As a result, Rosen began a roughly two-year partnership between Target and the UMD Campus Pantry. However, this partnership is expected to end later this month as Target is set to close May 13.
The resolution highlights how some graduate students fail to report these types of issues in fear of losing their funding, receiving backlash from faculty, or having their degree progress discontinued.
The group felt motivated to start this organization after hearing a guest speaker from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus discuss Latino identity and issues that the community faces.