A Successful Week of Action
Louisa Gibbs
Issue date: 4/23/10 Section: Life & Times
Last week, the Rollins Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) hosted their first Week of Action at Rollins College. They dedicated each day to a different "ism," so that faculty, staff, and students could learn more about various social justice issues and how to be more active global citizens and responsible leaders. The leaders of SLAP, Louisa Gibbs (Class of 2011), Frankie Mastrangelo (Class of 2010), and Mimi Houston (Class of 2010) spent the semester working hard to collaborate with other student organizations to create a successful week.
The week was sponsored by the Society for Justice and Peace in Palestine, Voices for Women, Black Student Union, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Amnesty International, Spectrum, Residential Life, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
"We seek to not only raise awareness concerning how such oppressions are manifested, but highlight the various ways in which these 'isms' intersect," commented Mimi Houston, one of the planners of the Week of Action. The first day, Monday, April 12, focused on the theme of racism. From noon to 2 p.m., the Society for Justice and Peace in Palestine hosted a Peace Rally on Mills lawn.
There was a microphone for people to use for any means, whether to play music, read poetry, or to express themselves creatively. Most enjoyed creating posters for peace, which are now hanging in the Cornell Campus Center.
In the evening, the Black Student Union hosted the movie "Maafa 21," a documentary about black genocide in 21st-century America. Event participants then engaged in a meaningful discussion about race at Rollins.
Tuesday, April 13 centered on sexism as its theme. Students of the class "Women and Globalization" conducted "The Bandana Project," a demonstration to raise awareness to violence against female farm workers, outside the Olin Library.
Then in the evening, a different group of students from the same Women's Studies class, in conjunction with Voices for Women, held the panel "Women's Work in a Global Economy." The panelists engaged the large audience with their personal experiences of sexism in the workplace.
The week was sponsored by the Society for Justice and Peace in Palestine, Voices for Women, Black Student Union, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Amnesty International, Spectrum, Residential Life, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
"We seek to not only raise awareness concerning how such oppressions are manifested, but highlight the various ways in which these 'isms' intersect," commented Mimi Houston, one of the planners of the Week of Action. The first day, Monday, April 12, focused on the theme of racism. From noon to 2 p.m., the Society for Justice and Peace in Palestine hosted a Peace Rally on Mills lawn.
There was a microphone for people to use for any means, whether to play music, read poetry, or to express themselves creatively. Most enjoyed creating posters for peace, which are now hanging in the Cornell Campus Center.
In the evening, the Black Student Union hosted the movie "Maafa 21," a documentary about black genocide in 21st-century America. Event participants then engaged in a meaningful discussion about race at Rollins.
Tuesday, April 13 centered on sexism as its theme. Students of the class "Women and Globalization" conducted "The Bandana Project," a demonstration to raise awareness to violence against female farm workers, outside the Olin Library.
Then in the evening, a different group of students from the same Women's Studies class, in conjunction with Voices for Women, held the panel "Women's Work in a Global Economy." The panelists engaged the large audience with their personal experiences of sexism in the workplace.
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