On the January 7th edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss student movements sweeping the nation. Last year protests erupted on college campuses across the country tackling racial discrimination, sexual assault, and student debt among other issues. In December, the University of California sold about $25 million of its prison stock shares after students’ calls for divestment.
What waves are student movements making today? Are we in a new era of student activism? It’s Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Angus Johnston, a historian of American student organizing who teaches at the City University of New York
Sofie Karasek, an anti-sexual violence activist and a co-founder of End Rape on Campus
Anthony Williams, the prison divestment communications director and editor-in-chief for the Afrikan Black Coalition
Web Resources:
Afrikan Black Coalition
Rolling Stones: There's No College P.C. Crisis: In Defense of Student Protesters
The Atlantic: The Renaissance of Student Activism
Times Higher Education: US student protests: why are they spreading?
The Daily Californian: UC sells shares in private prison companies after Black Student Unions release resolution
The Nation: A Graphic History of Student Activism