Aside from donning black clothes for a day and wearing black armbands, BSA helped organize rallies and supported the ongoing efforts of other black student groups that invited prominent black leaders like Johnnie Cochran to speak about racial issues.
BSA is also kicking off an "Electric Blue Campaign" where they will pass out blue ribbons to protest police brutality.
Johnson said the campaign is, in part, a response to the motto of the New York Police Department's Street Crimes Unit, "we own the streets." The officers who shot Diallo belonged to the special unit.
"[With this campaign] we are taking back the streets and we're taking back this color," Johnson said, referring to the police blue she said has come to be associated with police brutality.
Williams said she hopes to continue organizing projects that raise social awareness.
"I want to continue that sense of connectedness with the outside world; what's going on in the broader community," Williams said. "That's the direction that BSA wants to take for next year."
Williams said the numerous first-year board members will be an asset in redirecting BSA next year.
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