Affinity CelebrationS Go On - Without Harvard Support
Eight affinity groups held celebrations for Commencement despite denial of funding and venue use by Harvard
At the ceremony for first-generation and low-income students, Anthony A. Jack — author of “The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students” — said that despite the organizing success, the event was still “marred by broken promises” by the University.
“They tried to take our commencements away,” Jack said. “But nothing — no executive order, no coerced concession — can take away all that went into making this day possible.”
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