Masks Up, Don’t Shoot
Kashae Garland and Black students at Villanova University sparked a social movement to redefine the campus and its culture.
The Future is Another Country
Kashae Garland and Black students at Villanova University sparked a social movement to redefine the campus and its culture.
Thousands and thousands of people have taken to the street to protest the death of countless Black people… We have chosen to present this letter.
Rent, utilities, groceries, loan repayments, shitty housing conditions, shitty landlords: these all continue as normal.
The promise of a better future through education and agitation is a calling that no pandemic, however serious, could interrupt. We must and will persevere.
Based on your class schedule, format, and requirements, this may look different for each of you, but it’s important that you maintain a routine.
We hope, by publishing a pledge and a public list of those who have taken it, to pressure academic institutions and societies to better reflect both the diverse nature of existing scholarship and to foster a more inclusive profession that embraces the diversity of our communities worldwide.
Since 2003, Active Minds has empowered students facing mental health struggles to share their stories to let others know they’re not alone and to spread that message: help and hope are available.