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...this end, the BSA Political Action Committee and student organizers from more than 20 other organizations will convene next weekend for the first ever Harvard Social Forum, titled “A Campus Wide Gathering of the Forces of Change.” We have planned a two-day retreat on which we will educate ourselves about the broader systems we challenge and create a more in-depth understanding of our individual campaigns and how we can encourage collaboration between groups. We will learn about the history of activism at Harvard, evaluate strategies for campaign development and work toward...
...this end, the BSA Political Action Committee and student organizers from more than 20 other organizations will convene next weekend for the first ever Harvard Social Forum, titled “A Campus Wide Gathering of the Forces of Change.” We have planned a two-day retreat on which we will educate ourselves about the broader systems we challenge and create a more in-depth understanding of our individual campaigns and how we can encourage collaboration between groups. We will learn about the history of activism at Harvard, evaluate strategies for campaign development and work toward...
Though our goals for the retreat and future efforts to build a coalition are primarily centered on making change at Harvard, our intentions stretch far beyond campus activism. It is quite often that our experience as students in one of the most privileged environments in the world threatens to suffocate our knowledge of the world around us. One need not look far to see the realities of a world that is colored by segregation, actively expanding the prison and military industries as freedom and justice become less and less of a concern. Repression and violence against poor people, women...
Even though the High Flight students who attended the retreat were between the ages of 10 and 15, Gauthier said she hoped the group discussions would “get them thinking about the world around them...
Ashong said the purpose of the retreat was not “to teach kids what to think,” but rather to “challenge what they think...