United Academics and co-sponsors City of Eugene Human Rights Commission, GTFF, Women’s and Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies, Sociology and English invite University of Oregon students, staff and faculty as well as the greater Eugene-Springfield community to a special screening of the new documentary Agents of Change. The screening, along with a Q & A by co-director Abby Ginzberg, will take place on October 20th in Straub 145 at 6pm.
Thursday, October 20, 2016
6pm
Straub 145
Free and open to the public
The documentary film Agents of Change explores the racial tensions on two college campuses in the late 1960s, as black and minority students began to demand black professors and a curriculum that spoke to their communities. These challenges and conflicts are echoed on today's campuses and here at the University of Oregon, as minority students demand a voice and respect on our campus. 1968, at San Francisco State University, the students, organized under the banner of the Third World Liberation Front, went on strike to achieve their aims. Attacked by the National Guard and demonized by Governor Ronald Reagan, the students stayed on strike for months. In 1969, black students at Cornell, occupied the student union in order to protest the lack of black studies program and open racism on the college campus. Eventually these students armed themselves before negotiating a deal with the administration. The documentary is told in the words of the students and activists who participated in the protests.
Everyone is invited to the screening of the film. For more information, please visit the UO Event Calendar.
