This email campaign builds upon the previous work of others in the community, including the email campaigns linked to below. For more information about the issues addressed in this email, please see these additional resources:
Hello,
My name is [FULL NAME] and I am a [STUDENT/ALUMNUS/ALUMNA/FACULTY/STAFF/ETC.] at DePaul University. I demand that DePaul University end its relationship with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).
While I am affronted that our rising tuition dollars are subsidizing a 25 percent tuition discount for Chicago Police, this is more importantly a matter of institutional accountability for a university that talks more about racism than it does to combat it. As long as DePaul continues its collaboration with the police, it perpetuates systemic and institutional racism by prioritizing hegemony over the safety of its Black students.
Over a hundred members of the DePaul community braved the pandemic to come together this past week to protest DePaul’s continued partnership with law enforcement, and I send you this email to join and amplify their voices:
http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2020/06/12/depaul-students-community-members-push-for-police-divestment/
The Chicago Police Department is a violent agent of a racist system that seeks to harm and terrorize, not to defend and protect, and DePaul’s Vincentian mission and values demand that the university divest and defund all of its partnerships with both the CPD and the Fraternal Order of Police.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR MAJOR AND GRADUATION YEAR]
[YOUR EMAIL]
[YOUR PHONE NUMBER]
Recipients:
Very Rev. Raymond Van Dorpe, CM
Trustee, DePaul University
Provincial Superior, Western Province of the Congregation of the Mission
Lori L. Holland
Chair, Board of Trustees
Dr. A. Gabriel Esteban, PhD
President, DePaul University
Dr. Salma Ghanem, PhD
Interim Provost, DePaul University
Dr. Kathryn Stieber
Secretary of the University
Vice President, General Counsel, DePaul University
Chad Jordahl
Assistant Vice President & Assistant University Secretary, DePaul University
Peter Coffey
Associate Vice President, Community and Government Relations
Rev. Guillermo Campuzano, CM
Vice President, Mission and Ministry
Dr. Elizabeth F. Ortiz, Ed.D.
Vice President, Institutional Diversity and Equity
Dr. Gene Zdziarski, Ph.D.
Vice President, Student Affairs
Jeffrey J. Bethke
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, DePaul University
Dr. Scott Paeth, Ph.D.
President, Faculty Council
Erin Berkowitz
President, Staff Council
CCed:
Gisselle Cervantes
President, Student Government Association
Marissa Nelson
Editor-in-Chief, 14 East Magazine
Shane René
Editor-in-Chief, The DePaulia
Colin McMahon
Editor-in-Chief, Chicago Tribune
Chris Fusco
Editor-in-Chief, Chicago Sun-Times
Jim Kirk
Publisher & Executive Editor, Crain’s Chicago Business