On February 2, the word “nigger” was found written on the room doors of two African-American students in a dorm on the Williams College campus. A campus-wide meeting was held a week later to address the incident and ran for almost four hours as student discussed respect, discrimination, accountability, and specific actions that should be taken to prevent further discriminatory events on campus. At the meeting, over 50 students signed a Pact Against Indifference and Hate, and have now formed a campaign called Stand With Us to promote diversity and acceptance on campus.

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