Activism

Shabbat controversy divides Jewish community over attitudes toward Israel

Shabbat controversy divides Jewish community over attitudes toward Israel

Zachary Shevin

The Center for Jewish Life’s Israel Shabbat generated controversy because leaders of the Alliance of Jewish Progressives felt it failed to acknowledge Israel’s occupation of the West Bank or mention Palestinians. 

NEWS | 04/07/2019

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Alliance of Jewish Progressives to host alternative Shabbat in response to CJL’s “Israel Shabbat”

Alliance of Jewish Progressives to host alternative Shabbat in response to CJL’s “Israel Shabbat”

Zachary Shevin

In response to Tigers for Israel (TFI) hosting Shabbat dinner at the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) this week, the Alliance of Jewish Progressives (AJP) will be hosting an alternative event entitled “#NotOurShabbat” from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in Campus Club.

NEWS | 04/04/2019

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CPUC meeting discusses PPPL, Ban the Box again

CPUC meeting discusses PPPL, Ban the Box again

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The most tense moment of the Q&A came when Micah Herskind ’19, the former president of SPEAR, pushed Eisgruber on what he sees as the University’s continued valuing of information “from a system we know is racist and classicist.” 

NEWS | 03/25/2019

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Liberating New South: How black student activists inspired change through protest

Liberating New South: How black student activists inspired change through protest

Ivy Truong and Benjamin Ball

At 7 a.m. on March 11, 1969, four students lurked in the weeds in front of the New South Building. Shortly afterwards, over 40 black students from the Association of Black Collegians (ABC) rushed the building, according to a log from the Department of Public Information. The students then chained the north doors of the building shut and secured the east doors with a mop.

NEWS | 03/07/2019

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Day of Action held for Xiyue Wang

Day of Action held for Xiyue Wang

Albert Jiang and Karolen Eid

“One of the things we are trying to do is keep things alive and do more than just hold a vigil every single year to remind people of the situation,” said graduate student Mikey McGovern, president of student group Free Xiyue Wang. “We want to actually turn consciousness into action.”

NEWS | 02/20/2019

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Eisgruber discusses University expansion, "Ban the Box" at CPUC meeting

Eisgruber discusses University expansion, "Ban the Box" at CPUC meeting

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

At the first CPUC meeting of the semester, President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 discussed the University’s new research initiatives and expansion plans. Undergraduates from Students for Prison Education and Reform (SPEAR) confronted Eisgruber with a series of questions.

NEWS | 02/11/2019

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U.’s Turning Point USA chapter wants to provoke debate, expand dialogue on campus

U.’s Turning Point USA chapter wants to provoke debate, expand dialogue on campus

Benjamin Ball and Zachary Shevin

Turning Point USA is a political organization that advocates for issues related to personal liberty, ranging from free speech to gun control. The University chapter has been met with both support and pushback from students.

FEATURES | 12/05/2018

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Rally opposing Kavanaugh attacks his judgment, conduct

Rally opposing Kavanaugh attacks his judgment, conduct

Zachary Shevin

Dozens of protestors filled the park, and some spectators even had to stand beyond the park’s confines. A number of protesters came with signs, including some reading “Unfit to Judge #CancelKavanaugh,” “Keep His SCROTUS Off Our SCOTUS,” and “When Truth Dies, Democracy Dies.”

NEWS | 10/05/2018

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U. students write, sign letter on Kavanaugh hearing

U. students write, sign letter on Kavanaugh hearing

Zachary Shevin

On Oct. 1, a letter involving the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh began circulating among University students. It was directed at the U.S. Senate and President Donald Trump.

NEWS | 10/02/2018

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U. students participate in ‘March for Our Lives’ rallies in Washington, D.C., New York City

U. students participate in ‘March for Our Lives’ rallies in Washington, D.C., New York City

Rose Gilbert

Saturday, several University students attended one of the major “March For Our Lives” events in Washington, D.C., and New York City to call for improved gun control in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that took place this February. 

NEWS | 03/28/2018

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Panel discusses sustaining an activist life

Panel discusses sustaining an activist life

Claire Thornton

Hedges, an author, former University professor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times, said that “to resist radical evil is to endure a life that by the standards of wider society, is a failure.”

NEWS | 04/17/2017

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SAB's Inspiration Night highlights intersection of arts and activism

SAB's Inspiration Night highlights intersection of arts and activism

Emily Spalding

The connections between social engagement and art were evident as the Student Advisory Board hosted its annual Inspiration Night in the Princeton University Art Museum Thursday evening.

NEWS | 04/13/2017

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First 100 Days initiative collects activism materials after Trump election

First 100 Days initiative collects activism materials after Trump election

Allie Spensley

The First 100 Days: Collection & Creation Events, a nonpartisan initiative aimed at collecting, archiving, and exhibiting activism-related materials created after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, was held in the Women*s Center from 3 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

NEWS | 03/29/2017

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