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"hc_strike: Demand XI. WE DEMAND MORE ROBUST AID AND SUPPORT FOR QUEER AND TRANS STUDENTS OF COLOR. Remember that this strike is in response to the administration’s historical and ongoing exploitation of Black and Brown students, specifically Black women and queer and trans (BIPOC, specifically) students at Haverford. Don’t break the strike! Advocate for each other! #disrupthc #disrupthaverford" (Instagram post text)

"hc_strike: TEACH INS !! The first teach-ins will be 11/5 and 11/6. Please scan the QR code or got to the link in our bio to fill out the form if you are interested in being a student facilitator! “It cannot be denied that the university is a place of refuge, and it cannot be accepted that the university is a place of enlightenment.” (The Undercommons 26) As we strike to demand livable conditions for our BIPOC and FGLI peers we want to establish spaces where we, together, can continue to think with the strike, its goals, its values, and its future. Why and how did we get here? Where are we going? How do we continue the work of undoing the racist, anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, classist university begun by the strike and Black student organizers past actions? The critiques posed by the demands are not confined to the administrative but seep into the hierarchical format of classes themselves. Wendy Raymond and the Board of Directors aren’t the only ones who have to answer to the strike, so must our peers, our teachers, and ourselves. These oppositional learning spaces will interrogate all the ways we have been taught to teach and learn, holding space “in but not of” Haverford College. We hope that these workshops, freedom dreams, and conversations will provide both the contextual and the specific knowledge necessary for organizers and supporters to further the demands of the strike and of the ongoing global movements against Anti-Black and anti-indigenous regulatory institutions. Student facilitators will be paired with each other and with faculty members to develop spaces that are geared towards imagining anew, and imagining otherwise. rp from @bsrfi_haverford" (Instagram post text)

Stencil created by Daniela Moreira reading "In Solidarity with BSRFI, BLS, WOC, & All BIPOC Students"

Stencil created by Daniela Moreira with demand number three from the student strike, demanding leniency for BIPOC and FGLI students "who are traumatized by the effects of COVID and constant police violence in their communities."

Image with a raised fist in front of a flag representing the transgender community. The text urges students "affirm the lives and bring justice to all queer and trans students" and to stand in solidarity with WOC House, BSL, BSRFI, and "every BIPOC this institution has let down." Image was used in a post on the hc_strike Instagram on November 1, 2020. This image was also saved on the public student strike Google Drive in the folder "shareable media."

Tweet by Hannah Krohn (Haverford Class of 2017) on November 4, 2020 tagging Dr. Ibram Kendi and asking him to show his support for the student strikers. The tweet was retweeted by the @disrupthc account on November 4, 2020.

Tweet by Christopher Kozey on November 4, 2020 affirming his solidarity with striking students. The tweet was retweeted by the @disrupthc account on November 4, 2020.

Tweet by Brittany Steele on November 4, 2020 tagging Dr. Ibram Kendi and asking him to show his support for the student strikers. The tweet was retweeted by the @disrupthc account on November 4, 2020.

Tweet by Ellie Kimmelman on November 4, 2020 tagging Dr. Ibram Kendi and asking him to disrupt Haverford along with striking students. The tweet was retweeted by @kiribell327 the same day with added text "#DisruptHC #disrupthaverford." This was subsequently retweeted by the @disrupthc account on November 4, 2020.

Tweet by Jalen Martin on November 5, 2020 noting that students are "asking for the bare minimum for people to show that they care about the BIPOC at Haverford." The tweet was retweeted by @disrupthc on November 5, 2020.