Bailey Martens

Features Editor

send me tips and compliments to b.martens@ubyssey.ca

Latest articles from Bailey Martens

Lua Presidio Waiting CNF Family… whatever that means

Most sick kids are afraid of dying and leaving weeping mothers and fathers behind. I sure was, or am.

At UBC, a second-year graduate student at the Social Justice Institute, Savoy Williams, brought forward an allegation of racial profiling by a security guard, raising questions about the role of policing here in Vancouver. Two years ago, former UBC Thunderbirds football player, Jamiel Moore-Williams was tackled and repeatedly tasered by seven police officers from the Vancouver Police Department for a jaywalking violation. Recently, former Board of Governors Chair Michael Korenberg resigned after receiving backlash for liking anti-Black tweets. Despite this, the Black community at UBC is fighting. Not just for survival or acknowledgement, but the right to thrive: to partake in a freedom that celebrates and foregrounds all Black lives.

Previous Page 2 of 2