LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two students are planning to use social media to start a conversation about racism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and on apps students download to their phones.
Sophomore Danielle Young and junior Gloria Kimbulu have created the #NotAtUNL campaign, which will run on Twitter from Monday to Nov. 20. The campaign aims to spread awareness of race-related issues that have occurred on the Lincoln campus by encouraging students to share their stories of racism.
The students say they hope the campaign will help steer the Lincoln campus from becoming “another Mizzou,” in reference to recent student protests of racism at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
UNL spokesman Steve Smith said administrators welcome the discussion and hope it will be a positive experience for students.