- Signatures: 441
- Goal: 2,000
- Deadline: 11-17-2006
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This petition demands that UC-Berkeley undergraduate advisor Sherman Boyson no longer is in a position of power over students. He employed racist and sexist harassment against sophomore Erika Williams, calling her a "b----" and a "n-----" in Sept and Oct 2005.
| Number | Date | Name | Age | City | State | Comments | School or College (if any) | Occupation (if any) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 446 | 5:12 pm PDT, Aug 3 | Jeremy Bamidele | 19 | Fullerton | California | Boyson needs to be removed immediately. His abuse is not welcome on our campus. | UC Berkeley | Student and Business owner |
| 445 | 8:54 am PST, Feb 12 | Anton Oscar Iorga | 25 | Regina | ||||
| 444 | 7:07 am PST, Jan 1 | Simos Tarabatzis | 27 | Kavala | ||||
| 443 | 1:12 am PST, Dec 10 | Victoria Mary Stong / Civil Rights Activist | 44 | Long Island City | New York | We certainly don't need lowlives like Sherman Boyson in this world! | ||
| 442 | 5:26 pm PDT, May 23 | Ronald McDonald | 0 | Berkeley | California | He has horrendous listening skills and approaches students with a guilty-before-proven innocent mentality. His pratices are rude and inconsistent with University standards. How can anyone of this mentality be an advisor to any student? He would be more likely to tell you to jump off the Campenille than to find the help you need. What is sad is that HE SHOULD BE THE HELP. Thank God his office dosen't have windows, because he should kept out of sight of civilized society. What a horrible person. | UC Berkeley | |
| 441 | 11:32 am PDT, May 21 | CHILINA HOSKINS | 28 | Livonia | Michigan | |||
| 440 | 8:44 am PDT, Apr 19 | Robert Jones | 16 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | |||
| 439 | 1:05 pm PDT, Mar 26 | Doranna Mcclendon | 39 | Tempe | Arizona | |||
| 438 | 5:27 am PDT, Mar 26 | Heather Marie Davis-Jones | 27 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | |||
| 437 | 8:20 pm PST, Feb 21 | Janell Loveland | 20 | Webb City | Missouri | |||
| 436 | 4:25 am PST, Jan 14 | june mccann | 48 | Bedfordshire | ||||
| 435 | 1:16 pm PST, Dec 23 | Joseph Klawiter | 19 | Falls Church | Virginia | |||
| 434 | 12:42 pm PST, Nov 24 | Tim kananen | 28 | calgary | Armed Forces Americas | |||
| 433 | 10:51 am PST, Nov 24 | Jennifer Megeney | 28 | Saint John | ||||
| 432 | 1:00 am PST, Nov 20 | Metric Clay | 45 | Starkville | Mississippi | I beleive that these Human and Civil Rights violations is the problem with this nation is general. | Human Rights Active | |
| 431 | 6:30 pm PST, Nov 11 | Emily MacDonald | 31 | Mount Wolf | Pennsylvania | |||
| 430 | 3:59 am PST, Nov 10 | misty rennebohm | 30 | Burnaby | ||||
| 429 | 7:50 am PDT, Oct 21 | makayla szaramajluk | 15 | hamilton | Its wrong to be racist and call people names like that but people who do that are just trying to say blacks are different then white...its just skin colour! Hate crime is about hating something and does not have to be just about races...if someone killed an animal cuz they didnt like it is that not a hate crime? | sir winston churchill secondary school | student! | |
| 428 | 9:00 pm PDT, Oct 17 | Tara Jewell | 29 | Fullerton | California | |||
| 427 | 11:38 am PDT, Oct 12 | Anonymous | 31 | Buffalo | New York | |||
| 426 | 12:47 am PDT, Oct 11 | Sharon Gray | 28 | Clermont | Florida | |||
| 425 | 10:05 am PDT, Oct 8 | Stephen Valle | 19 | Plant City | Florida | Its sick. | ||
| 424 | 1:11 pm PDT, Sep 3 | Linda Bonura | 58 | Denham Springs | Louisiana | |||
| 423 | 6:50 am PDT, Aug 29 | Mark Mendoza | 27 | Northampton | Massachusetts | |||
| 422 | 1:02 am PDT, Aug 15 | Marcella Hammond | 28 | San Diego | California | |||
| 421 | 4:11 pm PDT, Aug 6 | Cynthia Burkhart | 44 | Kahoka | Missouri | |||
