CampusProgress.org. Congress.org -- Write To Congress, the President and State Legislators. Welcome to Idealist.org. College Protests That Make the Grade. Image: Hank Hoffman/Illustrations by Christoph Hitz 2001-2002 had all the makings of a banner year for campus activism. The incoming freshmen were the most liberal in a generation, according to an annual survey by the Higher Education Research Institute, and nearly half had participated in a public protest during the previous year -- an all time high.
But students had barely settled into their dorm rooms when the attacks of September 11 shook the nation, putting a damper on dissent. The result was a year in which black-and-white issues like sweatshop labor increasingly gave way to thornier debates -- including how to respond to terrorism and the intractable conflict in the Middle East. 1. Wesleyan University: Only one week after 9/11, Wesleyan students -- organizing over the Internet -- coordinated a National Day of Action to send the message that they did not want to see terrorist violence met with war. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Pacifica Home Page. DuBois, Niagara Movement Address.