FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On April 20, 2021, the jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of all three charges in the murder of George Floyd. This is a step with regard to holding police accountable and leading toward police reform. Like many of you, we are exhaling a breath that we have been holding in for years. Although this is a step,…
For Immediate Release March 18, 2021 – On March 16, 2021 in the Atlanta metro area there were 3 shootings that resulted in the death of 8 people; 6 of these were women in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. On March 17, 2021, in San Francisco, CA an elderly woman, who is also a member of the AAPI…
For Immediate Release MAY 29, 2020 – In the wake of the recent police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc. joins those calling for systemic reform on the use of deadly force by law enforcement agencies, and increased review of discriminatory practices that infer a racial bias. George Floyd died while handcuffed…
For Immediate Release MAY 7, 2020 – The National Governing Council of Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Inc. condemns what we believe are the unlawful killings of unarmed Black people by law enforcement and civilians alike over the years. In addition, we advocate for the modification and repeal of controversial laws like Stand Your Ground, and now Citizen Arrest, that are…
In recent months we have seen increasingly restrictive abortion bills signed into law in Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia aimed to obstruct and undermine the groundwork laid by Roe v. Wade. Most recently Alabama passed HB 314, which limits a woman’s right to receive an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, sooner than many women learn they are pregnant.…
