YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - Students, faculty and staff at Eastern Michigan are invited to attend a daylong program on racism, diversity and inclusion.
Monday’s “teach-in” runs from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and includes speakers and breakout sessions.
Black students have held protests after several incidents of racist graffiti targeting African Americans were left on buildings since the start of the academic year.
The university quickly removed the graffiti and offered a reward for information on who left it.
The school says Monday’s program will allow the community to come together to consider what can be done to ensure Eastern Michigan “is a genuinely inclusive and democratic institution in which all individuals and groups are secure, respected, and valued.”
Students attending the program will receive a university-excused absence for missing one or more classes.
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