Help MU student activists pay unfair fees!

In August, a group of 10 student leaders staged a protest at New Student Convocation to raise awareness of how students of color on Marquette's campus continue to be undersupported and tokenized by MU administration. Marquette chose to cancel New Student Convocation instead of engaging authentically with the students' concerns. Then administrators blamed the students for the cancellation, charging them with conduct violations that among other sanctions included a $300 per-student fee to symbolically pay for the convocation. Administrators claim this is part of an educational reparative process.

UPDATE:

Dear donators,

We write writing with an important update on the GFM for Marquette's student activists.

The students heard back from the appeals process this week. The $300 fee has been rescinded! If you would like your donation refunded, steps to do so are outlined below. However, the students still face all other charges. They could still use financial support, especially since they are about to be stripped of their student leadership positions. So if you want to keep your donation in, you can leave it, and it will still go towards supporting the students.

If you would like your donation refunded, here are steps on how to do it. There are 2 different methods, depending on whether or not you donated anonymously. If you donated anonymously, we on the GFM side don't have your contact info so can't refund you directly: you'll have to ask GFM to do it. If you donated under your name, we can refund you directly.

STEPS:

IF YOU ARE A NAMED DONOR (ie, not anonymous):

--Please send an email with your name to [email redacted] within THE NEXT TWO WEEKS that includes the name you donated under (ie, the one that appears publicly on GFM). We will refund your donation via GFM. You can find the procedure here: https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000723592

--If you do NOT email within two weeks, we will assume you want to leave your donation.

IF YOU ARE AN ANONYMOUS DONOR:

--You'll need to contact GFM directly and ask for a refund. Please go to this page and press "Get Help": https://support.gofundme.com/hc/en-us/articles/204150420-Request-a-refund#:~:text=If%20you%27re%20a%20donor,GoFundMe%20that%20you%20recently%20made.

--A GFM support person will be put in contact with you to issue you your refund.

--If you do NOT email within two weeks, we will assume you want to leave your donation.

In two weeks, we will collect the emails from the named donors and issue the refunds. We'll also send out a reminder email one week from today with this same information.

Thank you SO MUCH for your support of the students!

With gratitude,

Our Marquette