COLLEGE STUDENT ACTIVISM ON CAMPUS ENGLISH 104/OER Fall 2017
MILLENNIALS: BORN 1981-2002
DANGERS OF APATHY DEFINITION OF APATHY - THE ABSENSE OF ACTION, PASSION, OR EMOTION THE LACK OF INTEREST OR CONCERN
Words to Define: Apathy, Vitriolic, Appalling We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words & actions of the bad people; but for the appalling silence of the good people Martin Luther King Words to Define: Apathy, Vitriolic, Appalling
HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF YOUNG ADULT ACTIVISM Freedom Riders, Mississippi Black Panther Party Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Anti-Vietnam War Protest Greensboro, NC Sit-In
CAMPUS ACTIVISM IN 21ST CENTURY Collective HBCU rally in support of climate change University of Virginia white supremacy protest 2017 Bethune-Cookman protest at 2017 graduation with Betsey DeVos Duke University protest after noose found 2015 University of Missouri Protest of racial discord; female student harassment 2015 American University protest after noose found 2017 University of Missouri Football player unifies in support of protest
ACTIVIST RESPONSES IN NEW MILLENNIUM Hoodie protest in support of Trayvon Martin Social Media Activism Die-Ins; similar to sit-ins Organized protest movements: (R) Black Lives Matter (L) Occupy Wallstreet
MILLENNIAL LEADERS IN SOCIAL ACTIVISM Malala Yousafazi, leading in support of Pakastani girls’ education Was shot and exiled from Pakistan for her efforts Bree Newsome, leading in support in the removal of the confederate flag Was arrested as she climbed South Carolina capital pole to remove flag DeRay McKesson, leading in social justice protests in Baltimore Youngest to run for Baltimore mayor