Queen's Student Constables
John Deutsch University Centre K7L3N6 Kingston, ON, Canada

Click this link to access the AMS Action Items report in full: https://myams.org/ams-commitments-to-our-qtbipoc-community/ To our QTBIPOC peers: thank you for c...alling us in and for this opportunity to learn, reflect and serve you better. This is our commitment to you, but remember this process is not over. We hope that you continue to hold us accountable. We will not allow for the continuation of an organization that is historically fuelled with empty statements and promises. We acknowledge that as an organization, we have contributed to this silence and complacency. We are ready for change and will ensure that we are actively advocating for real change at the University level. Queen's University and the Administration: it is now impossible to say that you have not heard the voices of the QTBIPOC students you represent. We expect you to take accountability for your actions, and detail how you will work forward to ensure that students feel safe and welcomed at Queen’s. We are ready to help in creating these changes but will not accept compromises which do not put students, and particularly QTBIPOC students, at the forefront of all conversations.

We’ll be available between 11am and noon. Can’t wait to meet all the new Gaels!

The AMS stands with Kelly Weiling Zou, the creator of @stolenbysmith (on Instagram) and thank her for the tireless equity work and labour she has dedicated towa...rds creating an impactful movement, through sharing the experiences and accounts of racism and oppression that our QTBIPOC students face. We encourage all members of the Queen’s community, both past and present, to read and reflect on these stories and support this account and condemn those who have attempted to silence these voices. We have been reading and listening to these horrendous and disturbing stories. We must be better allies so we can together dismantle the systemic racism that has long existed within the University and the AMS. We have begun conversations internally and are curating a plan to consult with our students and create actionable items for both internal and external change that will be released by July 24th. We would like to thank the students that hold the AMS accountable on a regular basis. We are sorry that we have failed to represent marginalized voices and change the racist culture that persists at Queen’s. The mandate of the AMS is to represent the diversity of our student body, and we recognize that we need to do much more in order to fulfill this mandate. Beginning next week, the AMS executive will reinstate office hours and a period for all students to voice their concerns and share their experiences and demands with us. We pledge to make ourselves accessible to as many students as possible, and actively listen to their voices. We will not allow for the continuation of an organization that is historically fuelled by empty statements and promises. Check out this link for consultations: https://doodle.com/poll/axbgr8tfvgsnymyk

The Queen’s Student Constables are dedicated to student safety; as such, we must acknowledge the history of racism at Queen’s University and the dangers it poses to our BIPOC student community. In the context of the Black Lives Matter movement, we recognize our failures as an institution to protect Black students and the ongoing anti-Blackness in the Queen’s community. Thank you for holding us accountable. Going forward, we are committed to uplifting the work of Black students on campus and transforming the advocacy arm of our operations to include all threats to student safety, including institutional racism. Black Lives Matter. Today, yesterday, tomorrow, and all days before and after that. Please visit the following links for Black-led resources and organizations looking for support: linktr.ee/qsc.blm