| 420 | 8:20 am PDT, Aug 3 | Erik Sjodin | 23 | Gothemburg | ||||
| 419 | 7:26 am PDT, Jul 29 | maria romano | 21 | Lynbrook | New York | |||
| 418 | 10:34 pm PDT, Jul 7 | Megan allred | 19 | Salisbury | North Carolina | |||
| 417 | 9:09 am PDT, Jul 7 | Shelia Word | 40 | Ripley | Tennessee | |||
| 416 | 10:17 am PDT, Jun 27 | Brenda Schenk | 37 | Hoquiam | Washington | |||
| 415 | 1:00 pm PDT, Jun 8 | Ashley Wehrwein | 14 | Clinton | Wisconsin | |||
| 414 | 10:10 am PDT, Jun 5 | Patricia Dorman | 26 | Saginaw | Michigan | |||
| 413 | 8:19 pm PDT, Jun 3 | Richard Artley | 58 | Grangeville | Idaho | This man needs professional mental help. | University of Washington | Retired |
| 412 | 3:16 pm PDT, May 26 | Paul Girardin | 49 | Montreal | ||||
| 411 | 5:05 am PDT, May 26 | Erika Helenius | 22 | Tampere | ||||
| 410 | 4:05 pm PDT, May 23 | Savannah Pollock | 14 | Warner Robins | Georgia | 'Free speach' my...What if someone walked up to you and started to just cuss you out?? Or got on the TV or radio and did?? What if someone did that to your daughter?? Or wife?? But why just that sex? How about your son, husband...Father and mother?? | Bonaire Middle | Student |
| 409 | 11:40 am PDT, May 11 | Anonymous | 13 | Bronx | New York | |||
| 408 | 5:29 pm PDT, May 8 | Cassie Es | 13 | Denver | Colorado | |||
| 407 | 7:50 am PDT, May 5 | Emily Durpery | 25 | doncaster | ||||
| 406 | 4:17 pm PDT, May 2 | Wendy Horn | 22 | Arcata | California | |||
| 405 | 10:09 am PDT, Apr 30 | Anonymous | 32 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | |||
| 404 | 12:28 am PDT, Apr 25 | Mish Oswald | 41 | Cold Lake | ||||
| 403 | 12:06 pm PDT, Apr 23 | mystery girl | 28 | Derry | New Hampshire | |||
| 402 | 6:01 pm PDT, Apr 9 | David Dunkleberger | 41 | Doylestown | Pennsylvania | |||
| 401 | 11:36 am PDT, Apr 9 | Candy Bowman-Leblanc | 55 | Placerville | California |
Oppose Racist and Sexist Harassment and Remove Sherman Boyson
- In September and October 2005, Sherman Boyson, the undergraduate advisor of UC-Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare, employed racist and sexist harassment and intimidation against sophomore Erika Williams, calling her a "b----" and a "n-----" repeatedly.
- Such gross racism and sexism poisons the campus community and prevents minority and women students from participating equally in campus life. No one who practices such blatant discrimination should be in a position to exercise power over students’ educational careers, particularly those of minority and women students.
- Other universities have recognized that calling a person the N-word is never justified. In 1993, when Central Michigan University's head basketball coach, Keith Dambrot, used the N-word in the locker room, he was dismissed by the university. In April 2005, when the University of Oklahoma's head baseball coach, Larry Cochell, used the N-word in a private conversation with an ESPN reporter, he was dismissed.
- So long as a person who practices gross racism and discrimination is protected by this administration, UC-Berkeley is defending racism and sending a "Not Welcome" message to underrepresented minority students at Cal and across this state.
- If Chancellor Robert Birgeneau does not remove Boyson, then his stated commitments to address hostile climate and increase underrepresented minority student enrollment do not have any real meaning.
THEREFORE, WE THE UNDERSIGNED:
- Condemn the racist and sexist harassment and intimidation practiced by Sherman Boyson against Erika Williams. Such gross racism, sexism, and discrimination have no place at UC-Berkeley.
- Call on UC-Berkeley to remove Sherman Boyson from his position as undergraduate advisor at the School of Social Welfare to protect the equal educational opportunities of minority and women students at UCB.
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