “I rise up for LGBTQIA+ community, black lives and assault victims,” while Levy called for more wheelchair-accessible places on campus.
- The reporter writes that Student Government Association Executive President Noh Mebrahtu attended and helped advertise, but said organizers could have targeted student groups more effectively; the article also says weather and registration issues delayed the event from the fall semester.
- According to the article, Mebrahtu hoped the rally would happen again, and Levy said, “I think they’ll feel hope and that they’re not alone. We can all stand together,”