OU Unheard released a series of updates this week to grievances the group made about the university and community more than two years ago.
The updates, shared on Twitter on Jan. 24 with the hashtag #RollTheCredits, were part of Unheard Month — a month marked by events reflecting on the group's progress since it began in 2015.
The seven grievances were first released by the organization Jan. 13, 2015, and were followed by a unity march, town hall meeting and meeting between Unheard members and OU President David Boren within a week.
On March 8, 2016, exactly one year after a video surfaced of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members singing a racist chant on a bus, Unheard released a report card grading the progress the university had made on its addressing of the grievances. None of them received above a C.
All but one grievance — equitable funding for black student organizations — were addressed in #RollTheCredits.
Chelsea Davis, a health and exercise science senior and Unheard’s press secretary, said it was not included because the organization is not aware of any changes that have been made toward the concern.
“That may be due to numbers not being readily available. But we don’t have any feasible information on that right now, so that’s why we left it out,” Davis said.
For the other six grievances, however, the organization had changes to report.
What's next for Unheard?
Davis said Unheard will continue to address these grievances and make sure the OU administration is working to address them. She and several other members are graduating in May, and they plan to focus some efforts this semester on recruiting members to sustain the movement.
"We’re currently working right now with bringing in some new people, some younger students who are ready to lead the way," Davis said. "We have some graduate students who will be here for some time that are willing to stay in contact and work closely with the movement. So most definitely we are not going anywhere. Unheard is going to be here for as long as we can."
