Howard University students ended a protest that lasted just over a month on Monday after coming to an agreement with university administrators. This follows several weeks of negotiations.

Donald Temple, an attorney for the students, announced the agreement with university officials which, he said, is confidential.

“The students courageously journeyed on a path toward greater university accountability and transparency and public safety,” Temple said.

When the sit-in at the Blackburn University Center–one of the longest in school-history–started in mid-October, students initially raised concerns over poor housing conditions  and COVID testing. They also called for  the reinstatement of student, faculty, and alumni members to the Board of Trustees.

On Monday morning via Instagram Live, Aniyah Vines, one of the lead organizers with The Live Movement, the student-led group that advocates for school reform, said that they will continue to advocate for change.

“We are out here continuing the fight, it’s not going to stop here,” Aniyah Vines said on Instagram. “We’re not done at Howard, there is a historic disconnect between administration and student bodies, not just at Howard, but at a lot of HBCUs [historically Black colleges and universities].”

In a video statement on Monday, university President Wayne A. I. Frederick called the agreement “a welcome development, and a necessary end to a challenging few weeks for everyone involved.” He did not elaborate on the terms of the agreement.

“The health and well-being of students is the most important part of my job as president,” Frederick said. “As I have said before, even one issue in one of our residence halls is too many, and we will continue to remain vigilant in our pledge to maintain safe and best-in-class housing.”

Mason Calhoun, one of the freshman who joined the protests, told DCist/WAMU that at least three of their demands were met. But, a fourth demand: the reinstatement of students, faculty, and alumni on the Board of Trustees is “still in limbo because there are external things like litigation going on that we don’t really have too much control over as students.”

Nee Nee Taylor, a parent of a Howard University freshman, told DCist/WAMU she was glad that the students received amnesty for these protests, but not all demands, like calls for an immediate housing plan, were met.

“If [the housing plan] were taken care of, my son would have a place to live,” she said.

Taylor says she’s been supportive of the protests since her son was diagnosed with a respiratory infection and acute cough in his first months in college. She says his dorm room was “impacted by a hazardous air environment” from unclean air ducts and filters.

“[My son] was instructed that he was going to be moved and that the room was going to be cleaned again, and still to this day, a week later, neither have been done,” Taylor told DCist/WAMU. “My son is at home in his bedroom, while I’m paying $5000 rent for a room he cannot live in.”

This post has been updated with quotes from a statement from Howard Unviersity President Wayne A. I . Frederick.