Mizzou student leaders decry cuts to Black, LGBTQ+ and Latino groups

By: Annelise Hanshaw

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 731

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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University of Missouri administrators’ decision to end direct university funding for student organizations representing minority groups drew fierce backlash Monday night, with group leaders warning the change could devastate programs that help students find community and support on campus.

“What the university wants from us is to fizzle out,” Asher McFerran, vice president of LGBTQ+ student group Queer Liberation Front, told a meeting of hundreds of students Monday evening. “What they have been doing is …

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