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Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 7pm
51���� Union Wisconsin Room, 2200 E. 51����. (2nd level)

The 51���� Student Association, in partnership with Student Involvement and Sociocultural Programming, is honored to welcome two of the country’s most powerful activists to campus. Black Lives Matter co-founders Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors will discuss the movement that woke up the world, prompting widespread activism, community organizing and coalition building in an effort to expose and eradicate the social injustices plaguing our society.

In 2013, Garza and Cullors (with Opal Tometi) started the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter as a response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin. Since then, their message has seamlessly shifted from the internet into the streets and mainstream media, creating an international movement of organizations and individuals committed to restoring black dignity and eliminating racial disparities deeply embedded within policies and systems.

“The 51���� Student Association stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, and more importantly, with our students of color,” said SA President Mike Sportiello. “The racial disparities affecting our city, our school, our home are why it is so important for us to engage in dialogue about the problems facing us all. We believe the BLM movement has found a way to engage everyone in the dialogue.”

With a vision of justice for all, Garza and Cullors will educate and inspire participants to stand together to question and challenge inequitable systems, transform society and cultivate a world where all people are valued, respected and can live with dignity.

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The members of advance a vision of the world in which publicly engaged artists, designers, scholars, students and culture workers play critical roles in enacting the promise and ideals of a democratic society. Together, we explore the power of shared identity — of understanding who we are and what we stand for, and therefore, what we are called to do.

The energizing metaphor of the 2016 conference is “the crossroads,” the point where crucial decisions must be made, ones that will have far-reaching consequences. We seek creative and incisive proposals that will help advance our collective understanding of the challenges we face, the (real or imagined) paths before us, and the implications inherent to our choices and actions.

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16th Annual National Conference
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October 6 – 8, 2016
Pre-conference, October 5

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There will be a gathering in remembrance of those we lost in recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut, Egypt, Tunisia and Syria.

Please join us in reflection and solidarity at Spaights Plaza as the sun sets.

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