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JMUF advocates for Uyghurs at Hillel’s Sukkah
On Sept. 21, the UR Jewish community came together under Hillel’s Sukkah to discuss the oppression that Uyghur Muslims in China face today. JMUF head, junior Kinneret Katz, helped lead a discussion on Jewish advocacy for Uyghurs. Read More
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Corporations need to do more to protest Georgia’s new voting law
Corporations have political clout, and it’s about time they used it for good. Read More
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How student turnover halts campus activism
How are students supposed to change that when we’re graduating faster than the University can fire a single sexual harasser? Read More
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Presentation explores role of Black women in suffrage movement
SUNY Oneonta Assistant Professor of History Dr. Susan Goodier began her lecture by emphasizing the importance of telling the stories of Black suffragists. She said that they should be “household names, like the names of white suffragists.” Read More
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A letter to white activists
Cry for your own life, but get mad about what happens to Black people in this country. Read More
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Architect Lee breaks down “power and place”
New Orleans architect Bryan C. Lee Jr kicked off the Humanities Center’s speaker series this past Thursday, discussing how architecture and design have historically been used to oppress people of color, and his work to change that. Lee is the founder and Director of Design for Colloqate, a New Orleans based organization which aims to […]
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Inside Rochester’s police accountability struggle
In front of Rochester’s City Council on April 16, Phyllis Harmon tearfully opened her neck brace, showing what she says are the remnants of eight screws and a plate that had to be put in. “If you all don’t do nothing else today, think about me,” she shouted. “Me! And get this right.” Harmon sustained […]
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Angela Davis, famed prison abolitionist, challenges UR to stress critical thinking
Angela Davis — an activist and scholar known for her prison abolitionist work — championed critical thinking in her talk last Tuesday, beginning with a criticism of universities, including UR. “I was asked to talk about what the University can do to encourage engaged citizens, but first I want to talk about the University,” Davis […]
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A radical education: University activism exhibit in Rush Rhees
The exhibit moves through the activism from 1962 to 1973 and displays the general trend of students’ and faculty powerful voice during this radical decade. Read More
