WHEREAS, As per the new proposed Academic Calendar 2022-2023, ‘Columbus is continued to be celebrated on our campus and serves as a Day’ platform for prospective students to visit our campus under the named event and Columbus Day Open House; WHEREAS, honors Christopher Columbus, who is known through Columbus Day use of violence and slavery [and], the forced conversion of “the native peoples to Christianity”, and the holiday the “represents violent history of colonization in the Western hemisphere”; and honors the Indigenous People’s of America WHEREAS, Indigenous People’s Day and commemorates their shared history and culture and celebrates a more and fair representation of American values”; and “honest WHEREAS, SUNY SA has passed [Appendix A] which calls Resolution 1516-115 for SUNY campuses to celebrate recognize Indigenous People's Day, that many of our campuses are named after Native American tribes, and during the 53rd Legislative Session the Student Association of SUNY Oswego passed the Reaffirmation of Resolution 1516-115: [Appendix B] calling for the renaming of Indigenous Peoples Day to on our campus; and Columbus Day Indigenous People's Day WHEREAS, Other institutions, including SUNY ESF, SUNY Cortland, Syracuse University, University of Utah, Cornell University, and University of New Mexico have adopted the celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, rather than Columbus Day, to honor Indigenous people and to commemorate their shared history and culture; and WHEREAS, If the institution chooses to pass the current proposed 2022-2023 Academic Calendar, there would then be no Jewish Holidays, half a week for and the exclusion of a Break’. Thanksgiving Break, ‘Fall THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Association at the State University of New York at Oswego reaffirm its support for Indigenous People's Day and the renaming of Columbus Day, and thus request that the Faculty Assembly motion to move so respectively. THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Student Association at the State University of New York at Oswego urge administration to stand by our large Jewish Community and add Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah back onto the proposed Academic Calendar for 2022-2023.
WHEREAS, As per the new proposed Academic Calendar 2022-2023, ‘Columbus Day’ is continued to be celebrated on our campus and serves as a platform for prospective students to visit our campus under the named event Columbus Day Open House; and WHEREAS, Columbus Day honors Christopher Columbus, who is known through “the use of violence and slavery [and], the forced conversion of native peoples to Christianity”, and the holiday “represents the violent history of colonization in the Western hemisphere”; and WHEREAS, Indigenous People’s Day honors the Indigenous People’s of America and commemorates their shared history and culture and celebrates a more “honest and fair representation of American values”; and WHEREAS, SUNY SA has passed Resolution 1516-115 [Appendix A] which calls for SUNY campuses to celebrate Indigenous People's Day, recognize that many of our campuses are named after Native American tribes, and during the 53rd Legislative Session the Student Association of SUNY Oswego passed the Reaffirmation of Resolution 1516-115: Indigenous Peoples Day [Appendix B] calling for the renaming of Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day on our campus; and WHEREAS, Other institutions, including SUNY ESF, SUNY Cortland, Syracuse University, University of Utah, Cornell University, and University of New Mexico have adopted the celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, rather than Columbus Day, to honor Indigenous people and to commemorate their shared history and culture; and WHEREAS, If the institution chooses to pass the current proposed 2022-2023 Academic Calendar, there would then be no Jewish Holidays, half a week for Thanksgiving Break, and the exclusion of a ‘Fall Break’. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Student Association at the State University of New York at Oswego reaffirm its support for Indigenous People's Day and the renaming of Columbus Day, and thus request that the Faculty Assembly motion to move so respectively. THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Student Association at the State University of New York at Oswego urge administration to stand by our large Jewish Community and add Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah back onto the proposed Academic Calendar for 2022-2023.
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