Dear

President Sian Leah Beilock
Barnard College President

Linda A. Bell
Provost & Dean of Faculty

Dean Jemima Gedeon
Associate Dean for Student Success

Elida Martinez-Gaynor
Director, Opportunity Programs

Dean Leslie Grinage
Dean of the College

VP Ariana González Stokas
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

          We, the First Generation Low Income (FGLI) students at Barnard College, are grateful for the opportunities and financial benefits Barnard College has made available to us. Barnard College has made many commitments to FGLI students including meeting 100% of a family’s demonstrated need and providing FGLI students the FLIP Library. While the past few months have been filled with a lot of uncertainty, there are a few ways in which the Barnard Administration has fallen short of our expectations in terms of communication and support for FGLI students. We are aware and appreciate that since the start of the pandemic, Barnard College has created working groups to gauge how to plan for the upcoming academic year. While the college has agreed to provide $1,200 for anyone with a 2019-2020 parent contribution of less than $20,000, there has been no other mention of FGLI students in recent email updates or on the 2020-2021 Planning Page (https://alert.barnard.edu/2020-21-planning).

          This document outlines a list of demands to the Barnard Administration and was written by Opportunity Programs (OP) students on behalf of all FGLI students on Barnard’s campus. At the end of this document is a link to an additional list of demands specifically for OP, which consists of three programs: the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP), the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), and Barnard Opportunity Program (BOP). These programs are designed to support the historically underrepresented (African-American, Latinx, Native-American and Alaskan-Natives) and/or the financially disadvantaged.  

          Our concerns around how Barnard College has handled the COVID-19 crisis are centered around a lack of communication and transparency, inadequate financial aid, housing insecurity, and insufficient academic support. Outlined below are our concerns and our calls to action for the Barnard Administration. We respectfully ask that you carefully read through and consider our demands. We thank you for your time and consideration.

          We send these demands to voice how these past months and the news of the upcoming academic year has affected us. We understand that the nature of the pandemic demanded fast widespread budget cuts. We also understand that everyone in the college was dealing with uncertainty and lack of transparency about major decisions. In the College's mission statement, Barnard commits to "help[ing] students achieve the personal strength that will enable them to meet the challenges they will encounter throughout their lives." We, the students of Barnard College, ask this proclamation holds true during these unprecedented times.

Link for Opportunity Program Demands: https://forms.gle/R9CUxRx2ekVpX6hh7

Signatories:

