Education work(Answer Questions)

1. Woolworth Lunch Counter – February 1, 1960; 4 African American College Students; Greensboro, North Carolina; non-violent protest, sit-in to protest segregation in public places (e.g. restaurants); led to youth-led movement to challenge racial segregation and inequality across the South

2. #ConcernedStudent1950 – Fall 2014, Response to a series of racial incidents faced by Black students on campus. University of Missouri Student; Joined by Football team refusing to play; led to the resignation of president and policy changes to address racial hostility on campus.

3. Emma Sulkowicz, a visual arts student at Columbia University used her senior thesis to carry around her dorm mattress on campus to represent the pain and burden rape victims carry daily. Suit was settled in 2017

4. Charlottesville – a “Unite the Right” rally was held on the campus of the University of Virginia summer 2017. These individuals were met by a group of UVA students in a counter-protest. Violence ensued leading to the death of one counterprotester with 19 other injured.

5. In 2010, Arizona passed strong laws on illegal immigration followed by a law restricting public schools from offering ethnic studies classes.

6.September 2017 in UC-Berkeley cancelled its “Free Speech Week” after protest sparked in anticipation of speaker Milo Yiannopoulous invited to campus by a student group. The university was prepared to uphold the 1st amendment right/free speech of the student organization. Extra security was added and the event was ultimately cancelled over concerns for violence.

7. Winter 2016, controversy over the building of an underground oil pipeline. Controversy spread over threats to the environment and members of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation were joined by others to block construction.

8. In 2014, in response to the decision in the case of Eric Garner, a Black man who died in police custody, over 600 Tufts University (Boston) students organized a “Indict America: Davis Square March” that included a rally and demonstration of solidary.

9. In 2017, some students at Binghamton University (NY) protested the expansion of the blue-light security system off-campus into the surrounding community. The cost $200,000, students argued should be directed to other student services such as the opioid epidemic or mental health issues. Students issued a statement of demands and then occupied the administration building

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