“Even though the administration is attempting to reach out to us, we want to let them know that we’re still pursuing action to keep it going,” Simpson said.

Thursday’s BLSA letter to HLS administrators included nine demands, including the creation of an “Office of Multicultural Affairs” and a new policy banning racial harassment.

The administration met one of these demand—for deans to meet with BLSA representatives—on Saturday.

“Since the publication of the letter, they have been really receptive,” said Canada. “We met to see what steps should be taken.”

HLS spokesperson Michael Armini said the meeting was very successful.

“We’re at the beginning of a process to build a constructive dialogue,” he said.

Armini declined to comment on the specifics of the meeting, including whether the administration agreed to meet any of BLSA’s other demands.

Clark, Richardson and Rakoff did not return calls for comment yesterday, but Armini said Clark is “very optimistic” about the dialogue.

The deans have plans to meet with BLSA again later this week, Armini said.

The administration, he said, is also sending an e-mail today inviting other student groups to set up meeting with administrators to discuss related concerns.

—Staff writer Jenifer L. Steinhardt can be reached at steinhar@fas.harvard.edu.