Lift Up Your Voice: Student Activism Through the Years

Presenter 1: Nura Zaki ’17, president of Student Senate, and Brendan Johnson ’17, executive director of VUTV

Abstract: Students at Valpo have historically been aware of the conditions of their community and have been active in speaking truth to power. In an effort to shine a light on the spirit of Valpo students as expressed through their activism for social justice, the Student Senate and student media organizations would like to collaborate to capture visually how this has taken place in the past and how it continues to be alive in the student body of today. Through a presentation of pictures and a brief discussion of select events both past and present, we would like to remind the community that seeking justice is not new to our students, but is in fact part of our DNA.