It is impossible to know if the rising number of COVID-19 cases is coming from protests or state reopenings, but the answer is most likely somewhere in the middle.
The Fordham Law School hosted a talk on Zoom entitled "Protest, Police Violence and The Pandemic." The event covered the protests and Black Lives Matter movement.
The murder of George Floyd has served as one of the many catalysts to fight back against a history of systemic oppression against Black people. Fordham students have joined in the nationwide protests urging for police abolition and the elimination of systemic racism.
As protests and demonstrations swept over the country, nearly all of Fordham’s online student circles engaged in the conversation. Social media platforms were buzzing with livestreams, stories, posts and comments about George Floyd and police violence. For once, it seemed like other people in America were listening.
Some facets of social justice, it seems, have lost their intellectual fire and retired to the often frivolous, repetitive echo chamber that is social media. Since when did social justice become about being social, and not about being just?
By JUSTIN REBOLLOStaff WriterPublished: December 10, 2014
In light of the recent riots in Ferguson, Mo. and protests in New York City that passed through Columbus Circle, the Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) community members established the Undoing Racism Collective, which met for the first time on Monday, Dec. 1. A...
By GUNAR OLSEN
Staff Writer
Published: October 8, 2014
For the past few weeks, hundreds of high school students in Denver suburbs have been protesting a proposal for an anti-protest curriculu...
By ALANNA KILKEARY
Contributing Writer
Published: September 21, 2014
“Hey Obama, we don’t want no climate drama” was the chant that echoed through the Upper West Side early Sunday afternoon. Armed with colorful posters, men and women of all ages made their way from 86th Street by the National History Museum all the...
