by the CPJ auxillary team View of the Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment, photo by Sarah Swissa Within the past two weeks, many colleges and universities across the U.S. have erupted in protest responding to the ongoing genocide and scholasticide occuring within the Gaza strip. Columbia University became the first highly […]
Archive Spotlight: DAY OF ABSENCE
by Sako Chapman A Historical Perspective on the Evergreen State College 2017 Protests ORIGINS: In 1972, Dr. Maxine Mimms, one of the first Black women hired at the Evergreen State College, began the grassroots outreach that would become Evergreen’s Tacoma Campus. Mimm’s program was designed to meet the needs of […]
Things Long Since Passed–Of Pre-Covid La Voyeur, street urchin punks and a me that cared
Chris Tanner Hello new friends, strangers, and those whom I should remember the name of by now but can’t quite seem to, preoccupied as my brain always is with whatever bubbles, broils or just rots inside it–for example, this ensuing nonsense. At the tail end of January, I went to […]
Archive Spotlight: UJAMAA SOCIETY, Evergreen’s First BSU
By Sako Chapman, February 14th 2024 THE ORIGIN: Contemporary American Minority (Fall 1971 – Spring 1972) In the first year of Evergreen, 1971, a year-long ethnic studies-type program titled Contemporary American Minorities (CAM) was hosted by Rudy Martin, Medardo Delgado, and Darrell Phare. The faculty brought an emphasis on Black […]
Letter From Editor
Since the Cooper Point Journal last went to print, our community has been grieving the loss of Jonathan Rodriguez. Jon was 21 years old. He was a brother, son, lover, and friend. Jon was excited to graduate this spring. Jon, you are deeply cherished, deeply loved, deeply missed. We put […]