Student activist Shewa Shwani received an award during the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Syracuse University.
Posts Tagged ‘Activism’
SIF Scene (notable people, places and events)
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017Week in Review
Sunday, October 9th, 2016
Know Thy Self from Syracuse in Focus on Vimeo.
Realness Around the Collar
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou
Minister/activist Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou visited Syracuse University last night and was a speaker for a National Pan-Hellenic Council panel titled “Injustice for All 2: I Too Am America.”
Rev. Sekou said much of his personal activism is informed by his empathy as a Christian.
“So for me, Michael Brown’s body (laying on the street in Ferguson, Mo for four hours) is [like a] crucifixion at the hands of the state.”
He told students that we are living in the Age of Ferguson, which he described as:
- occupation of public spaces (including die-ins)
- rejection of traditional leadership
- rejection of modernity (starting urban farms, living off the grid, etc).
“The systems of those that came before us [and] fought so hard to become a part of, we don’t necessarily believe they have redeeming power,” he said.
Activist without a Pause
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Clifford Ryan, activist and poet
Week in Review
Sunday, July 24th, 2016
Activists Aggie Lane and Clifford Ryan marched during Black Lives Matter protest on Monday.
Throwback Thursday
Thursday, November 26th, 2015
Members of the Syracuse 8 at CBT in 2005
Multi-Tasking
Monday, November 16th, 2015Activist DeRay Mckesson stopped in Syracuse to participate in the University’s Blacktivism Conference before heading back to the Mizzou Protests (University of Missouri).
Week in Review
Sunday, November 15th, 2015
Educator-turned-activist DeRay Mckesson visited Syracuse University for the Blacktivism Conference. In the clip below, he talked about how he began in the movement.
