Following
President-elect
Donald Trump’s upset win
last week, the University of
Michigan campus has been
filled
with
protests,
vigils
and
rallies.
However,
on
Thursday night, the Diag was
host to an hour of rest as the
musical group Love and Peace,
affiliated with a new movement
on campus by the same name,
played
a
variety
of
blues
and reggae songs promoting
inclusion and equity.
Peace and Love began its
performance in front of Hatcher
Graduate Library with a slow,
keyboard-heavy
and
lyrical
tribute to peace during tense
times. Lead singer Christopher
McClendon, a Business senior,
said to the audience of nearly 50
students that they were there
to remind University students
that cohesion in the campus
community was still possible
amid a political firestorm.
“If we just take a little time
to love one another, there is
power to break every chain
of violence that exists in this
country,” McClendon said. “It’s
time to unite under one concept
of love. Clap your hands and
show that we are united.”
As students began dancing
around the block ‘M,’ LSA
junior Kendall Lindsey said he
came to watch the performance
to support its mission, but
wished it could spark tangible
change at the University.
“In the wake of everything
that’s happened, all of the hate
right now on campus, it’s good to
see the love spinning around,”
Lindsey said. “But that’s not
the end of it — it’s not just about
peace and love. There need to
be actual services implemented
to make sure every student here
feels welcome, feels like they
matter.”
LSA juniors KeeAna Lane
and Sydny Rivers said they
attended
the
performance
looking for a positive end to a
taxing week at the University.
“The vibe here has been
intense, but I can’t let it get to
me,” Lane said. “I didn’t expect
the singing. I didn’t know what
to expect. But it’s a positive
thing, and if anything is needed
right now, this is it.”
Rivers
echoed
Lane’s
sentiments, adding that events
like this one had the potential
to change minds in a positive
way.
“Election week had a deep
effect on me,” Rivers said. “But
maybe it’s time to push on and
work together, and maybe this
is the beginning.”
As
McClendon
sang
Stevie
Wonder’s
“Isn’t
She Lovely” to a gathering
crowd of students, Public
Policy junior Nadine Jawad,
co-founder of the Peace and
Love movement and a senior
policy adviser to Central
Student
Government,
addressed the crowd.
Jawad said she wanted to
magnify the voices of people
who
feel
systematically
oppressed amid prevailing
political and racial tensions
in the United States.
“My message is about
retaliation,” Jawad said. “In
the last week, we’ve all been
pushed and tried in ways
that are unimaginable. But
when we fight back with love
and peace, instead of anger
and frustration, we send a
message. I could spend five
minutes talking about how
an Uber driver cussed me out
last week, but instead we’re
going to focus on us. Because
the people on the Diag right
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