Activism

Occupy CU holds alternative fireside chat

About 20 students attended the event, huddling around hot chocolate at 116th Street and Morningside Drive.

By Megan Kallstrom | Feb 8 05:03 am ET

Artivist brings grassroots films to Miller

The Artivist Film Festival closes its 2012 tour at Columbia's Miller Theater. Now in its eighth year, the festival promotes the documentary work of filmmakers concerned with an array of international issues.

By Alexis Nelson | Jan 25 11:34 pm ET

Changing the Columbia Culture

Students have the power to create a better Columbia.

By Leo Schwartz | Dec 11 09:46 pm ET

General Assembly discusses campus climate, money culture

Students gathered on Lehman Lawn without a clear agenda, and their discussion took on a “people’s mic” format.

By Margaret Mattes and Karla Jimenez | Oct 26 04:01 am ET

FemSexy time

Columbia feminists break ground on campus and in the classrooms.

By Sarah Camiscoli, Lauren Herold, Kia Walton, and Andrea Folds | Sep 6 10:37 pm ET

Hope must spring eternal

Black History Month is more than a political agenda—it is a month to relish past narratives about the fight for equality.

By Jennifer Alzate | Feb 27 10:06 pm ET

From gray matter to green matter

To be the change in the world we want to see, we need a firm grasp of how we think.

By Angela Radulescu | Jan 19 08:42 pm ET

A new activism

Today’s protests are dignified vigils on Low Steps, with a few exceptions, such as the hunger strike of 2007. Often, these protests appear to be displays of activism for activism’s sake.

By Monica Anjali Varman | Nov 23 08:04 pm ET

Whither activism?

Just last year, masses gathered on Low Steps to watch moments of the election and then Barack Obama’s inauguration. So where is that energy now?

By Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein | Nov 23 07:53 pm ET

In the ‘Age of the Tweet,’ activists talk old-school

Barnard's event on activism in the age of Twitter made a statement, but nothing to tweet about.

By Liza Weingarten | Sep 16 08:10 pm ET

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