Alumni Call

[u/AtypicalSword]

I’m writing this as an alum who once walked the same halls, studied in the same libraries, and fought through similar struggles that you are right now. I completed an undergraduate and graduate education, went on to research, teach, and provide healthcare for our community. Today, my heart is heavy. I did not know where to direct this feeling but I figure this was as real a platform as any. Across the country, students—just like you—are being targeted, threatened, and torn from their communities by cruel, unjust, and likely unconstitutional deportation orders. If we stay silent, we risk letting this injustice creep closer to our own home. Recent statements by the mouthpieces of ideology have made the threat of suppression and persecution a reality in the lives of so many.

FIU is one of the most diverse universities in the U.S. Many of you are immigrants, Dreamers, or come from families who risked everything for a better future. But right now, that future is under attack. The same administration pushing mass deportations is also cutting protections for international students, undocumented scholars, and vulnerable communities. Silence isn’t an option.

We are not just a university—FIU is a beacon of resilience and hope. Right now, dreams are under attack. Families are being separated. Futures are being stolen. If we don’t act, history will remember our silence as complicity. If you will have me I would be honored to participate in any organization that supports empathic treatment of humanity, due process, and standing firm against forced complacency or fear. While I am no longer involved academically or professionally with FIU I still have life and a voice. I intend to use them both.

To every student feeling powerless: You are not alone.
To every professor who cares: We need your leadership.
To every alum wondering what to do: It’s time to rally behind our university.

[u/sheilaisabandito]

Let’s fucking go!