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...hope that people find inspiration, that people find in the Teach-In hope for the rejuvenation [or] even the reconsideration of these issues," Frank J. Gorke '99, an organizer of the event, said...
Taking place this week at an estimated 110 college campuses around the nation, the teach-in is a nod to the power of grassroots movements. Recalling the efforts of activist that went before, student organizers of the national event met in Chicago (hello, 1968) this fall to orchestrate the nationwide program. What is remarkable, given the amount of well-traveled organizational roads teach-in student coordinators followed, is how refreshingly new much of the material presented this week has been. Although conducted in the vocabulary of a previous generation, today's activists have a brand new agenda...
According to the organizers, the goal of theDemocracy Teach-In is to promote active politicaldiscourse among students...
...inspired to see you all here gathered forthe first democracy teach-in in a while," he said...
...group of students, me included, have organized Harvard's week-long Democracy Teach-In in an attempt to bring students together to talk about their place in the University and the University's place in the world--to learn about the ways that politics isn't just something for Washington or even the Undergraduate Council, the ways all our educational experiences (where we live, what courses we get to take, what kind of activities are supported on campus) are determined by political decisions. These are decisions we as students don't usually get to make...