Trinity Hosts First Ever Solidarity Summit

The First Solidarity Summit at Trinity
(photo by Alexandra Gereda-Gordon)

By Alexandra Gereda-Gordon

Nearly 80 students, staff, and administrators filled the Fiesta Room on Friday to attend the inaugural Solidarity Summit hosted by Trinity’s Diversity and Inclusion Office (DIO). 

This brand new event was created to increase awareness of diversity issues on campus and for students and faculty to come together to support one another.

Joshua Anaya, a first year student at Trinity, decided to attend the event to find out “what kind of action we can take as students to take accountability and embrace more solidarity on our campus.”

Poet Presents A Love Letter to Blackness

The poet Kai Davis reads her poems in the Skyline Room on Thursday.
(Photo by KaDarius Lee)

By KaDarius Lee

Trinity University’s Black Student Union hosted a spoken word night on Thursday, featuring the poet Kai Davis, as part of the Black History Month.

About 30 students gathered in the Skyline Room to hear Davis present her love letter to Blackness.

An African American queer woman, Davis mostly deals with the complex issues of race, gender, power, and sexuality in her work.

Simone Washington: Brings Activism to Trinity’s Campus

Simone Washington, center, was key in organizing Trinity's
involvement at the March for Our Lives in San Antonio.
(Photo by Julia Weis)

By Julia Weis

If you’re a student involved on Trinity’s campus in some way, then you probably have run into Simone Washington at least once. The sophomore is active in the Student Government Association (SGA), Black Student Union, and Trinity Progressives. She has been active on campus for as long as she’s been at Trinity.

Washington, 20, organized Trinity's first ever Activism Fair as a part of the university's celebration of the Martin Luther King Week. The fair, held on January 18, showcased about a dozen activist organizations from San Antonio, such as MOVE San Antonio, RAICES and Haven for Hope, encouraging students to volunteer off-campus.