Activism at Stanford, Then and Now

Student activism is on the rise at Stanford and on campuses across this country on a wide range of issues. This public discussion of activism at Stanford offers an opportunity to consider the roles that student, staff, and faculty activism have played University during the University’s first 125 years. It will provide a chance to see how activism, never with entirely predictable results, sometimes succeeded in changing Stanford, in raising national awareness, in altering and, at times, advancing the state of American higher education. The discussion will bring this past into conversation with campus and community activism today. What are the lessons of earlier activism and what has changed? The voices brought together for this event will be those of students, staff, and faculty with demonstrated commitments to change. All are welcome to engage in this discussion, with a potential for continuing the conversation about affecting change today.

Reception with light refreshments to follow.