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how can community members (students, staff, alumni across and others around the world) get involved in actualizing any of these demands? There is so much support for holding the university accountable for every violation of university polices but not as many actionable steps for us to do so. Many of us are unable to access campus, but we are here and want to make our voices one--only by joining together with every single person who cares and wants change can we combat their tactics to crush us. Systemic organizing utilizes our collective power, but the majority of the world (from harlem to palestine) cannot access this campus despite being impacted daily by Columbia's conduct. When campus shuts down every time there is a peaceful sit-in, we feel powerless to harness the collective power we know exists. I'm curious if there are other actionable steps and how we can make them know to the community outside of campus. Maybe a letter writing campaign could be organized to demonstrate the unwavering support from communities across the globe, with a list of demands and requests for negotiations by a certain date that can be included in each letter. xx love and solidarity

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