by Anne Pfeifenberger | Mar 30, 2018 | Skidmore College
Students have taken to the streets in the largest showing of a student led movement since the Anti-War Movement protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam. On March 24, students, teachers, and supporters of further gun restrictions took to the streets in over 800 marches...
by Yanebi Blanco Bayona | Mar 30, 2018 | Skidmore College
Last Saturday, March 24, 2018, I experienced first hand what I am convinced will be a defining event in United States history: the ‘March for our lives’ rally in Washington DC. As I was standing among the crowd (around 800,000 people, according to...
by Dylan Quinn | Mar 30, 2018 | Skidmore College
On a hot June day in Newark, just under twenty individuals huddled around a conference speaker. Unconstructed cubicles, boxes filled with office supplies, and Keurig coffees cups littered the stuffy office space. While the Deputy Campaign Manager fiddled with...
by Izzi Bertolozzi | Mar 30, 2018 | Skidmore College
On Saturday, March 24th I attended the March for Our Lives in Albany, NY. Since the election in 2016 there seem to be more marches than usual, whether they be for science, women or equality. There was one big difference between those marches and the March for Our...
by Jane Huber | Mar 30, 2018 | Skidmore College
For my “do something” event I attended a wealth inequality talk in downtown Saratoga Springs. The event was held at the famed Café Lena and called Conversations to Build an Inclusive Community: What Wealth Inequality Looks Like in our Community. I had no idea what to...