{"id":401,"date":"2022-07-02T15:49:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T22:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholars.spu.edu\/spufacultyaction\/?page_id=401"},"modified":"2022-07-26T12:26:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T19:26:01","slug":"student-statements-actions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholars.spu.edu\/spufacultyaction\/student-statements-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Statements &amp; Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"alumniletter2022\">Alumni Letter of Protest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" id=\"alumniletter2022\">As part of the sit-in on the 2nd floor of Demaray Hall, on <strong>May 23, 2022<\/strong>, ASSP organizes an alumni <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10W558ie2MrzVfWzsjK0tMHKBqFxnVUOvj2Q7omJSBb0\/edit\">letter<\/a> of protest, repeating the demands that trustees who voted to maintain the policy resign and pledging to cease donations and discourage prospective students from enrolling at SPU. Five hundred eighty-six alumni (some from as far back as the 1990s) sign the letter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/scholars.spu.edu\/spufacultyaction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/07\/2022_05_23-Alumni-Letter-of-Protest.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of 2022_05_23-Alumni-Letter-of-Protest..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f5e6bbe6-7764-45f7-9a77-facea5a7b4b7\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars.spu.edu\/spufacultyaction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/07\/2022_05_23-Alumni-Letter-of-Protest.pdf\">2022_05_23-Alumni-Letter-of-Protest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"tsuletter\">Theology Student Union Letter to Board of Trustees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">On <strong>February 24, 2021,<\/strong> the Theology Student Union at SPU sends a letter to the Board of Trustees, objecting to the conduct policy and arguing that the Board&#8217;s stance does not align with the teaching of theology at SPU. The letter is eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dbJebm-IFxvVdlUhagt7CNED5XEcmfx2Zjby31ZskqI\/edit\">posted<\/a> publicly at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spuqueerspace.org\/timeline\">Queer S.P.A.C.E.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/scholars.spu.edu\/spufacultyaction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/07\/TSU-Letter-to-Board-of-Trustees-2021_02_24.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of TSU-Letter-to-Board-of-Trustees-2021_02_24..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-45312b83-7c11-4722-9ded-08bc3b552159\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars.spu.edu\/spufacultyaction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/07\/TSU-Letter-to-Board-of-Trustees-2021_02_24.pdf\">TSU-Letter-to-Board-of-Trustees-2021_02_24<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"asspsohs2021\">Student Senate Letter to Board of Trustees RE: Statement on Human Sexuality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">In <strong>February 2021<\/strong>, ASSP, the SPU student governance body, votes to send a letter to the Board of Trustees, reaffirming the 2018-19 student senate proposal to revise or eliminate the Statement on Human Sexuality to allow for the hiring of LGBTQ Christians as SPU employees. The letter is eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mskSKgJ3BQx2Xpx1R-ZEt6Iy1PyxyIWh\/view\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1mskSKgJ3BQx2Xpx1R-ZEt6Iy1PyxyIWh\/view\">posted<\/a> publicly at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spuqueerspace.org\/timeline\">Queer S.P.A.C.E.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/scholars.spu.edu\/spufacultyaction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/07\/ASSP_Human_Sexuality_Statement-2021_01.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:400px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of ASSP_Human_Sexuality_Statement-2021_01..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fb53ee92-7cb4-4722-a0d1-3988badf2623\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars.spu.edu\/spufacultyaction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2022\/07\/ASSP_Human_Sexuality_Statement-2021_01.pdf\">ASSP_Human_Sexuality_Statement-2021_01<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumni Letter of Protest As part of the sit-in on the 2nd floor of Demaray Hall, on May 23, 2022, ASSP organizes an alumni letter of protest, repeating the demands that trustees who voted to maintain the policy resign and pledging to cease donations and discourage prospective students from enrolling at SPU. 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