Student Activism
The Winter Institute is proud to be a sponsor or associate of a growing student activism movement on university and secondary school campuses in Mississippi.
The project coordinator of our youth organizing programs is Patrick Weems. For more information on getting involved in creating a student group, email Patrick or phone him at 662-915-6734.
One Mississippi
- One Mississippi grew out of a 3-day, student-led retreat of about 80 University of Mississippi students who convened in 2008 to address the issue of social segregation on the UM campus. In follow-up to that first retreat, the students formed smaller work groups to target what they identified as core issues.
- Go to the One Mississippi website
- Go to the One Mississippi Facebook page
- Click here to download a pdf article about the One Mississippi retreat in February 2008. This 2-page document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.
- It’s About Respect: The One Mississippi Retreat — Daily Mississippian article, 2/19/2008
SNID/CRCL
- SNID = Student Network for Inquiry and Dialogue (go to the SNID website)
- CRCL = Civil Rights and Civil Liberties clubs
- Click here to download a pdf brochure if you are a student or teacher interested in starting a SNID/CRCL group.
- Click here to download a pdf brochure if you are a community member interested in starting a SNID/CRCL group.
- These documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.
The Winter Institute, CRCL, and the Jackson Free Press cosponsored the summer Media Literacy Project in Jackson. Click here to read the Media Literacy issue of the Jackson Free Press.- Youth Media Project releases new website