Category Archives: KPFA 2009 LSB Election

Yesterday, the San Francisco Bay View published my op-ed discussing my candidacy for the KPFA Local Station Board and the role of student activism in social change. It was pretty cool seeing my op-ed published in an official newspaper.

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Stanford student activist runs for KPFA Local Station Board

Throughout history, students have played a crucial role in furthering social change. During the Vietnam War, there was a nationwide youth rebellion in the U.S. against America’s imperialist war in Southeast Asia and the ensuing atrocities. On university campuses across America, from the University of California, Berkeley, to Columbia University, students organized sit-ins, teach-ins and rallies, printed flyers and occupied campus buildings to protest against the injustices occurring at home and abroad. These protests were not only a sign of moral outrage; they were also strategically designed to end the involvement of American universities in perpetuating the atrocities in Vietnam and other social ills. Read the rest of this entry »