{"id":225,"date":"2003-03-28T18:51:57","date_gmt":"2003-03-28T23:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/"},"modified":"2010-10-19T18:52:31","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T22:52:31","slug":"march-for-equal-ed-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/march-for-equal-ed-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter Re: March for Equal Education Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id=\"April____________________1_March_to_Support_Equal_Educational_Opportunity\"><h1>April                    1 March to Support Equal Educational Opportunity<\/h1><\/span>\n<p><strong>TO: <\/strong>The Trinity College Community<\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM:<\/strong> President Patricia McGuire<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 50 years ago, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v.                    Board of Education, declaring racially segregated schools inherently                    unequal, set in motion a profound social movement to transform                    American education at all levels to ensure equal educational                    opportunity for all regardless of race. Because the change in                    the law alone was inadequate to ensure changes in policies and                    practices in educational institutions and places of business,                    affirmative action mandates were adopted to ensure that every                    student would have a chance to attain the highest educational                    level possible. Affirmative action &#8220;leveled the playing                    field&#8221; for millions of students who suffered the effects                    of prior discrimination in education and social opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Supreme Court is considering two cases involving the                    University of Michigan&#8217;s affirmative action program. If the                    Court decides against the University of Michigan, the impact                    could be very serious in shutting the door on equal educational                    opportunity for students in public universities around the nation,                    and possibly on other school and employment opportunities as                    well.<\/p>\n<p>Every major educational association in Washington has signed                    an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court urging the justices                    to uphold Michigan&#8217;s policy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, students and faculty around the nation are mobilizing                    to show their support for affirmative action in education.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, April 1, students from across the nation will rally                    in a march through the streets of Washington, DC to the U.S.                    Supreme Court demanding that the high court uphold affirmative                    action in the University of Michigan cases.<\/p>\n<p>Following is information on this march:<\/p>\n<span id=\"Itinerary_Tuesday_April_1_2003\"><h2>Itinerary, Tuesday April 1, 2003<\/h2><\/span>\n<p><strong>9AM-12PM:<\/strong> Rally at the Supreme Court during                    the University of Michigan affirmative action hearings. North                    Capitol &amp; 1st Street NE<\/p>\n<p><strong>10-11AM:<\/strong> Supreme Court hearing in U-Michigan                    Law School case, Grutter v. Bollinger<\/p>\n<p><strong>11-12PM:<\/strong> Supreme Court hearing in U-Michigan                    undergraduate case, Gratz v. Bollinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1 March to Support Equal Educational Opportunity TO: The Trinity College Community FROM: President Patricia McGuire Nearly 50 years ago, the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring racially segregated schools inherently unequal, set in motion a profound social movement to transform American education at all levels to ensure equal educational opportunity for all regardless of race. Because the change in the law alone was inadequate to ensure changes in policies and practices in educational institutions and places of business, affirmative action mandates were adopted to ensure that every student would have a chance to attain &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-225","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}