Student activism

City University of Hong Kong students staging a sit-in during 2014 Hong Kong protests over blocking of electoral reforms
Students demonstrating against university privatization in Athens, Greece, 2007
Shimer College students protesting threatened changes to the school's democratic governance, 2010
Tufts University students demonstrating for disinvestment from fossil fuels, 2013

Student activism or campus activism is work by students to cause political, environmental, economic, or social change. In addition to education, student groups often play central roles in democratization and winning civil rights.[1]

Modern student activist movements span all ages, races, socio-economic backgrounds, and political perspectives.[2] Some student protests focus on the internal affairs of an institution (like disinvestment); others tackle wars or dictatorships. Student activism is most often associated with left-wing politics.[3]

  1. ^ Fletcher, A. (2005) Guide to Social Change Led By and With Young People Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Olympia, WA: CommonAction.
  2. ^ Fletcher, A. (2006)Washington Youth Voice Handbook Archived 2006-12-31 at the Wayback Machine Olympia, WA: CommonAction.
  3. ^ Boren, Mark Edelman (2013). Student Resistance: A History of the Unruly Subject. Routledge. p. 261. ISBN 978-1135206451.

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