Students:
Amrita Khan, BC
Isha Asim, BC
Fowzia Hussain, BC
Jenifer Moralez, BC
Jenifer Moralez, BC
Colby Lamson-Gordon, BC
Bilal Choudhry, CC
Makaria Yami, BC
Joanne Lee, BC
Dan Reiser, BC
Naomi Jones, BC
Samantha Rokeya Bhuiyan, CB
Gabriella Ortiz, BC
Kayla LeGrand, BC
Priscilla Kong, BC
Makaria Yami, BC
Sabrina McFarland, BC
Natasha Reich, BC
Khallela Barracks, BC
Jessica Barrios, BC
Tasneem Elkoush, BC
Yuval Dinoor, BC
Léa Jean-François, BC
Aneeza Asif, BC
Aliyah Simon-Felix, BC
Danielle Hopkins, BC
Alex Volgyesi, BC
Agie Neneh Sissoho , BC
Justice Robinson, BC
Yasmin Elkoush, BC
Cobie-Ray Johnson, BC
Kate Meter, BC
Asma Asghar, BC
Maya Gilbert, BC
Paisley Smith, BC
Hana Illikkal, BC
Gabriela Levy, BC
Alison Siegel, BC
Tasnim Salim, BC
Ellie Yousif, BC
Amy Zhang, BC
Maryam Elsayed, CU
Brianna Johnson, BC
Deandra Singh
Nelva Mendoza Cano, BC
Nermine Hamed, BC
Tina Gao, BC
Daniela Goodman Rabner, BC
Shyanne Francis, BC
Sultana Mohammed, BC
Jennifer Lopez, BC
Aaisha Sajjad, BC
Zyiel Baughan, BC
Fatoumata Wague, BC
Noa Weiss, BC
Angelica Michaca, BC
Jada Louison, BC
Adiba Hussain, BC
Arianna Carriel, BC
Sude Gokce, BC
Gulshan meem, BC
Penelope Adames, BC
Jackeline Peraza, BC
Kahyun Kim, BC
Madison Murphy, BC
Michele Sattaur, BC
Jessenia Puma, BC
Janet Vo, BC
Amanda Samimi, BC
Tamima Sultana, BC
Athena Chin, BC
Norah Hassan, BC
Juliet Ortiz, BC
Maggie Zhu, BC
Asha Meagher, BC
Catherine Serianni, CU
Kalina Ko, BC
Naemal Bhatti, BC
Aisha Malik, CU
Mariana Huerta, BC
Jade Thompson, BC
Elizabeth Hodgson, BC
Ariana Carranza, BC
Mia Kyler, BC
Mahniz Reza, BC
Maia Robinson, BC
Brianna Wallace-Clarke, BC
Nieves Metzli, BC
Chloe Oldham, BC
Eliza Ducnuigeen, BC
Maria Pondikos, BC
Jennifer Koita, BC
Ilana Doran, BC
Rebecca Galloway, BC
Caitlin McCormick, BC
Mariana Estrada, BC
Aisha Mann, BC
Kaythari Maw, BC
Andrea Michaca, BC
Emily Miura Stempel, BC
Elizabeth Flachbart, BC
Maya Corral, BC
Justin Saintil, CU
Allison Salwen, BC
Erin Ergun, BC
Jennifer Guizar, BC
Nazaret Cuadros, BC
Ibtihal Malley, BC
Grace Stone, BC
Lucy O'Connor, BC
Nicole Blanco, BC
Leah Teller, BC
Isabella Rafky, BC
Sophia Howard, BC
Siri Ketha, BC
Max Johnson, CU
Olivia Solanot, BC
Carla Melaco, BC
Mary Clare Greenlees, BC
Madeline Nelkin, BC
Shristi Bashista, BC
Ingrid Corrigan, BC
Elysa Caso-McHugh, BC
Maya Esberg, BC
Lorelei Robinso, CU
Mathilde Nielsen, BC
Clare DiMaiolo, BC
Maya Hoffman, BC
Julia Sullivan, CU
Aicha Cherif, BC
Miranda Brown, BC
Mariana Huerta, BC
Erica Kam, BC
Yuming Lin, BC
Jaymin De La Cruz, BC
Kayla Koffler, BC
Ada Jiang, BC
Chrystal Kusi, CU
Natalia Lanzoni, BC
Celia Le, CU
Maria Avila-Franklin, CU
Lauren Onelum, BC
Lindsey Weiskopf, BC
Laura Cortez, BC
Juliana Tapia, BC
James Gonzalez, CU
Ashly Medina, CU
Sarah Trieu, BC
Gabriela Arredondo, BC
Lillian Zhang, BC
Angel Njoku, CU
Habiba Sayma, BC
Sarah Nagin, BC
Abby Clemente, BC
Julieth Sanchez, CU
Genesis Vasquez, CU
Julieth Sanchez, CU
Sinead Moyles, BC
Kyrie Woodard, BC
Joana Gjeci, BC
Cindy Tsang, BC
Eugenia Baek, BC
Nobuyo Watanabe, BC
Lucia O’Brien, BC
Alexandra Haddad, BC
Daniela Lebron, BC
Auden Barbour, BC
Rebecca Kremen, BC
Uyen Dinh, BC
Syeda Anjum, BC
Rachel Van Vort, BC
Tiffany Vo, BC
Julia Tong, BC
Shaila Fye, BC
Winnie Chan, BC
Amelia Haynes, BC
Meghna Gopalan, BC
Thalia Gomez, BC
Nicole Alarcon, BC
Erin Csombor, BC
Camilla Green, BC
Mazen Alsafi, CU
Gisela Levy, CU
Amari Gaiter, CU
Claudary Jones, CU
Serena Tsui, CU
Katie Lutz, CU
Quiya Harris, CU
Jacqui Leigh Russell, BC
Jacqui Leigh Russell, BC
Lauren Kahme, BC
Magnolia Totaro, BC
Elvis Diaz, CU
Neely McKee, CU
Isabel Ocampo, BC
Andrea Coit, BC
Grace El-Fishawy, BC
Geena García, BC
Aditi Malhotra, BC
Ana Perez, BC
Ashley Canales, BC
Phuong Uyen Nguyen, BC
Kaia Langathianos, BC
Amina Assal, CU
Angelina Nicolosi, BC
Adriana Orantes, CU
Posey Cohen, BC
Madison Christmas, BC
Mahdia Begum, BC
Cecilia Vega Orozco, BC
Leeza Kopaeva, BC
Solby Lim, BC
Naiara Munich, BC
Jenab Diallo, BC
Jane Collins, BC
Catherine Parkin, BC
Erika Miller, BC
Livia Martinez, BC
Sophia Santos, BC
Fariha Kaji, BC
Sophia Santos, BC
Kaoutar Afif, BC
Carolyn Kelly, BC
Hawa Tunkara, BC
Noga Hurwitz, CU
Jayanne Forrest, CU
Tameem Asif, CU
Aileen Hernandez, CU
Lia Parkin, BC
Samantha Caveny, BC
Stephen Kuster, BC
Fiona Noring, BC
Courtney Jacobs, BC
Ellie Story, BC
Gehad Hassan, BC
Ellen Gaughan, BC
Abby Kleiman, BC
Isabel Draper, BC
Abby Kleiman, BC
Alicia Benis, BC
ally benitez, BC
Thea Konefal, BC
Kaylee Trejo, BC
Erin Csombor, BC
Eve Glazier, BC
Mia Cucufate, BC
Dursitu Duresso, BC
Joanna Miral, BC
Eliza Staples, BC
Gabrielle Obregon, BC
