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Occupy, Disrupt, Walk Out: Student Activism Today

UVM students recently gathered in the Waterman Building to call on the school to address racial justice, inequity and diversity on campus.
Liam Elder-Connors
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UVM students recently gathered in the Waterman Building to call on the school to address racial justice, inequity and diversity on campus.

UVM students blocked a main thoroughfare to highlight their demands for greater inclusion and diversity. High school students in Montpelier and Burlington organized to raise the Black Lives Matter flag at their schools. And next week, high school students across the state plan to walk out of class to push for gun legislation.

In Vermont, student activism is alive and well in 2018!Vermont Edition discusses what students are hoping to accomplish and how they're going about it with Middlebury College Sociology professor Linus Owens.

We'll be joined by Ben Stoll, a senior at  BFA-St. Albans who is helping to organize a walkout there in support of more restrictions on firearms. We'll also hear from Angela Crespo, a UVM senior, cofounder of the Womyn of Color Coalition and an organizer of the No Names For Justice Movement. And we'll hear from Stephanie Gobson Thompson who organized the Books, Not Bombs movement at Springfield High School back in 2003.

Broadcast live on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Ric was a producer for Vermont Edition and host of the VPR Cafe.
Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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