A coalition of Pomona College students organizing as #HomelessAtPomona say that many petitions to remain on campus have been rejected.
Tag: Student Activism
Scripps to work toward carbon commitment
After massive student protest in the fall 2019 semester, Scripps College will become the final 5C to develop a climate action plan.
Know Your Rights Claremont — creating safe spaces and empowering the local immigrant community
5C students are reviving Know Your Rights Claremont, collaborating with local activists to organize educational clinics about immigrant rights.
Students rally to urge Scripps to sign carbon commitment
Over 100 students demonstrated at Scripps College on Friday, asking the school to join the other 5Cs in signing a carbon commitment.
Students to protest, demand Scripps sign climate commitment
A student demonstration calling for Scripps College to sign onto a national “carbon commitment” — a climate pledge signed by the other four Claremont Colleges and 329 other colleges and universities nationwide — will take place on Friday.
5C students attend Los Angeles #MeToo Survivors’ March
Scripps Student Organizers, a group of approximately 20 Scripps College and 5C students interested in campus organizing, coordinated for 5C students to attend the #MeToo Survivors’ March in Los Angeles Nov. 10. #MeToo March International is an “organization and movement of intersectional feminism for the 99 percent … dedicated [to]
Students counter Westboro Baptist Church picketers with ‘Celebration of Diversity’
About 100 students gathered at Pomona College’s Marston Quadrangle for a “Celebration of Diversity” event the morning of Nov. 12 in response to the Westboro Baptist Church’s planned picketing on Pomona’s campus, according to Marylou Ferry, Pomona’s spokesperson. One of the “Celebration of Diversity” organizers, Rowan Macy PO ’22, said
Pomona College denounces Westboro Baptist Church ahead of planned picketing
The Westboro Baptist Church, a religious group known for its hate speech, announced Nov. 6 that it plans to picket at Pomona College Nov. 12 at 7:15 a.m. to protest a course on “Queering Childhood” being offered next semester. “Lord willing, the preachers of WBC are on the way, sad
5C students protest confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh, march through campuses
CW: sexual assault “Who will vote? We will vote!” Chants like this erupted from a group of around 100 Claremont Colleges students Tuesday afternoon, as they marched over 1.2 miles across the 5Cs, protesting the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Oct. 6. The protest lasted for approximately
Petition Urges CMC Admissions To Ignore Punishments For Gun Control Protesters
A Claremont McKenna College student is urging CMC to join the other 5Cs by promising that disciplinary action taken against high schoolers for participating in gun control walkouts will not affect their admissions chances. Johann Lim CM ’18 has gathered more than 100 signatures on a petition, but says he