By Rachel Carlson, Chloe Marina Manchester, Tari Gunstone, & Felix Chrome Since the election of Donald Trump it seems like the meme-worthy craziness of 2016 is only set to continue into the new year. This year has been characterized by contentious battles and increasingly disparate rhetoric on issues from police […]
A Port of the Problem How the Olympia Port Connects to NoDAPL Protest
By Pauline Allen This September the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere permanently surpassed 400ppm (parts per million). The safe level of CO2 is 350ppm (like the climate justice organization named 350.org, if you’ve never heard of it I recommend you check it out). The first reading assignment in […]
Initiative-837 Rally for Safer Policing
By Tari Gunstone Around 200 people gathered on the steps of the Capitol on Thursday, October 22 to demand accountability for police violence, specifically against black lives and native lives in Washington state. The gathering focused on promoting Initiative-837 (I-837), which would rephrase a Washington statute that makes it incredibly […]
Complete Interview with Lawrence Walker III and AR Rushet
Questions by Tari Gunstone CPJ: Was your protest at convocation planned in advance? Lawrence Walker III & AR Rushet: Other students were planning a disruption, they wanted student groups be a part of it and hold up signs and take up space in front. (it didn’t end up happening, but […]
Voices Behind the Student Protest at Convocation
By Tari Gunstone Two students interrupted this year’s convocation with a sign reading, “Evergreen cashed its diversity check but doesn’t care about black students.” These students, Lawrence Walker III and AR Rushet, spoke with the CPJ about their motivation for this protest and issues of racism at Evergreen. They felt […]
Protest Follows Year of Controversy over Racism at Evergreen Contextualizing Bias on Campus
By Forest Hunt After students interrupted convocation in protest, the guest speaker, Naomi Oreskes, as well as George Bridges and the other administrators facilitating the convocation events chose to continue with the planned schedule and told the student protestors they could speak at the end. This did not sit well […]
Confrontation at Convocation Student Protest Highlights How Evergreen Addresses Conversations About Race
By Jon Fitzgerald Before Orientation started, I had set out to write an article about DisOrientation Week, a series of student-organized workshops bringing social justice issues to the forefront that’s put on by the Black Cottonwood Collective, an anarchist student group. But I can’t talk about DisOrientation, or Orientation, without […]
Rally in Solidarity with Political PrisonersStudents Demand Release of Leonard Peltier and Nestora Salgado
By Chloe Marina Manchester “Obama don’t let Leonard die, for the crooked FBI” chanted the crowd, as students and community members gathered in Red Square to protest the continued imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, Nestora Salgado, and all political prisoners on February 24. This rally was organized by the Free Nestora […]
Workshops & Direct Action at Farmworker Justice Day Students Protest Farmworkers’ Unfair Wages and Working Conditions
By Sarah Bradley Feb. 17 marked Jose Gomez Farmworker Justice Day at The Evergreen State College, organized by The Olympia Farmworker Justice Collective. The annual event, named in remembrance of a longtime Evergreen faculty member, brings farmworker’s voices to the student body through panel discussions and workshops. The day’s events […]
Abortion Rights (Counter) Demo
By Anonymous Organizers of the Pro Abortion Rights Protest This January marks the twenty third anniversary of a feminist milestone; the Roe v Wade court case establishing legal abortion access for women in the United States. Though abortion access has always been heavily regulated, the past several years have seen […]
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