GUEST SPEAKER TODAY!
OK! So check this out. Hampshire College is having a super interesting speaker coming TODAY!
Ashanti Alston is an anarchist activist and speaker. Alston authored the series of the @narchist Panther Zine and was a member of the Black Liberation Army. Alston is currently a member in both the National Jericho Movement and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. Alston will speak to his experience as a Black Panther and investigate student activism in contemporary times from the foreclosure crisis to Occupy Wall Street.
This event is on Wednesday, October 26th, 2011.
It is held at : Main Lecture Hall
This event starts at 7:00pm.
This event is organized by : Hampshire College’s School of Critical Social Inquiry, Community Partnerships for Social Change, Student Affairs, Enfield House; W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass; Amherst College’s Black Studies Department, Black Culture House, Black Student Union, and Student Activities, and the TRGGR Media Collective.
You are all like, “UGH! WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME SOONER! THIS SOUNDS INTERESTING!”. Sorry! I should’ve, but lets not worry about that, lets focus on how informing this talk could be! ”YEAH!” (phew)
Remember you guys, one of the things that makes the 5 colleges so special is that there are SO MANY different speakers who come here with SO MANY different views on life and how to live it well and meaningfully. Take advantage of it while you can.
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