CALL TO ACTION! Read @UAW4121 organizers' statement against the UW Black Opportunity Fund: http://www.uaw4121.org/statement-against-black-opportunity-fund/

The statement is an invitation to Black ASEs and Postdocs: Join the recently emergent Black Caucus at UAW 4121 & the Anti-Discrimination Working Group!

It is also a Call for Solidarity from white and non-Black Union Organizers Against Anti-Black Racism: Write to your Department & Conduct an Internal Audit to Address Systemic Racism against Black ASEs and Postdocs!

And, the statement asks that members of UAW 4121 rescind or offset any donations that they may have given to the Black Opportunity Fund and instead reallocate funds to Black Lives Matter - UW: https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-lives-matter-at-uw?utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=social

keep reading for excerpts from UAW 4121 organizers' statement against the UW Black Opportunity Fund

"The Black Opportunity Fund is racist because it frames addressing racial inequity as an act of charity, when in fact it should be understood as an obligation that is long overdue."

"The Black Opportunity Fund is racist because it name-checks @UWSeattleBSU without actually responding to their demands."

"The Black Opportunity Fund is racist because it reproduces disparities between the three separate UW campuses in ways that only reinforce structural racism."

"The Black Opportunity Fund does nothing to address the ways police violence & white supremacy have systematically prevented Black students from ever getting to the UW in the first place."

"The Black Opportunity Fund is racist because it pits Black students against each other...encouraging lateral violence through an application process that demands, consumes, & compares the trauma of Black applicants."

"The Black Opportunity Fund lacks transparency. That funds are distributed by GOMAP, OMAD & the Women’s Center raises questions about whether these funds will go to students of color or women broadly or to Black students specifically."

"The Black Opportunity Fund is racist because it seeks to pay for what should be a central mission of the university by soliciting funds from UW workers under the guise of charity and solidarity."

As the BOF remains @amcauce only material response to the ongoing work of largely undergrad Black women organizers within BSU, UW African Student Union, & BLM UW, @UW has chosen crumbs over redistribution, white virtue-signaling over a systematic restructuring of the University."

@amcauce's diversion of @UWSeattleBSU & Decriminalize UW's demands is despicable.

Divest and Demilitarize UW stands with @UAW4121 organizers against the UW Black Opportunity Fund.