STAAR is an Executive Agency of Student Government that strives to improve all types of race relations within the University of Florida student body.
Students Taking Action Against Racism is an agency of Student Government dedicated to the improvement of race relations on the University of Florida campus. STAAR recognizes the existence of racial inequality within society and attempts to combat it through the spread of education and empathy. The vision of STAAR is strongly based on the importance of building relationships and subsequently growing to understand the perspective of fellow students. Using events and campus based initiatives, STAAR acts as a means for all students to learn about the effects of racism and become directly involved in standing against it.
Racism is a historical system of oppression that echoes the voice and opinions of prejudiced individuals. In oppostion, STAAR and its team, comprised of students of racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, aim to amplify the voice of those who stand against societal injustice by spreading genuine racial education to the UF Student Body.
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