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[[Student Social Action Movements|Home]] | [[Student Social Action Against Racism|Race]] | [[Student Social Action | <center>[[Student Social Action Movements|Home]] | [[Student Social Action Against Racism|Race]] | [[Student Social Action for Labor Rights|Labor Rights]] | [[Student Social Action Against Discrimination related to Gender|Gender]] | [[What Can Be Done?| Taking Action]] </center> | ||
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<center>*students protest at the University of the West Indies*</center> | |||
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:<small>''"The history of protest within and against American colleges and universities is nearly as old as the institutions themselves. While most undergraduates have tended to be inactive and passive, the have had periods of sudden and explosive activity. From the earliest days, college students in the United States have rebelled against what they considered repressive authority and unrepresentative administrations."'' <br> | |||
:[[Sources for Student Social Action Movements|(Brax, 1981, p.3)]]</small> | |||
Student social action movements have played a big role in the history of social justice and continue to play a big role in today's fight against injustice. On campuses across the world, students continue to stand up and fight for their rights and for what they believe is right. It seems as though college exposes youth to much more than they experienced; and forces them to explore what they never noticed or never understood. And then it gives them the resources and the support to follow through with these realizations and make a change in the world. | |||
Student Activism comprehends a very broad range of issues that students have taken up as their causes throughout the years. Because it would be impossible to provide a detailed and substantial account of each of the issues, three of the most important and most pertinent to the Dickinson College Community were selected. The website structure is broken down into: racism, labor rights and gender-related discrimination. A final section is devoted to possible paths of action for Dickinson Students to become a part of this larger student activism movement and fight for social justice at this college. | |||
<center>[[Student Social Action Movements|Home]] | [[Student Social Action Against Racism|Race]] | [[Student Social Action for Labor Rights|Labor Rights]] | [[Student Social Action Against Discrimination related to Gender|Gender]] | [[What Can Be Done?| Taking Action]] <br> | |||
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[[Sources for Student Social Action Movements|Sources]]</center> | |||
*picture taken from http://law.uwichill.edu.bb/davidberry/Protest/ | |||
Latest revision as of 02:02, 12 May 2006
- "The history of protest within and against American colleges and universities is nearly as old as the institutions themselves. While most undergraduates have tended to be inactive and passive, the have had periods of sudden and explosive activity. From the earliest days, college students in the United States have rebelled against what they considered repressive authority and unrepresentative administrations."
- (Brax, 1981, p.3)
Student social action movements have played a big role in the history of social justice and continue to play a big role in today's fight against injustice. On campuses across the world, students continue to stand up and fight for their rights and for what they believe is right. It seems as though college exposes youth to much more than they experienced; and forces them to explore what they never noticed or never understood. And then it gives them the resources and the support to follow through with these realizations and make a change in the world.
Student Activism comprehends a very broad range of issues that students have taken up as their causes throughout the years. Because it would be impossible to provide a detailed and substantial account of each of the issues, three of the most important and most pertinent to the Dickinson College Community were selected. The website structure is broken down into: racism, labor rights and gender-related discrimination. A final section is devoted to possible paths of action for Dickinson Students to become a part of this larger student activism movement and fight for social justice at this college.
- picture taken from http://law.uwichill.edu.bb/davidberry/Protest/
