Tag / Black Lives Matter
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When Is a March Not a Protest?
The answer is simple: when there are white lives around to give a movement rationale and appeal. Now, do not get me wrong; I fully support March for Our Lives. It’s a movement that demonstrates the power that young voices have in this democracy and what they can do when they join together. Gun violence…
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Remembering Students Against Peabody: A Reflection on Student Activism at Wash U
College campuses have long been considered hotbeds for young student activism. Between interactions with new people from a variety of backgrounds, and challenging exposure to classes addressing structural forms of inequality, it is often during their college years that young people start questioning their role within these systems and look to create change within their…
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My First Protest
I had no intention of joining the Delmar Loop protest on September 16. I didn’t even know there was a protest scheduled. But after seeing several police cars outside my window and hearing chanting outside, I ran downstairs with my roommate to see what the commotion was. Seeing a mass of people parading slowly down…
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Translating Violence
It was 7 p.m. I had just gotten off the phone with family. “Are you doing okay?” “Yeah. I’m fine.” “Okay, I just wanted to make sure. Sheng lu yi si zheng zai naoshi. 圣路易斯正在闹事” My mother was referencing the recent protests that had erupted in response to the St. Louis verdict, where the court…
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Losing a Local Hero
On September 6th, St. Louis lost an influential figure. Just short of 10 miles away from the Wash U campus, the body of activist Darren Seals was found inside a burning car with a fatal gunshot wound. Seals, often referred to as a “day-one” Ferguson protester, was known as a central figure within the local…
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Correcting an Error
I have been thinking about writing this article for a long time. Even as I write it now, I know I should have written this earlier. I should have written this after Samuel DuBose. I should have written this after Sandra Bland. I should have written this after Walter Scott. But I didn’t. So I…
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Millenials, Social Media, and Social Justice
Coming of age during a time of rapid and dramatic technological advances, millennials make up a unique generation. They regularly use social media—88 percent report getting their news from Facebook—and are savvy users of the Internet, one of the most important and powerful tools of their time. Checking their phones an average of 43 times…
