![]() By stopping the operations of the student store, we are prioritizing students over profit. By occupying the student store we are showing the power we have as a community and as an intersectional coalition. Members of the various organizations QARC represents have been heard humorously referring to their current space as “the closet in the basement.”Ībout the protest itself, Jerry Javier said, “We are here today protesting complete lack of support for students of color and LGBTQIIA+ students. In addition, mice have been spotted in the rooms currently occupied by the two students organizations. Student complaints about the QARC and bridges spaces also involve safety concerns after a whiteboard in bridges fell and cracked on a student’s head. ![]() So as of now the ASUC and the administration have told both QARC and Bridges/ RRC’s ‘NO’ to getting these spaces.” “So now QARC is demanding the entirety of the 5th floor of Eshelman and BRIDGES and the Retention and Recruitment Centers are demanding the ASUC student store space. When the new student building was erected we were in shock to discover that the new space for QARC was the size of a dorm room! We discovered that Bridges and the RRC’s had also been reduced from having space on an entire floor in the old student union to now being in cubicles.” We were displaced for a few years once Eshelman was under construction until Spring 2016. We are the umbrella organization for all LGBTQIIA+ organizations on campus, we serve 30 organizations as well as the greater community. “Historically we have held space on the third floor of Eshelman. Jerry Javier, a 3rd year, Ethnic Studies Major with a Minor in LGBT studies, is also one of the officers on the QARC Board: Right now we are both located in a small part of the basement of Eshelman – where there is no accessibility, visibility, nor ventilation.” ![]() “ bridges and QARC are asking for a space that is representative of the work that we do. ![]()
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