A group of University of Kentucky students began a hunger strike Wednesday night to demand better services for their peers suffering from food and housing insecurity.

Representatives of the SSTOP (Sustainable Solutions to Overcome Poverty) Hunger group at UK said at least seven students will not eat anything (but will drink water) until President Eli Capilouto’s administration creates a Basic Needs Center with staff and funding to help low-income students. About 50 more will be limiting their meals to one a day.

“We’re committed to striking until UK meets the demand,” said Beau Revlett, SSTOP’s director. “This is a way to get the public to understand these issues.”

Students led by the Black Student Advisory Council and Basic Needs campaign began to occupy the Main Building on Monday evening in support of their campaigns for action from the administration.

“Our dialogue at this point is all or nothing,” said Tsage Douglas, president of the Black Student Union. “Either you meet our demands and meet them on our terms or we’re not accepting it.”

The students plan to occupy the Main Building overnight on Monday so that they can meet with UK administrators when they arrive on Tuesday morning. As of 10 p.m., one UK Police officer was present in the building with the students.

The Black Student Advisory Council has five requests for the administration: a permanent seat on search committees for administrative officials, revising the William C Parker Scholarship, standardizing the role of Diversity and Inclusion Officers, releasing the findings from the 2016 Cook Ross Survey and taking down the mural in Memorial Hall.

The Basic Needs Campaign has its own list of demands relating to food and housing insecurity among UK students. Members of the Basic Needs campaign began a hunger strike last week as another form of protest.

Both groups are using the hashtag #OccupyUK to promote the occupation on social media.

The occupation began after a town hall hosted by the Black Student Advisory Council to discuss minority issues on campus. The town hall, a follow-up to an all-call meeting in October, went over meetings between the Council and administration about the Council’s demands.

If you've passed anywhere near the Main Building on the University of Kentucky campus, you may have heard or seen the peaceful occupation of a group of UK students. The two separate groups who are joining forces for the occupation are the Basic Needs Campaign and the Black Student Advisory Council.

The occupation in the Main Building is almost 24 hours old, but it is merely a head to issues that have been in the works for years on campus. Here's what we know so far about the most recent events leading up to and surrounding the occupation and hunger strike.

Les producteurs de café en Colombie ont organisé aujourd'hui une journée de grève avec des marches dans plusieurs régions du pays contre la baisse de leurs revenus, due à une chute depuis plusieurs années de la production de ce fleuron de l'agriculture colombienne et la baisse des cours internationaux.

«C'est une marche pacifique», a affirmé à l'AFP Diego Londoño, un des leaders du mouvement à Bolombolo, une localité de la province d'Antioquia (nord-ouest), où les cultivateurs ont annoncé leur intention de poursuivre leur rassemblement aux côtés de communautés indigènes, après la fin de la journée de grève. «Nous réclamons un prix juste et durable pour le café colombien», a-t-il ajouté.

“We have tried rallies, phone zaps, and student assemblies. Nothing has worked. What we are facing is not just resistance to the Basic Needs Campaign. We face a University of Kentucky that puts profit over people. It is time for UK administrators to acknowledge the magnitude of the problem we face and act in proportion. Until the University of Kentucky stops denying students the right to food and housing, we will deny ourselves food. If you are able, anyone can join us, and we encourage you to; there is power in numbers”

Comme Facebook, Twitter est devenu une plateforme où l'on s'exprime sur la grève des producteurs de café avec les mots-clés #Parocafetero [la grève des producteurs de café], #Colombiadicecafeterostienenrazon [la Colombie dit que les producteurs de café ont raison] and #yoapoyoelparocafetero [je soutiens la grève des producteurs de café].

Comme Facebook, Twitter est devenu une plateforme où l'on s'exprime sur la grève des producteurs de café avec les mots-clés #Parocafetero [la grève des producteurs de café], #Colombiadicecafeterostienenrazon [la Colombie dit que les producteurs de café ont raison] and #yoapoyoelparocafetero [je soutiens la grève des producteurs de café].

Les producteurs de café en Colombie ont organisé aujourd'hui une journée de grève avec des marches dans plusieurs régions du pays contre la baisse de leurs revenus, due à une chute depuis plusieurs années de la production de ce fleuron de l'agriculture colombienne et la baisse des cours internationaux.

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