It’s been one month for the reason that premature passing of Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey who died from suicide on January eighth. The Lincoln College Alumni neighborhood is now calling for motion after 30 days of inaction since Dr. Bailey’s demise.
Dr. Bailey detailed her extreme misery and mistreatment in her position as VP of Pupil Affairs at Lincoln College Missouri in a letter earlier than her passing.
“It’s been exhausting, however we’re pushing by way of.” Alexis Anginette Wells shares with me over the cellphone. Wells, an in depth good friend and sorority sister to Dr. Bailey, has been on the frontline, advocating for Dr. Bailey’s story to be heard ever since.
Dr. Bailey’s suicide has sparked nationwide dialog and pupil protests in Jefferson Metropolis, MO. College students additionally protested this Thursday exterior the LU campus demanding solutions on the 1-month anniversary of Dr. Bailey’s passing.
Lincoln College President, John Moseley agreed to go on paid go away pending a third-party investigation on January twelfth. The Board of Curators introduced the next week, {that a} third-party evaluation could be carried out and accomplished over the approaching weeks.
Nevertheless, most of the college’s 1,800 college students and alumni have known as for his everlasting termination. A string of #firemoseley social media posts questioned his {qualifications}, remedy of Dr. Bailey and whether or not it was applicable for him to guide an HBCU.
No official phrase or announcement has been made as of but relating to the investigation.
Within the 14-minute video, college students might be heard shouting: “What do we would like? “Solutions!” When do we would like them? Now!”
“We do need to see the elimination of Dr. Moseley, in addition to the Board of Curators and everyone else who was accountable,” 22-year-old senior Xoe Binford mentioned final month. Binford, has additionally been main efforts to prepare pupil protest exterior the HBCU campus and spreading the message throughout social media platforms.
It’s the type of help Wells says she proudly stands for. “As an alumna of Lincoln College, I stand proudly in help of the scholars’ optimistic protest this week,” she says.
“Regardless of thirty days passing, there was no motion. Our voices won’t be silenced. The Hill Is sick, and if the scholars don’t communicate out, who will? That is larger than you and me. Simply as I stand with Dr. Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey, I stand with Lincoln College of Missouri college students, united in our quest for accountability and justice!”
The Lincoln College alumni-group is inviting all alumni, neighborhood, and supporters to hitch them from February Twenty second-Twenty fourth for a peaceable rally and dialogue on the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson Metropolis, to assist search justice and accountability in Dr. Bailey’s honor.
We proceed to maintain Dr. Bailey’s household and buddies in our deepest ideas and prayers.
