Dear Palomar Community,

The Umoja Program at Palomar recognizes that this moment of pain, in which we yet again mourn Black deaths, is just one moment in a long series of such moments. The country has seen protest after protest and yet we find ourselves in the same place again and again. We call for an end to anti-Blackness, and we sincerely hope that this current moment of solidarity will lead to necessary and overdue systemic changes, not just at Palomar but in the nation. We fully support the proposals put forward by Black Palomar students. Black Lives Matter!

In Unity,

Umoja Program, Palomar College