BC Puerto Rican Alliance

The Brooklyn College Dream Team, The Dominican Student Movement (MEDO), The Mexican Heritage Student Association (MEHSA), The Brooklyn College Puerto Rican Alliance (PRA), Young Progressives of America at Brooklyn College, and members of the Brooklyn College campus community strongly condemn the racist and xenophobic statements made by professor of computer science Rohit Parikh targeting Hispanics on a public Facebook post on July 9, 2018. His comments threaten Brooklyn Colle...ge establishing itself as a sanctuary college and the undocumented population residing in the College. Professor Parikh believes that everyone who is illegally here should be deported, which calls for the deportation of our own colleagues. Professor Parikh also discriminates when he diminishes the Hispanic population which is the third largest group on campus, in labeling them as dropouts, saying are they really the population which America needs for the rest of this century when more and more education is required? alluding that the US needs less Hispanic individuals.This creates a hostile and unsafe environment for Hispanic and undocumented students and staff which threaten the values of Brooklyn college. He ignorantly makes the assumption that all Hispanics are Mexicans and that they are undesirable immigrants. This was brought to our attention by a member of the Brooklyn College community who is scared for themselves and the campus community. They also cited fear of retaliation for speaking out. These comments, following those of Mitchell Langbert’s are the latest in a series of public comments by professors indicating a problem of discrimination at CUNY, that puts the safety of students at risk. Please join us Tuesday, October 23rd at 1pm on the East Quad to protest Professor Parikh’s horrific attacks on students. Brooklyn College states to be against Hate- we must hold them accountable. We are organizing a protest next tuesday against Professor Parikh’s comments and demanding action be taken by the Brooklyn college administration.

As requested by the BC Puerto Rican Alliance, the Women's Center is sharing the Student Town Hall that they are hosting. Check out the details below! Next Tuesday, July 14th @ 6:00 PM RSVP to join virtually via zoom here: tinyurl.com/bcmustdomore

Daniel Vázquez Sanabria of the Brooklyn College BC Puerto Rican Alliance speaking TRUTH to POWER #fundcunynotcops #brokelyncollege

COME JOIN US FOR OUR TOWN HALL!

On Wednesday, June 17th we, the Puerto Rican Alliance at Brooklyn College, submitted a collectively-written Letter of Demands to President Michelle J. Anderson. In this letter, we demanded resolutions to many of the same issues we’ve discussed with the Brooklyn College administration for more than three years. Above all, we demand action. Brooklyn College has, for years, been aware of manyif not allof the racially motivated and police violence issues on campus. We demand the College do more to protect, and support all of it’s Black, Indigenous, Afro-Latinx, Latinx and Students of Color.

Letter from the Brooklyn College Student Body to President Michelle J. Anderson regarding the current issues of the country. "BROOKLYN COLLEGE MUST DO MORE NOW! On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, President Michelle J. Anderson released a statement which lacked a clear message of support, concern, and any true commitment to acting upon the conditions that inform the experiences of BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AFRO-LATINX, LATINX, AND STUDENTS OF COLOR at Brooklyn College. Given the documented h...Continue reading

The BC Puerto Rican Alliance has created a letter addressing issues on campus concerning Brooklyn College and the presence of campus security and the NYPD. The...y have asked that this letter be circulated and is available here: https://docs.google.com//11k7o64g2-9rZnwvs44keJ0fuHc7/edit They have also created a survey for students and/or faculty to submit their personal experiences with Public Safety on campus, or their general thoughts of the current issues we are living. https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLScnWrwa8LbW6Taj6/viewform

A history of police brutality and violence in Brooklyn College?! It’s more likely than you think! FOR YEARS @bklyncollege411 has known about cops (including Public Safety officers) abusing their power, spying on students, and much more. But they’ll water it down by promoting The Vanguard Years, the years of struggle which were beautifully documented while students fought to establish the Africana Studies and Puerto Rican and Latino Studies departments. These are the same de...partments the school refuses to fund. Instead, Africana Studies has had a hiring freeze for more than five years and PRLS only got an additional line after the students begged FOR THREE YEARS STRAIGHT. IT’S TIME TO DO SOMETHING. If you want our professors to lead your diversity and inclusion Town Halls, then you will fund our departments and protect our Black and Brown professors, students, and staff. Brooklyn College’s actions seem to be racist! We want our departments FUNDED! WE WANT THE NYPD OUT! Stop profiting from the BLM movement and DO SOMETHING. #BLM #RacistBC #BrooklynCollege #NYPDOutOfBC

These are truly unprecedented times for everyone. However, as the National Puerto Rican Student Coalition (NPRSC) it’s our commitment to look after the well-be...ing of Puerto Rican students in universities across the nation. The NPRSC recently met with representatives of Puerto Rican student organizations in universities across the nation and demands actions from universities in 3 Key Areas: Housing insecurity Financial burden Academic uncertainty Puerto Rican Student Association at Penn State PRÁ: Puerto Rican Student Association at NYU Puerto Rican Student Association at Cornell University UEPA (Unión de Estudiantes Puertorriqueños Activos) The Boricua Student Association - BSA at USF Puerto Rican Student Association at UCF FIU Puerto Rican Student Association BC Puerto Rican Alliance UConn PuRSA (Puerto Rican Student Association) Rutgers Unión Estudiantil Puertorriqueña Harvard Puerto Rican Student Association MIT Association of Puerto Rican Students La Organización de Puertorriqueños en Harvard - La O Puerto Rican Student Association at OSU Emory University: Puerto Rican Student Association Loyola University Chicago Puerto Rican Student Association - LUC PRSA Puerto Rican Student Association - PRSA at UIUC UIC Union for Puerto Rican Students Despierta Boricua at Yale Puerto Rican Student Association at Purdue ISU's Puerto Rican Student Association PRSA @ BU Puerto Rican Student Organization at AU Puerto Rican Student Association - Georgetown

¡Hoy es el día! Protestámos para que Ricky Rosselló renuncie de su posición como gobernador de Puerto Rico. Los veremos en Union Square a las 6:00 PM! *** Today is the day! We protest to have Ricky Rosselló resign from his position as governor of Puerto Rico. We'll see you in Union Square at 6:00 PM! *** #RickyRenunciaYa #VivaPuertoRicoLibre #RickyVeteYa

51 years ago our club was created because a group of Black and Puerto Rican students wanted change in Brooklyn College. While our mission has always been the same, our goals have changed over time. Today we are not in need of establishing a department, or a space to come together and talk about our experiences as (im)migrants or first/second/third/etc. generation children of (im)migrants. Because of this, we feel our logo should be updated to show our growth. This upcoming academic year our goals will be: (1) to continue providing an open space for all to come together, (2) to keep our departments alive so that other can learn about our history and become accomplished individuals within academic and non-academic spaces, (3) to continue fighting for what is right--always.

Wow, this was such a moment. #PRARetreat #Memories