STL Students in Solidarity

02/17/2016

Washington University and its board of trustees hold a significant amount of power in St. Louis. We must hold our institution accountable for it's connection to prisons and they ways they perpetuate injustice.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/student-activists-demand-washington-university-cut-ties-with-andrew-taylor/article_3f8f03e7-9a96-5af1-85f9-15eb782270de.html

St. Louis Students in Solidarity further called on the university to cut ties with prison investments.

02/17/2016

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02/17/2016

How is Washington University in St. Louis connected to prisons?
Join students and Decarcerate STL in calling for !

SIGN the petition and SHARE the video to show your support: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S5EEJeTINxa2iNBn2Ootqox91cMSO9ECDoBAo1cElrE/viewform?c=0&w=1

Sign in support of Decarcerate St. Louis and St. Louis Students in Solidarity's campaigns against mass incarceration.

02/16/2016

"I am very proud of Andy Taylor's membership on our Board of Trustees and I am grateful for the extraordinary difference he has made for the university and the entire St. Louis region," Wrighton said.

That "difference" should not come at the expense of people facing incarceration.

A group that says it's comprised of students from St. Louis-area colleges and universities has issued a list of demands including the removal of Enterprise Holdings' Executive Chairman Andy Taylor from Washington University's board of trustees.

02/16/2016

Sign our petition in support of Decarcerate St. Louis and St. Louis Students in Solidarity's campaigns against mass incarceration. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S5EEJeTINxa2iNBn2Ootqox91cMSO9ECDoBAo1cElrE/viewform?c=0&w=1

02/16/2016

How is Washington University connected to prisons?

Watch our video and read our demands to learn more about our campaign against mass incarceration.

As students from institutions of higher learning in St. Louis, we seek to amplify not only our voices but also the voices of our community in the call for justice for Mike Brown

01/02/2016

"Over 100 protestors marched to Cleveland prosecutor Timothy McGinty's home and staged a die-in, demanding a DOJ investigation and his resignation after the non-indictment in the case.

Source: nbcnews.to/1Vvs0ai
Photo: AP"

Over 100 protestors marched to Cleveland prosecutor Timothy McGinty's home and staged a die-in, demanding a DOJ investigation and his resignation after the non-indictment in the case.

Source: nbcnews.to/1Vvs0ai
Photo: AP

12/06/2015

"Before events in Ferguson, 46% of Americans believed that more changes were necessary to ensure that blacks and whites had equal rights. After a year of protests, the Washington Post found that 60% of Americans think the country needs to change to address racial inequality. Today 53% of whites believe changes must be made, compared to just 39% in 2014...The numerous symbolic actions taken by Black Lives Matter—large marches, die-ins, blocking traffic, and even disrupting the speeches of presidential candidates—have shifted public opinion. These high-profile actions have not necessarily focused on receiving a concession from a particular decision-maker, but have instead tried to draw public attention to the issue of racism and compel ordinary people to take action—or at least choose sides."

Minneapolis protesters’ call to exemplifies the movement’s strategic use of symbolic demands to win in the court of public opinion.

11/25/2015

Hundreds of protesters are marching from the 4th Precinct to Minneapolis City Hall following a Monday night shooting where 3 suspects allegedly fired into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters. Five suffered non-life threatening injuries.

11/20/2015

New tool to track student demands to universities across the country http://blavity.com/blackoncampus/

11/19/2015

A group of about two dozen black Towson University students brought a list of 13 demands to the school's interim President Timothy Chandler's office Wednesday and reviewed them with him until after midnight, when he pledged to address them.