Cornell Student Government Criticized for Donating Student Fees to BLM Groups

Cornell Student Government Criticized for Donating Student Fees to BLM Groups
Protestors take part in a demonstration at Washington Square Park in New York, N.Y., on June 1, 2020. Craig Ruttle/AP Photo
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The student government at Cornell University was met with criticism after it donated $10,000 in mandatory student fees to a non-Cornell coalition of Black Lives Matter activist groups.

In a June 25 letter to the editor published by student newspaper The Cornell Sun, second-year student Avery Bower complained that Student Activities Funding Committee (SAFC), a student board that allocates funds to student groups for events and programs, sent $10,000 to the Cornell Students for Black Lives fundraising initiative.