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“Killing other people never brings
peace, and that’s why I try to support
Ukrainians,” Korneev said. “I really
hope that the war will end as soon as
possible. Ukrainians have the right
to live as they want … Many Russians
are really afraid of (publicly opposing
the war), but many of us share the
view that peace should be brought to
Ukraine.”
Taylor also acknowledged the
presence of Russian members of the
Ann Arbor community and their
support for Ukraine.
“It’s important that we acknowledge
and support Ann Arborites who are
from Russia,” Taylor said. “You are
not to blame for this … Thank you for
standing up for what is right. Thank
you for helping and standing up to
support the people of Ukraine.”
U-M alum Natalia Kujan Gentry,
Ukrainian-American attorney and
former president of the University’s
Ukrainian Students’ Club, spoke about
the cultural suppression Ukraine
faced under Russian occupation
and shared stories from her family
that narrated life under Soviet rule.
She emphasized the importance
of combating misinformation with
storytelling.
“These are the stories that we
must tell,” Gentry said. “We must
grab a hold of the narrative, and we
must control (it). Our only weapon
against misinformation is anecdotal
storytelling.”
Mykola Murskyj, chairman of the
Ukrainian-American Crisis Response
Committee of Michigan, said he
was concerned about his friends and
family and Ukrainian statehood, but
said he had faith Ukraine would come
out victorious.
“But I know for a fact that Vladimir
Putin cannot win,” Murskyj said.
“The insurgency that he will face will
be bloody, it’ll be the worst in history.
There is no way that the Russian
leadership can continue to oppress
the Ukrainian people. There’s no
way that Vladimir Putin’s gonna
win. It’s not gonna happen.”
Ann
Arbor
resident
Vlada
Zviagina, who is Ukrainian, spoke
to the crowd about how Ann
Arbor residents could help support
Ukrainian citizens, such as donating
to trusted humanitarian funds.
“(There are) at least three things
that you can do: sign petitions, call
your elected officials and donate to
the cause,” Zviagina said.
Daily Staff Reporters Irena Li and
Nirali Patel can be reached at irenayli@
umich.edu and nirpat@umich.edu.
Design by Grace Aretakis
LSA
professor
Silke-Maria
Weineck
introduced
Jonathan
Vaughn, a former University of
Michigan football player and sexual
assault survivor, at the beginning of
a celebration commemorating 100
days of protest organized by faculty to
show support of the survivors of the
late former University doctor Robert
Anderson. The event was planned
by Art & Design Professor Rebekah
Modrak. The School of Art & Design
partially funded the commemoration.
Speaking at the University of
Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
Wednesday night, Weineck and LSA
professor Allison Alexy granted
Vaughn an honorary “Bachelor of
Justice” degree, conferred to him on
behalf of 302 faculty, and an unofficial
honorary diploma commemorating
his work on behalf of the survivors.
“It is my great joy to present you
with the People’s degree,” Weineck
said. “Hereby it is certified that
upon recommendation of the rules
of decency, the undersigned faculty
of
the
University
of
Michigan
have
conferred
upon
Jonathan
Stewart
Vaughn,
in
recognition
of his unflinching courage, public
leadership and dedication to the cause
of the institution’s integrity, the degree
of honorary Bachelor of Justice.”
Applause from a standing ovation
filled the room as Vaughn accepted
his degree, along with a black felt
graduation cap and trophy. He tried to
speak but was overcome by tears and
emotion. Fellow Anderson survivor
Chuck Christian comforted Vaughn
with a pat on the back.
When Vaughn was able to speak,
he began by thanking his mother,
family, colleagues and supporters for
helping to make the protest a success.
He followed with critiques of the
University’s leadership and their
handling of Dr. Anderson’s abuse.
“Nothing has changed in this toxic
culture,” Vaughn said. “Ex-president
Schlissel just got caught, and Mary
Sue Coleman knows where all the
bodies are buried. We will not let that
stand.”
He
continued
to
condemn
other members of the University
administration, including the Board of
Regents, for their “persistent silence”
on abuse scandals in the University
community. Vaughn called out each
regent by name for their failure to
meet with him individually to discuss
systematic change on campus.
“Your constructive knowledge,
functional blindness and incredible
guilt needs no introduction,” Vaughn
said. “I will not be the scapegoat. You
need to prove that you are serious and
committed to not allowing this type of
atrocity to ever happen again.”
Vaughn also called for the removal
of the Bo Schembechler statue and
renaming of Schembechler Hall.
Others in the community have also
called for removal of the statue; last
November,
an
anonymous
local
resident splattered red paint over the
statue. Vaughn told The Michigan
Daily last semester that the act was not
associated with his protest.
Vaughn said he is willing to testify
before Congress like the survivors
of Larry Nassar, a former Michigan
State University gymnastics coach.
He then requested a meeting with
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov.
Garlin Gilchrist to discuss the legacy
of Anderson and his abuse at the
University. Vaughn ended his speech
by stressing the importance of the
unification and empowerment of
sexual abuse survivors everywhere.
“We are sons and daughters, fathers
and mothers, brothers and sisters,”
Vaughn said. “We are teammates. We
are citizens in your districts (and) in
your states. But most importantly, we
are all survivors of something. We
stand together as victorious victims.
And whether they speak it or not, none
of my brothers or sisters are John or
Jane Doe. I will never be John Doe, I
will always be Jon Vaughn.”
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Black History
Month closing
ceremony
highlights
accomlishments
of all
Black people
Dance performances,
vocal music numbers
featured at 2022 festivity
RACHEL MINTZ
Daily Staff Reporter
Throughout the month of February,
the University of Michigan and the
Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs Office
(MESA) organized events to celebrate
Black History Month (BHM) and
the 50th anniversary of the Trotter
Multicultural Center and MESA. The
BHM Planning Committee decided on
the theme BLACK JOY! with events
ranging from a celebratory round table on
singer Eileen Southern and the music of
Black Americans to a dance workshop for
ballroom dancing.
MESA and the BHM Planning
Committee organized a closing ceremony
for the month, which included dance
ensemble performances, vocal music
numbers and a keynote presentation
by Robin Wilson, associate professor
of dance and associate professor in the
department of african american studies.
LSA senior Kori Tucker, a member of
the BHM Planning Committee member,
began the ceremony by welcoming guests
and explained why the planning
committee chose “BLACK JOY!” as
the theme for this year’s Black History
Month.
“Throughout this month, we have
made it a mission to celebrate ourselves,”
Tucker said. “We realized that Black
people experienced many hardships,
therefore we didn’t want to focus on
that. As the planning committee was
brainstorming ideas for what this year’s
Black History Month theme should be,
we decided that this campus in particular
was overdue for a celebration of our joy,
which is how we came up with BLACK
JOY!.”
Business
junior
Omar
Elrashid,another
member
of
the
committee, spoke about the priorities for
the celebration of “BLACK JOY!”
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