By Mason Soto From a worker’s death over the summer in Sumas to a sexual harassment case against an agribusiness manager in Lacey, farmworker activists are working to expose experiences of exploitation happening behind the scenes of the local food supply chain. For the annual Farmworker’s Justice Day on January […]
NewsMay Day Protesters Charged
By Morrissey Morrissey After almost a year, prosecutors have charged four of the nine people arrested following the May Day protest in Downtown Olympia in May of 2017. The charges include misdemeanor rioting, pedestrian obstruction, failure to disperse, and disorderly conduct. One year ago, protesters in Olympia gathered at […]
Indigenous Women Take the Capitol Locals Hold Space for Treaty Rights and Eco Reform
By Mason Soto In the early hours of January 11, Janene Hampton and her friends were sleeping on the Olympia Capitol campus when they were awoken by policemen in riot gear who demanded they leave, and most activists did so. Janene refused. As they arrested her, they asked her address, […]
“The Genocide Awareness Project” Comes to Evergreen
By Chloe Marina Manchester On October 11 and 12, an anti-abortion group known as the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform (CBR) was on Red Square mounting a display they call “The Genocide Awareness Project”. There were signs set up around Red Square by the group alerting students to the graphic imagery […]
A Year in Review Campus Protests at Evergreen
By Jasmine Kozak-Gilroy 2017 was a historic year for The Evergreen State College, blasting us into the public discourse and bringing with it unprecedented media attention. The quick succession of events and over saturation of outside media sources has created confusion over causality and what, exactly, went down last spring. […]
A Year of Events A Time Line of Protests
By Jasmine Kozak-Gilroy Recent protests were a response to tensions that have been mounting through the entire academic year. Here is a summary of some of the events that lead to student action— September 21 Student Protest at Convocation Two student protesters took the stage during a question and answer […]
Students Demand Change
Photo by Ricky Osborne Multiple coalitions of POC students delivered demands to George Bridges and other members of the administration. We suspect they will cotinue to grow and change as this story progresses. Here are the current demands that came out of last week’s events— We demand that no changes […]
Protest Prompts Changes at Evergreen Students Say the Fight Against Racism on Campus Continues
By Felix Chrome Evergreen President George Bridges held a meeting on Friday, May 26 to respond to student demands addressing racism, anti-blackness, and police on campus. A series of protests that began Tuesday May 22 increased pressure on the administration, culminating in an occupation of the library building during which […]
George Bridges Statement in Response to Student Demands Delivered in the Longhouse on Friday, May 26
I’m George Bridges, I use he/him pronouns. I begin our time together today by acknowledging the indigenous people of the Medicine Creek Treaty, whose land was stolen and on which the college stands. I would like to acknowledge the Squaxin people who are the traditional custodians of this land and […]
Protests on Evergreen Campus Students Challenge Racism and Anti-Blackness
By Georgie Hicks Months of protest and community dissatisfaction came to head this week with a student led protest, specifically about empowering student voices, formed by the group behind #exposeevergreen gathered the force of the student body, occupied the Daniel J. Evans Library Building, and brought a series of demands […]
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