1. COLLEGE STUDENT ACTIVISM ON CAMPUS
ENGLISH 104/OER
Fall 2017

2. MILLENNIALS: BORN

3. DANGERS OF APATHY DEFINITION OF APATHY -
THE ABSENSE OF ACTION, PASSION, OR EMOTION
THE LACK OF INTEREST OR CONCERN

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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