Response to the protest, October 2016

The Hold Augie Accountable Protest collection, 2014-2016, largely consists of printed material related to the protest, as well as buttons, audio files, and archived web content. The bulk of the collection comprises three folders of material loosely arranged chronologically.

The first folder, Leadup to the protest/creation of free expression zone, 2014-2016, documents the events immediately preceding the Hold Augie Accountable protest. Materials primarily include printed news articles and emails. Included in this folder are the original email from the Dean of the College in response to the chalking incident; articles on the incident from Campus Reform, KWQC News, and WVIK (see CD-0408/1 for audio files of soundbytes included with the WVIK article); a blog post written by the vice president of the College Republicans taking responsibility for the chalking; an excerpt from Augustana's Code of Social Conduct, which the perpetrators were accused of violating; a list of demands issued by students of color in 2014, which students believed had gone unanswered as of October 2016; and a series of slips of paper containing quotes by Augustana administrators related to diversity and inclusion with hashtags such as #HoldPrezBahlsAccountable and #HoldCampbellAccountable. These slips were anonymously distributed throughout campus classrooms in the week leading up to the protest.

The second folder, Homecoming protest and rally, 1 October 2016, contains papers documenting the protest march and rally held during Homecoming on 1 October 2016. Papers include a press release announcing the march, transcripts of speeches given at the rally, printed news articles documenting the protest, and photographs of the march and Homecoming football game protest taken by Marlen Gomez.

The third folder, Response to the protest, October 2016, tracks various responses to the protest and chalking incident. Included in this folder are a series of buttons created and worn by faculty members in support of students of color; printed news articles about institutional responses to the protest, including the launch of a diversity campaign by Augustana's Student Government Association and amendments to the college's strategic plan; artwork; and reactions to the protest captured on Twitter and Facebook.

In addition to the physical materials in box 1, this collection also includes a series of archived web content related to the protest. This includse interactive archival copies of online news reports related to the protest (some of these articles also appear in printed form in the physical collection) and social media pages created by students active in the protest, including a Facebook page and Twitter account. Archived web content is accessible online at https://archive-it.org/collections/7966