Teach-in on Racism, Bias, and Exclusion 2004

The following documents are intended to represent the history of protests and student actions surrounding the 2004 Teach-in on Racism, Bias, and Exclusion on the campus of Sarah Lawrence College.

Given the large number of documents housed in the College Archives on various student actions (approximately 5,000), the representation here is not comprehensive. To learn more about a specific student action and the SLC community’s response, please reach out to the Archives.

This online collection contains the original actions, demands, and various community responses to add historical context to the events and to make many of the documents more accessible. The documents are arranged chronologically in ascending order within each protest. The majority of the documents are from the Protest and Activism Collection, but there are others from the various collections within the College Archives. The collection from which the document came is noted in the metadata record for the item. To access finding aids for collections, such as the Protest and Activism Collection, see the Archives website. For additional information on the history of diversity at the College, see the Diversity Timeline.

NOTE: To protect the privacy of individuals, names have been redacted in the documents.

Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing.

Switch View View Slideshow

["Bridging the Gap: Students of Color Forum" article, The Phoenix, December 5, 2003]

[Redacted]

Article regarding a recent Students of Color Forum on campus appearing in the student newspaper, The Phoenix .
[Letter from Michele Myers to the Community, March 4, 2004]

Michele Tolela Myers

Email from President Michele Tolela Myers announcing the decision to hold an all campus Teach-in.
["Forum on Diversity Brings Race Issues to Surface" and "Exoticizing and Generalizing: Students of Color Sound Off" Articles, The Phoenix, March 5, 2004]

[Redacted]

An article and a student opinion piece in the student newspaper, The Phoenix, on a recent campus forum on race.
[Memo from Michele Myers to the Community, March 12, 2004]

Michele Tolela Myers

Memo to the Sarah Lawrence Community from President Michele Tolela Myers explaining the importance and purpose of the upcoming the campus wide Teach-in on Racism, Bias, and Exclusion.
[Draft of email from Barbara Kaplan to the Community, April 5, 2004]

Barbara Kaplan

Draft of email to the Community from Dean of the College, Barbara Kaplan, on behalf of General Committee announcing the final schedule for workshops during the Teach-In. The email Includes an invitation to all contract workers to attend the day's events.
[Teach-In on Racism, Bias and Exclusion Schedule Poster, April 8, 2004]

[Unknown]

Teach-in schedule of events for the day, not including workshops.
[Workshop Options for the Teach-in on Racism, Bias and Exclusion Poster, April 8, 2004]

[Unknown]

List of workshops offered during the Teach-in.
["After the Teach-In" article, The Phoenix, April 16, 2004]

[Redacted]

Article in the student newspaper, The Phoenix, explains the day's events and features an interview with President Michele Myers.
[Student Opinion Pieces on the Teach-in, April 16, 2004]

[Redacted]

Two students share their experiences and express their opinions about the 2004 Teach-In in the student newspaper, The Phoenix. The titles are "Our Words are Our Bridges" and "Teaching Life Lessons."
[Sarah Lawrence Magazine article on the Teach-in, Autumn 2004]

[Redacted]

An article in the Sarah Lawrence magazine discusses the past and contemporary climate of racial discussions on campus in 2004. It also highlights the panel of alumni activists at the Teach-in who were involved in prior protests on campus dealing with diversity and racism.
[Sarah Lawrence Magazine Opening Letter from Michele Myers, Autumn 2004]

Michele Tolela Myers

In an article appearing in the Sarah Lawrence magazine, President Michele Tolela Myers explains the reasons behind and the importance of the 2004 Teach-in and some outcomes.
[Email from Barbara Kaplan to the Community, November 1, 2004]

Barbara Kaplan

Dean of the College, Barbara Kaplan, announces that workshops like those held during the 2004 Teach-in will be offered throughout the year.
[Report of the Institutional Diversity Task Force, September 2005]

Institutional Diversity Task Force, Sarah Lawrence College

Report of the Institutional Diversity Task Force providing recommendations moving forward in answer to the circumstances that led to the 2004 Teach-in.