As early as Febuary 12th, Fong, Mata and Stowell attempted to organize a campus wide discussion via a faculty panel. The event was to be called "#westmontwhitejesus... What's the big deal?" By February 21st, student leaders had faculty willing to participate and a poster ready for publicity. Unfortunately, on February 24th the event was indefinitely postponed by the administrative body responsible for approving student events. Due to this setback, the faculty council began preparations for their own panel entitled #westmontwhitejesus and Life Together which would occur on March 3rd.
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On Febuary 19th, 2019, the following email was sent by various students to every student on campus: Dear fellow students,
Many of you have probably heard about the petition regarding Westmont’s White Jesus, referenced in a recent all-student email on February 13. In chapel on Febuary 15th, 2019, Campus Pastor Scott Lisea apologized in Chapel to anyone who felt "discouraged" by his email. He offers to speak with personally with anyone after service.
On Febuary 14th, 2019, Brendan Fong '21, Emily Mata '20, and Oliva Stowell '19 posted the following open letter in the Horizon, Westmont's Student Newspaper. This open letter is an abridged version of the letter sent to Westmont's Administration on Tuesday Febuary 5th, 2019.
On Wednesday, Febuary 13th, 2019 at 3:39PM, Pastor Lisea sent the following email to all Students, Staff and Faculty: Dear Westmont,
We are having thoughtful conversation in our community... On February 10th, the petition is opened to members of the Westmont Community.
On February 5th, 2019, Brendan Fong, Emily Mata and Olivia Stowell sent the following letter to members of the Administration: To Whom it May Concern,
It has recently come to the attention of us and other members of the Westmont community that a stained glass image of Jesus Christ in the Voskuyl Memorial Chapel... |