Civil Discourse & Social Change

Current Student Activism (Other Campuses)

poster: Student ActivismReadings (general)

Quaye, Stephen John. "Hope And Learning: The Outcomes Of Contemporary Student Activism." About Campus 12.2 (2007): 2-9. Academic Search Premier. Web. 2 May 2014.

Swank, EW. "Predictors of Political Activism Among Social Work Students." Journal of Social Work Education, 48.2 (2012): 245-266.

Readings (specific)

College of Charleston, South Carolina

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/us/for-genteel-college-of-charleston-an-unaccustomed-turmoil.html?_r=0 
https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2014/04/19/the-last-gasp-of-the-lost-cause-and-the-mcconnell-cofc-controversy/

Taiwan’s Sunflower protestors

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2014/0410/Taiwan-s-sunflower-protesters-end-parliament-blockade-with-fighting-words 
https://thecollegevoice.org/2014/04/28/student-occupation-of-taiwanese-legislature-comes-to-an-end/ 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26743794

Visual Media/Documentaries

College of Charleston, South Carolina

https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/college-of-charleston-students-react-to-their-new-preside 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9sa8m6fqm0 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--JNXSngLNw 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBZ9jiA4Lwo


Taiwan Students Protest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8UJRdldCS8 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laosDHmvEBs 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/taiwan-sunflower-movement_n_5062576


Lack of Diversity – UCLA

https://thegrio.com/2014/02/14/uclas-black-law-students-struggle-with-lack-of-diversity/

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