The Marist Unity Project

In the United States many social movements strive to bring change to the rules and regulations against the sovereign. One social Movement that stood out the most was The Student For The Democratic Society who wanted to change the way young people were being treated in the areas of: economics, race, and war. This movement lead over 100,000 young people to inspire change but alast these strong willed strong minded individuals never received their demands from the hostile and antagonistic government. Even though the student movement in 1968 had no effect on today's students society, it still pointed out how students nationally felt about how they want to be treated and how the government should serve the people.

Amid the 1960s, adolescents over America ascended to request change. College students on campuses across the nation including New York, requested integration, unhindered free discourse, and an end to the war in Vietnam. With their successes in protest, their “victories,” caused them to trust that they were making another America.

Dedicated student organizations, similar to Women’s groups were developed to advocate for the the needs of these populations and voicing their opinions and concerns.

During the 1960s, different events occurred that changed Americans’ form of living. Numerous amounts of dissents from infuriated people and aggressive rioting helped spark a new society. New policies in the United States were created by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. The United States of America had sent its soldiers to Vietnam and as a result started civil unrest and eventually a deadlock was in place. Soon, the sixties was the most violent period of the 1900s, primarily because of the number of people against the Vietnam involvement.

Democracy, the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989, the U.S. Constitution’s first amendment, Facebook, Occupy Wall Street, and the French Revolution. Though these concepts, technologies, and events may seem unrelated and occurred at different points in history, they all revolve around one concept: complete representation. Each either utilized or was inspired by the concepts of having every voice heard and the full representation of people or ideas in decisions. As a result, the values of having every opinion and voice heard as well as having every person represented have been given greater attention in order to achieve progression for all; however, these values have yet to become ubiquitous, especially among colleges and universities.

The Quad is filled with screams from University of Alabama students. But it is not Saturday. It is Thursday, November eighteenth. And these are not screams of joy, but rather built up cries for change.

The role of the Advocacy Street Team (AST) is to remind the students that they are at a university. It is to make students realize that they are no longer in a high school where they have to follow specific instructions. University is a space where students should be optimistic and be courageous to call out for the changes they want to see. Unfortunately, a great majority of students remain unaware of the issues affecting them while others feel frustrated by the status quo and are unable to find the means to express their opinions. This is where AST comes in to raise awareness and show students that they are not powerless but one of the most powerful voices within the university. The most important reason why I want to be involved is the in-person

The different backgrounds of people are a meaningful tool that allows people to become open minded of the various different types of ethnicities and races. At the UCI memorial in Aldrich Park on September 14, 2001, between 1,600 to 2000 students came out to show reverence to those afflicted. The memorial consisted of moments of silence as well as speeches by faculty as well as the chancellor at that time, Chancellor Cicerone (Bubnot, Mina, Pena 1). The gatherings at Aldridge Park allowed students to focus their attention on the bigger mission of becoming better people by ignoring the hatred toward specific groups and promoting reconciliation towards each other. Ultimately, because there are many options for people to communicate comfortably, students are able to feel safe and accepted by others everyday. Those ethics are found right here at UCI.

A simple conversation turned into reality as the men of Alpha were fed up with the violence that is happening in Chicago. Over 100 brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. gathered in the snow to hold an anti-violence rally in the city on November 21, 2015. This march was the beginning of activism taking place on 79th

Four students voted in favor of changing the fundamental structure of student government at Houston Community College. The motion passed.

On April 28, students from Chagrin Falls High School participated in the “We are the Majority” rally. More than 200 students from Northeast Ohio participated in the rally to bring awareness that most students do not drink or use drugs. The rally consisted of team building exercises and a flash mob outside the Global Resource Center. The day ended with a march to Chagrin Falls City Hall where various speakers talked to the students about being a leader both at school and in the

Annie Mathis says, “I hope to see the organization go in a direction of impact. I want us to be able to touch more student’s lives, and work closely with the University and other organizations to do so. Campus-wide encouragement can only grow to city-wide encouragement. If we can foster a spirit of outward love amongst our own members, and they can spread that to others, then we’ve accomplished our goal.” (Mathis)

Getting our school's student body to participate in the Unity Pin Project began as nothing but a cool idea. It all started for me when I started seeing little "gay pride" pins appear in the theatre and choir rooms at school. When I asked about them, I was told to go talk to one of my best friends because he was the one who was responsible for giving them out. When I went to my friend, he laughed and informed me that they were not "gay pride" pins. He then proceeded to explain to me what a unity pin was, and I just knew that I had to get involved. I asked him how I could help, and he eagerly pushed a bunch of pins into my had and told me to go spread them.

Marist College offers so many great programs and student involvement that I would be honored to be apart of, which is one of the many reasons why I believe that Marist would be a good match for me. One of the many things that I like about Marist College is the excellent study abroad programs and I hope that I will be able to partake in one of the abroad programs during my sophomore or junior year of college. Studying abroad is an amazing opportunity that I am highly interested in because it gives the student the chance to visit foreign countries while learning about different cultures and styles of education. Another reason why I believe that Marist College would be a good match for me is because there is a plethora of different types of student

One attitude change that was implemented in my tenure as president was how we as an active chapter viewed other fraternities. I strongly believe that completion between fraternities brings out the best in our respective chapters; unfortunately it can also bring out the worst as well.