Maya Campbell, BC
Fina Bertolotti, BC
Esmé Ablaza, BC
Joshua Garay, CU
Alicia Whye, CU
Sahra Denner, CU
Danielle Kempf, CU
Kay Kemp, CU
Muskan Bhadauria, CU
Amanda Taylor, BC
Marianna Najman-Franks, BC
Anne Lewandowski, CU
Rachel Barkin, BC
Kate McGrath, BC
Ethiopia Mengesha, BC
Zoe Jackson, BC
Elifsu Gencer, BC
Paloma Mallan, BC
Christina Chin, BC
Julia Dettor, BC
Isabel Amos-Landgraf, BC
Miranda MacGillivray, BC
Anne Farrell, BC
Mass Al Azm, BC
Andrea Lopez, BC
Jackeline Peraza, BC
Andrea Lopez, BC
Seyla Phan, BC
Grace Manes, BC
Maya Campbell, BC
Elisa Gaffney, BC
Jesse Yebouet, CU
Lord Crawford, CU
Natasha Simadibrata, CU
Sophia Stener, CU
Andrea Lopez
Alex Southwick, BC
Francesca Loiodice, BC
Sydney Denson, BC
Mark Calvario, CU
Redd Ingram, CU
Jason Mohabir, CU
Malachi Jones, CU
Erin Cooper, CU
Ailene Torres, CU
Eva Bogomilova, CU
Thomas Wee, CU
Irene Fueyo-Gomez, CU
Ruchi Shah, BC
Jackie Chu, BC
Gehad Hassan, BC
Gustie Owens, BC
Olivia Eliopoulos, BC
Natalie Leitner, BC
Maria Elizarraga Hernández, BC
Yvette Carbajal, BC
Julia Tannenbaum, BC
Sam Leahy, BC
Carmen Vintro, BC
Jillian Dawson, BC
Isabelle Robinson, BC
Oona Mackinnon-Hoban, BC
Catherine Todd, BC
Ashwaq Abdi, BC
Ana Rael, BC
Carolina Jimenez, BC
Rachel Ng, BC
Hannah Cohen-Sidley, BC
Michelle Chow, BC
Gabriella Kaspi, BC
Leslie Castro, CU
Jack Hjerpe, CU
Justine Decker, CU
Spencer Bruce, CU
Liberty Martin, CU
Arbaz Omar, CU
Eveline Mol, BC
Anjali Pal, BC
Katie Lutz, CU
Niharika Rao, BC
Rodda John, CU
Peter Gado, CU
Abigail Smith, BC
Pagona Kytzidis, BC
Kaili Meier, BC
Jasmine Sabadosa, BC
Maia Donald, BC
Megan May Rivera, BC
Mantjita Camara, CU
Emily Freed, BC
Saraly Vargas, BC
Delaney Wellington, BC
Kayla-Rae Gordon, BC
Julia Tolda, BC
Maya Tessler, BC
Brianna sturkey, BC
Emma Layton, CU
Nnedi Eze, CU
Rachel Graff, CU
Zoe Perloff, BC
Hannah Auerbach, BC
Michaela Tero, BC
Rachel Luo, BC
Mira Gordon, BC
Ari Shenkman, BC
Isabelle Pierce, CU
Maryam Hyder, BC
Denver Blevins, CU
Dariya Subkhanberdina, BC
Lydia Paris, BC
Aditi Misra, BC
Deanna Cuadra, CU
Louise Sandback, BC
Claire Adler, BC
Melani Estevez, BC
Zakiya Lakha, BC
Lucy Danger, BC
Delaney Wellington, BC
Angela Lytle, BC
Emma Beaumont-Smith, BC
Tonika Henry, BC
Nami Weatherby, BC
Tessa Awalt-Conley, BC
Natasha Nair, BC
Eliana Shapere, BC
Olivia Mitchell, BC
Cassandra Clifford, BC
Emily Ringel, BC
Daniel Seizer, CU
Sadie Klaus, BC
Sophie Gillard, BC
Claire Goldberg, CU
Mass Al Azm, BC
Anne Pang, BC
Nina Montoya, BC
Kate Garza, BC
Alison Keenan, BC
Sam Azanza, BC
Emma Harter, BC
Margarete Wolfe, BC
Yasmin Naji, BC
Margaret Maguire, BC
Winsome Ching, BC
Blake Jones, CU
Maya Hertz, BC
Dilara Balkan, BC
Delia Anderson-Colson, BC
Minting Young, BC
Dahiana Peña, CU
Caroline Caldwell, BC
Maia Anderson, BC
Samuel Hutchinson, CU
Amber Michaca, CU
Sarah Hilligoss, BC
Nilufahr Cooper, BC
Maeve Murphy, BC
Hanna Dobroszycki, BC
Aynika Nelson, BC
Heliqiong Sun, BC
YunZhe Hu, BC
Meg Young, BC
Jude Poley, BC
Mikako Murphy, BC
Naomi Chang, BC
Aimee Morris, BC
Mirabella Mannray, BC
Christa Bailey, BC
Ariana Chuback, BC
Sharmie Azurel, BC
Livia Hughes, BC
Sophie Hauth, BC
Chelsea Adjalla, BC
Anne Janowski, BC
Grey Berkowitz, BC
Erin Caylor, BC
Isabella Pacenza, BC
Zoe Ann Dansdill, BC
Blossom Maduafokwa, BC
Jade Kaleel, CU
Ellis Shapiro-Barnum, CU
Katherine O'Carroll, CU
Grace Clifford, CU
Aminata Ka, CU
Kyla Clemons, CU
Maeve Murphy, BC
Ana Eveleigh, BC
Katie McColley, BC
Denise Mantey, BC
Misbah Farooqi, CU
Sofie Garcia-George, CU
Julian Briggs, CU
Sila Puhl, CU
Grace Brennan, BC
Megan Chew, BC
Ana Jimenez, BC
Joelle Sherlock, CU
Delaney Wellington, BC
Hannah Wyatt, BC
Edith Allen, BC
Flosha Liyana, BC
Kassia Karras, BC
Grace Freed, BC
Emmayrabbi Mohammad, BC
Alyssa Romo, CU
Aisha Saleem, BC
Maria Chart, CU
Iliana Cantu, CU
Chris Wang, CU
Jill Pasewark, BC
Ariel LaForest, BC
Yaashna Punia, BC
Julie Seager, BC
Victoria Cadostin, BC
Xander Ge, CU
William Yin, CU
Emily Ndiokho, BC
Lena Harris, BC
Zoe Novello, BC
Nicholas Zumba, CU
Khakima Khalizova, BC
Sloane Clifton, BC
Alexa Silverman, BC
Amy Muller, CU
Bella Fenn, CU
Isabel Alberola, BC
Shaniqua Davis, BC
Anna Makowski, BC
Sandy Salazar, BC
Jenny Chen, BC
Phoebe Rossman, BC
Grace Schleck, BC
Jailine Peña López, BC
Emma Beaumont-Smith, BC
Jamie-Ann Palmer, BC
Emma Beaumont-Smith, BC
Nishat Akhtar, BC
Leila Saidi-Grant, BC
Juliana Mendelsohn, BC
Mia Rolph, BC
Maya Darville, BC
Isha Dave, BC
Caroline Itzkoff, BC
Zoe Curewitz, BC
Jasmin Torres Piñón, BC
Talia Goldberg Bicas, BC
Hayley Willner, BC
Kelsey Bonaparte, BC
Frieda Muller, BC
Madeline Liberman, BC

