Tag: social justice

Trojans stand UNITED for change

Sports

( Photo / Chris Wallace ) Hanna Cooper Sports Editor “I bleed the same way that you bleed.”  These words rang across the John Robert Lewis quad last Friday as junior linebacker KJ Robertson stood in front of his fellow teammates, coaching staff and other bystanders during Troy football’s unity march.  The team marched from Veterans Memorial Stadium to the quad to raise their voices on the need for social justice and unity.  “When I think about this team, I think about how we are a bunch of different guys…

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SPLC club coming out to campus

Trojan Living

Tu To Staff Writer The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is bringing a collegiate club to Troy’s campus next fall. On its webpage, SPLC said the center is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. “Using litigation, education and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality,” the website reads. Kourtney Frye, a junior history major from Monroeville and one of the first students to…

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