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USG debates financial penalties for the African Students Union

Michelle Grisales, Assistant News Editor March 9, 2025

Stony Brook’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) convened on Thursday, March 6 to address a dispute involving the African Students Union (ASU)....

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The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) senate board applauding during a meeting on Thursday, Feb. 20. AREEJ ZAIDI/THE STATESMAN

USG considers combining funding to create Weekend and Evening Travel Enhancement Grant

Michelle Grisales, Assistant News Editor February 24, 2025

Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) discussed potentially combining the funding from the Travel Grant and the Weekend...

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Oreoluwa speaking at the Black Lives Matter protest on Oct. 21, 2020 at Stony Brook University. RABIA GURSOY/THE STATESMAN

Campus NAACP chapter president focuses on supporting her Black peers

Maya Brown February 18, 2021
To Oreoluwa Adewale, Black Lives Matter is more than another hashtag or a movement. It is about being allowed to be Black without exception. 
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Local residents of Freeport gathered on June 7 to march for the Black Lives Matter protests. MAYA BROWN/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook cultural organizations unify for Black Lives Matter fundraiser

Claudia Motley June 11, 2020
All money raised through the fundraiser goes to the Black Lives Matter Global Network, a chapter-based national organization that funds efforts to combat state-sanctioned violence and bring about liberation to the black community.
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The official logo of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP Image Awards are on Feb. 29 in the SAC Ballroom A at 7 pm. PUBLIC DOMAIN

NAACP image award nominees talk nominations and Black History Month

Alek Lewis February 24, 2020
The Statesman contacted some of the students and organizations nominated for the awards to ask various questions about their nominations, their campus involvement and Black History Month.
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