Condemning the racist and hate-based attacks on our college campuses and reaffirming our support for inclusion and safety in our institutions of higher learning.

condemns the increased harassment and violence targeted at students because of their racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual background;

identifies the elaborate and persistent efforts by extremist organizations to influence and recruit young people and the normalization of hate-based activities through moral equivalencies, political equivocacies and platitudes about free speech;

recognizes the efforts by staff at institutions of higher learning and law-enforcement personnel to respond to violence, extremism and racism and protect all members of the community from harm and hate; and

remains actively committed to creating safe, tolerant, and respectful learning environments that fully respect members from all backgrounds on college campuses.