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HASA Holds Libation Rally to Honor GU272+

HASA Holds Libation Rally to Honor GU272+

By Clayton Kincade November 13, 2023

Hoyas Advocating for Slavery Accountability (HASA) held a libation ceremony Nov. 5 to honor the unrecognized victims of enslavement whose unpaid labor built Georgetown University. The event was held...

Georgetown Launches Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies

Georgetown Launches Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies

By Emily Han March 25, 2023

Georgetown announced March 17 the formation of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies (CSSL), an academic initiative for research and interdisciplinary work to strengthen the community’s...

The GU272 Referendum: A History Through 2021

By Adora Zheng December 7, 2021

Following years of activism by Georgetown University community members and descendants of the GU272, the 314 enslaved people sold by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus in 1838 to financially...

‘Georgetown F*cking Lied’: GUSA, Descendants Demand GU272 Action

‘Georgetown F*cking Lied’: GUSA, Descendants Demand GU272 Action

By Samuel Yoo and Adora Zheng December 3, 2021

At an event titled “Georgetown F*cking Lied,” the Georgetown University Student Association’s (GUSA) GU272 advocacy team demanded Georgetown pay reparations to descendants of enslaved people sold...

LANCE: Implement Community-Based Reparations

LANCE: Implement Community-Based Reparations

By Mark Lance February 11, 2021

White supremacy infects the social fabric of U.S. life in ways both broad and deep: a result of an enormous number of habitual modes of interaction and institutionalized practices.  We meet and...

AMBER GILLETTE/THE HOYA | The GU272 referendum, which passed with 66 percent of students voting in favor of a reconciliation fee, awaits university approval.

Georgetown Students Renew Push for Reconciliation Fee as University Commemorates Juneteenth

By Liana Hardy, Moira Ritter, and Kelly Anderson June 24, 2020

Georgetown University student activists have renewed their effort to implement a reconciliation fee for descendants of the GU272 as the university commemorated its first official Juneteenth observance.  University...

VIEWPOINT: Mandate Reparations for GU272

VIEWPOINT: Mandate Reparations for GU272

By Blake Hite February 7, 2020

With the words of Martin Luther King Jr. before me, I am reminded that evil often succeeds when “moderates” do nothing. Indeed, the graduate student body has been content with a moderate role, one...

VIEWPOINT: Respect Individual Freedom, Vote ‘No’ on GU272 Referendum

By Rizana Tatlock and Henry Dai April 9, 2019

In our tolerant and liberal society, we place great emphasis on the individual and her ability to make free choices. When the state or some other institution imposes one particular moral outlook or range...

VIEWPOINT: Support GU272 Referendum

By Mélisande Short-Colomb January 26, 2019

Here I am. A Georgetown University student and a descendant of the 272, in the middle of a debate about reparations to families sold by Georgetown and the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus in 1838...

KARLA LEYJA/THE HOYA | GU272 descendants met in Maringouin, La., on June 9,  2018. GUSA is considering a referendum to allocate reparations for the descendants.

GUSA Weighs Student Vote on Funds for Descendants of the GU272

By Satya Adabala January 18, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate began initial deliberations Tuesday on a referendum that would allow Georgetown students to vote on whether to establish a reconciliation contribution,...

LARIA & LUX: Fulfill Direct Reparations Request

By Grace Laria and Emma Lux February 9, 2018

Georgetown University should offer direct reparations to descendants of the 272 slaves sold in 1838 to validate the demands of African-American individuals affected by Georgetown’s legacy as a slave-holding...

EDITORIAL: Form Descendant-Led Foundation

By Editorial Board February 9, 2018

Georgetown University would have folded if not for the sale of 272 slaves in 1838. Today, the university must take extraordinary steps to grapple with its past. The university was kept financially afloat...

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