activism

Activist Angela Davis champions prison abolition
By Alicia Smith
October 13, 2010 - 1:21am
Controversial visiting professor passionately discusses feminism and the anti-prison movement Tuesday to a capacity crowd.

Scholar-activist Angela Davis delivered a passionate, thought-provoking lecture on prison abolition to a packed Watson Theater Tuesday evening.

Rapper brings a fiery message about genocide
By Christine Mehta
April 14, 2010 - 8:52pm
Motivational speaker and activist Omekongo Dibinga crusades to end genocide in Congo.

Omékongo Dibinga clasped his hands and bowed his head for a moment. Then, his voice boomed. “Five million screams falling on deaf ears, fatherless children fathered by foreign soldiers. Homes with no husbands, husbands with no honor,” he recited, filling the basement auditorium in Syracuse University’s Life Sciences building at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with verses describing the plight of thousands of Congolese women experiencing sexual abuse as a result of war in the Congo.  

LGBT activists march their way through Washington
By Chelsea Damberg
October 12, 2009 - 12:31pm
LGBT activists lead a march on Washington, hoping to pressure legislation for human rights.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender activists marched across Washington on Sunday.  The New York Times reports the rally hoped to remind President Barack Obama that changes still need to be made in LGBT rights.  The march was the largest LGBT demonstration in nearly a decade, the New York Times says.

Revolutionary Minds
By Timeka N. Williams
April 24, 2009 - 11:23am
In 1969 the hill was buzzing with student activism, the students made demands and the faculty listened.

Bettie Thompson ’71 had been corresponding with her soon-to-be Syracuse University roommate on a regular basis the summer before her freshman year at SU. It wasn’t until Thompson met her roommate, a fellow New Jersey native, in person that race became an issue.

“Her family walked into Walnut Cottage where we lived, and she said, “My God, you’re a nigger,’” Thompson said.