Alumni:
Nastassia Maes
Trip Eggert
Rachel Doyle
Ava Friedlander
Vyoma Sahani
Kris Ahn, Alumni
Sally Tuszynski
Esther Kang
Fatoumata Diallo
Carla Hachicho
Allison Forsberg
Mia Simon
Isabelle Knapp
Aisha Oza
Priya Pat
Haifa Rahman
Alice Rowland
David Valdes
Rebecca Brown
Sarah Elliot Barlow-Ochshorn
Dallas Koelling
Willa Smith
Sabina Thomas
Zawareen Zakaria
Flannery James
Amar Bhardwaj
Lia Parkin
Fiona Noring
Janine Sempel
Maritza Massol
Stephen Kuster
Erinn Lee
Summer Motton
Aydan Shahd
Kay Dente-Ferguson
Kennedy Keys
Olympia Serban
Riva Weinstein
Ashaki Lloyd
Emily Goldstein-McGowan
Ellen Xing
Galiba Gofur
Romy Felsen-Parsons
Jalen Fuller
Harrison Gale
Madeleine Williams
Asya Sagnak
Deisy Cedeno
Dylan Castagnette
Hagir Elzin
Eleanor Bailey
Daniel Igbokwe
Will Connell
Parsa Najmaie
Eleanor Murguia
Ruth Ramjit
Madeline Cohen
Atsede Assayehgen
Maleni Palacios
Lynn Dao
Jose Mendoza
Gabriela Giraldo
Isabel Starkey-Jones
Naomi Wasserman
Colette Rosenberg
Hana Mahallati
Rachel Gates
Maggie Pahl
Nia Barbee
Thalia Gossi
Yarimar Gonzalez
Yanilda Gonzalez
Julia Tache
Victoria Sun
Genesis Quito
Shruti Varadarajan
Kalena Chiu
Sylvia Korman
Mira Tignor
Jose Mendoza
Madeline Ducharme
Tasneem Ebrahim
Cesay Camara
Jose Mendoza
Lindsay Garber
Stephanie Garcia Sosa

