SFU SOCA statement to the SFU community
It is with sadness that the SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA) announces that after many rounds of negotiations with the SFSS over the past year, we are contacting our followers, members and community for support after being neglected by the SFSS Board of Directors. It is heartbreaking, sad and outright unempathetic to the plight of the Black Community that SFU SOCA represents.
SOCA has operated the Black Community Services Centre located in the Rotunda since 1997. This center has been at the heart of our operations and plays a critical part in supporting our ability to provide a home to a continuously marginalized group at the university.
The SFSS is currently building a new Student Union Building (SUB), and will be giving up its lease on the Rotunda once the SUB is completed. This means that SOCA will need a new home to continue our awesome work of supporting marginalized communities and developing student life on campus.
The action of the SFSS evicting a Black Students Group who have been operating in the TC317 The Black Community Services Centre in the Rotunda for 24 years is a textbook example of institutionalized racism against communities of colour where new developments render the most marginalized groups homeless.
Here is how you can help SOCA:
1. Share this message to allies that will support us and visit us in the Rotunda Office on how to help.
2. USE THE HASHTAG #SAVESOCA AND #BLACKSPACESMATTER. MENTION @SFSS1 and @SFU ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
3. SIGN THE PETITION HERE: STOP SFU’s BLACK COMMUNITY FROM EVICTION BY SLUMLORD STUDENT SOCIETY (SFSS) AND CEO
4. SEND LETTERS OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF SFU SOCA.
Come to the Black Community Service Centre in the Rotunda to get more information on on how to #savesoca. Go to www.sfusoca.ca or email sfusoca@gmail.com and @sfusoca on all social media.
#SAVESOCA
#BLACKSPACESMATTER
#ALLOCATESPACETOSOCA
#BLACKSTUDENTSMATTER
SOCA has operated the Black Community Services Centre located in the Rotunda since 1997. This center has been at the heart of our operations and plays a critical part in supporting our ability to provide a home to a continuously marginalized group at the university.
The SFSS is currently building a new Student Union Building (SUB), and will be giving up its lease on the Rotunda once the SUB is completed. This means that SOCA will need a new home to continue our awesome work of supporting marginalized communities and developing student life on campus.
The action of the SFSS evicting a Black Students Group who have been operating in the TC317 The Black Community Services Centre in the Rotunda for 24 years is a textbook example of institutionalized racism against communities of colour where new developments render the most marginalized groups homeless.
Here is how you can help SOCA:
1. Share this message to allies that will support us and visit us in the Rotunda Office on how to help.
2. USE THE HASHTAG #SAVESOCA AND #BLACKSPACESMATTER. MENTION @SFSS1 and @SFU ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
3. SIGN THE PETITION HERE: STOP SFU’s BLACK COMMUNITY FROM EVICTION BY SLUMLORD STUDENT SOCIETY (SFSS) AND CEO
4. SEND LETTERS OF SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF SFU SOCA.
Come to the Black Community Service Centre in the Rotunda to get more information on on how to #savesoca. Go to www.sfusoca.ca or email sfusoca@gmail.com and @sfusoca on all social media.
#SAVESOCA
#BLACKSPACESMATTER
#ALLOCATESPACETOSOCA
#BLACKSTUDENTSMATTER
Updates
- August 24 : SOCA Email to SFSS - PDF
- Sep 2 : SOCA Letter to SFU Administration - PDF
- FNSA Statement to the Public - Link
- Sep 14: SOCA AND SFPIRG JOINT STATEMENT - PDF
- SYNOPSIS OF SOCA AND SITUATION - PDF
- Global News Article - https://globalnews.ca/news/4430261/sfu-student-clubs/
- SOCA Message to Followers - Message
- SUB Architectural Report - PDF
- Timeline - LINK
- Problematic April 5th Meeting- Link
- Overarching Problems - LINK
- #SAVESOCA Banner - PDF
- SFSS Email to SOCA: November 23 - Link
- SOCA Space Update December 13 - https://mailchi.mp/aa3d3fa9a49f/soca-space-campaign-release-december-13-2018
- SOCA Pamphlet Synopsis - PDF
- Jan 13 SOCA Email to SFSS - PDF