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Student Movement

Florida State students protest to take down statue of slave-owner
Zachary Schultz | Tallahassee, FL | 7/05/20
On July 4, over 70 students protested in front of the Westcott administration building at Florida State University to demand the removal of the statue of...
Police Brutalty, Tallahassee SDS
SDS challenges University Senate vote for unrepresentative Campus Safety Committee
staff | Minneapolis, MN | 7/02/20
A proposal to amend faculty senate bylaws and create a new Campus Safety Committee failed to garner enough votes to pass during a June 29 University...
Students for a Democratic Society (U of MN), University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Police Department
Call to March on the RNC: We Can’t Breathe!
Coalition to March on the RNC | Jacksonville, FL | 6/26/20
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the Coalition to March on the RNC.
2020 Republican National Convention (RNC), Coalition to March on the RNC, Jacksonville
Tampa Bay community honors life of murdered Tallahassee activist Oluwatoyin Salau
staff | Tampa, FL | 6/22/20
On June 20, Tampa Bay community members gathered at the Joe Chillura Courthouse Square to honor the life of Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, who was sexually...
Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, Tampa Bay Community Action Committee, Tampa Bay SDS
Rally in Arlington, TX demands justice
staff | Arlington, TX | 6/21/20
The Progressive Student Union (PSU) rallied 30 students and community members, June 18, demanding community control and defunding of the Arlington Police...
Arlington Police Department, CPAC Now, Progressive Student Union
March set for RNC in Jacksonville: ‘We can’t breathe’
staff | Jacksonville, FL | 6/19/20
The Coalition to March on the RNC applied for permits from the city of Jacksonville, June 17, to hold a rally and march opposed to Donald Trump and the...
2020 Republican National Convention (RNC), Coalition to March on the RNC, Jacksonville
Minneapolis Public Schools follows lead of University of Minnesota, ends contract with Minneapolis Police Department
Loretta VanPelt | Minneapolis, MN | 6/03/20
Hundreds gathered outside the Davis Center, the headquarters of the Minneapolis Public Schools, June 2, rallying to end the contract with Minneapolis...
Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis Uprising
Thousands in Tampa Bay demand justice for George Floyd and all victims of police brutality
staff | Tampa, FL | 6/01/20
Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society hosted a protest May 30 to demand justice for George Floyd and community control of the police.
Justice for George Floyd, Minneapolis Uprising, Tampa Bay SDS
A school’s unique response to COVID-19
Fabiana Casas | Chicago, IL | 5/25/20
Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy (IJLA) is a small two-floor building that rests on the corner of Western and Blue Island Avenues in Pilsen,...
COVID-19, education, Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy (IJLA)
March on the DNC meets with city of Milwaukee
Tom Burke | Milwaukee, WI | 5/23/20
The Coalition to March on the Democratic National Convention met with officials from the city of Milwaukee on May 21 to discuss the coalition’s permit and...
Coalition to March on the DNC, Democratic National Convention (DNC), March on the DNC