By Lae’l Hughes-Watkins "In 2014 a die-in happened at Kent State University. Black students laid outside of the university’s Student Center, in chalk outlines, some bearing signs “Hands Up Don’t Shoot,” to draw attention to the national protest and discourse...
University of California, Irvine’s contributions to Project STAND are representative of the extensive history of student activism that has paved way for socio-political change since the beginnings of the university’s history. The earliest materials, photographs from a...
Northwestern University has contributed files documenting 2 major public protests regarding unfair treatment of students. Included are a variety of materials on the April 22, 1968 student takeover of the NWU Registrar's and Business Offices by 120 African-American...
The University of Connecticut has contributed archival materials from 2 primary collections to Project Stand, including the Alternative Press Collection, a vast collection of periodicals and subject files relating to student activism from the 1960's to present, and...
The Forrest Hall Protest Collection from the Albert Gore Research Center at MTSU consists of over 450+ digital items documenting the debate in the campus community over Forrest Hall and other confederate symbols on the MTSU campus. The materials include digitized...
We are happy to have the following new members participate in STAND: Charla Wilson Archivist for the Black Experience Northwestern University Libraries Northwestern University John Bence University Archivist Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library...
Nearly twenty colleges and universities around the country have joined to launch Project STAND (STudent Activism Now Documented), an online hub to heighten the awareness of archival and historical collections documenting student activism around the United States....
Over the past decade, there have been a number of incidents on the UC San Diego campus targeting specific underrepresented groups. These recurring events affect ALL students, underrepresented or not, and demonstrate the need for a conversation about the way students...
Purdue University has shared a variety of collections for Project Stand, documenting many voices of the Purdue campus past and present. Included are samples from the personal papers of several influential individuals, institutional records of student centers, as well...
The University of Toledo has submitted an extensive collection of materials for Project Stand, including over 300 linear feet of archival material from the University President's Office and the Office of Student Affairs, containing subject files on topics including...