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Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. Two anti-racism groups have formed within CFA in an effort to promote racial equity. JOHN LITTLE/ DFP FILE

Schools within CFA make demands for racial equity

Allison Pirog July 25, 2020
Amid global conversations on race, two anti-racism student coalitions have formed within the College of Fine Arts.
Yusef Salaam discussed the importance of education and the effects of incarceration on young men of color in his speech, “Born on Purpose and With a Purpose,” at the Tsai Performance Center Friday. JACOB COLLING/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

One of the Exonerated Five says everyone is born on purpose, with a purpose

Mita Kataria March 4, 2020
Yusef Salaam, member of the “Exonerated Five,” wrongly accused and convicted of sexually assaulting a Central Park jogger in 1989, has taken up the fight against the unfair criminal justice system, and shared his lecture “Born on Purpose and With a Purpose” at BU on Friday.
Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. ERIN BILLINGS/ DFP STAFF

CFA students bring music program to Roxbury students

Sofia Saric April 4, 2019
CFA students Emma Chrisman and Hannah Hooven co-created the Boston After-School Music Program last fall to bring a weekly music program to students in Roxbury.
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