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Dear readers,
Tomorrow, Thursday November 14th at 4:30 pm, EST, the president of BGLAM, Courtney, and myself will be meeting with the Dean of Basic Sciences, Dr. Ron Testa, and the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Cindy Stroschein, regarding the BGLAM Hate Crime Prevention Proposal in response to the hate crime incident. Hopefully, they will agree to our proposal and will enact the meaningful changes students are requesting within the time limits given. It is also my hope that the next BGLAM executive board will continue to move this forward and that all organizations and students recognize that, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (Martin Luther King). Please leave a comment of support!
May you be at peace,
MD C
Here is the next student story I would like to share with you titled, ‘So you have Asthma‘. The story revolves around a 1st semester during the summer of 2010 who suffers from Atopic Asthma and had some very large problems with his Dorm room at AUC (American University of the Caribbean). Please feel free to check it out via the link here or by going to the ‘Student Stories’ page above.
Also don’t forget to speak your mind,
MD C
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From: Cindy Stroschein [mailto:cstroschein@aucmed.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 3:35 PM
Greetings – I am writing to inform you that a serious allegation of hate speech was made by a 1st semester student, who subsequently chose to pursue a medical education elsewhere. It deeply troubles me that such behavior would occur in a student body which I have otherwise known to dedicate so much concern and care for fellow students and humankind.
The incident occurred while the 1st semester student was riding with three other students from AUC to the White Coat reception at the Sonesta Maho at approximately 8 p.m. Friday, September 10. During the short ride to the Sonesta, the student and a witness allege that the volunteer driver and a front-seat passenger drank from open beer bottles in the car, conversed in a derogatory and intimidating manner about homosexual people, and referred to a parking attendant in a derogatory manner “multiple times”. My office continues to investigate the allegation. I seek your assistance in providing additional information that may be helpful to the investigation because the driver and the front-seat passenger remain unidentified.
Hate speech toward marginalized populations, as we have recently seen in the news, is a behavior which has profound and lasting negative effects on individuals and entire communities. Hate speech endangers the health, safety and wellbeing of the entire community and is not tolerated here at AUC.
I ask anyone who has further information about this incident to contact me for an appointment.
With deep concern,
Cindy Stroschein
Cindy Ycaza Stroschein, Ph.D., LP, CRC
Interim Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Q: If the student filed a complaint which became an Administrative Review and thus requires the accuser to accuse someone, whatever happened to the accused in this case? Please read AUC’s current Administrative Review and Grievance Procedures attached if you wish to learn more. Administrative Review and Grievance Procedures
See What Happened Next…Final Products – Check it Out
See What Happened Beforehand…It’s Not Safe @ AUC
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At AUC’s white coat ceremony two weeks ago, a proud member of the GLBTA (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally) community left their ceremony and was in route to their semester’s white coat celebration (via the Phi Chi student shuttle service) when everything went wrong. This student was forced to be witness to their student drivers making threats/slurs against other members of the GLBTA community at AUC and then, upon protesting, became a target of the threats and harassment them self. To further add insult to injury, the student drivers (2) had an altercation with a security guard outside the events location and were intoxicated the whole time. Basically, this first semester’s white coat ceremony was ruined but this is not even the worst part.
The school proceeded to meet with this student over the course of a week before the student’s first set of exams (blocks). When the student requested that they receive a slight extension for their exams, the school’s administration (Dr. Testa and Dr. Stroschein) told this student that AUC could not ‘guarantee’ any extension. Furthermore, the school asked the student (only two weeks in a foreign country) to arrange transport for them self and see a doctor forty minutes away in order for them to even consider an extension. Also, the administration refused to even tell this student if the aggressors would still be at the school, so the student was forced to live with the uncertainty of getting into a fight with the drivers at any time. Lastly, Dr. Stroschein told this student that because of the way they “are”, perhaps medicine is not the best career choice for them [paraphrase].
This student is no longer at AUC. The student did not feel they were safe at AUC’s campus or the surrounding area. Furthermore, the student felt that the administration’s response to this tragedy was completely non-supportive. No other students yet know that this happened, so please share this story with all students looking at AUC or currently attending.
See what happened next…AUC’s Response to Recent Hate Crime and the Logical Question
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