Faculty/Staff:
Colin Flanagan
Jue Guo
Nick Bartlett
D. Max Moerman
Dorothy Ko
Basil Perkins
Henry Truong
Paige West
Mara Green
Alexander Alberro
Matthew L Keegan
Eve Kausch
Ronald Briggs
Pallavi Gupta
Pam Cobrin
Charlotte Quincoses
Orlando Bentancor
Premilla Nadasen
M. H. Kolisnyk
Karen Fairbanks

Departments:
Barnard College Anthropology Department
Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia
Art History Department at Barnard College
The First-Year Writing Program at Barnard College
History Department at Barnard College
Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Barnard College
Architecture Department at Barnard College

Community Members:
Amber Lopez
Jayla Hill
Sabrina Sanchez Velilla
Kheli Atluru
Emma Larson
Michelle Asim
Connor Walsh, NYU Student
Ariel Faison, NYU Student
Fiona Golden, Queens College Student
Elena Smith, St. John's University Student
Sarah Lynch, Harvard Student

Student Groups:
FGLI
CU Dhoom
Echoes Literary and Art Magazine
Columbia Musical Theatre Society
Take Back The Night
CoLab Performing Arts Collective
CU Players
Beyond the Box
CU Amnesty International
Columbia University Marching Band
Columbia Daily Spectator
CU ADI
CU Alianza
CU Comparative Literature
CU DKA
WBAR
BOSS (Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters)
Sprout Up CU
CU ASA
CU ASP
Double Exposure: Columbia University Undergraduate Film Journal
CU MSA (Muslim Student Association)
Barnard SGA Executive Board Members and the Senior Representative to the Board of Trustees
King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe
New and Original Materials Authored and Directed by Students (NOMADS)
Columbia Iranian Students' Association
CU Circle of Women
 CU South Asian Feminism(s) Alliance

Parents/Family Members:
Grezzly Arenas
Auburn Watersong
Jack Freed
Elisabeth Teller
Scott Teller
Paula Glazier