Tag: activism

Protesting 101: Inside Student Activism on UGA’s Campus

Most campus protests don’t just happen by chance. At the University of Georgia, student ...

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Georgia Renewable Power’s emissions drift over Colbert, Georgia’s landscape in November 2019. Their Madison County biomass plant has drawn attention for its regular burning of creosote-treated railroad ties. (Photo Courtesy/Mark Adams)

How Madison County Residents Successfully Lobbied Legislators Over Pollution Concerns

  The law-altering conversations about air pollution in Georgia did not originate in the ...

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Haley Lerner, the campus minister for the Presbyterian Student Center at the University of Georgia, stands outside of the center on South Lumpkin Street in Athens in March 2020. Lerner guides UGA students on topics of faith and social justice here each day. (Photo Courtesy/ Presbyterian Student Center at UGA)

Haley Lerner’s Presbyterian Faith Calls Her to Seek Justice

Haley Lerner discovered that social justice is rooted in her Presbyterian faith when she ...

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Politicians in both the U.S. and Germany have discussed climate change as a policy issue. In Germany, the movement to prioritize the climate change issue has been greatly aided by student activists (Jillian Tracy/Photo).

A Young Voice for the Earth: German Student Activism Against Climate Change

When I traveled to Munich, I worried that I would have to justify or ...

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Hip-Hop Scene in Athens Blends Music, Politics to Drive Social Activism

When artists set foot on The 40 Watt Club’s stage, washed in hues of ...

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Happy Anniversary: UGA, NABJ, Grady Celebrate Black Press

Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, spoke at ...

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