1. Student Activism:
1960s and Today
• By: Kimberly Hurtubise and Jacqueline
Suarez

2. hippies
• In the late 1960s a powerful movement known as
counterculture arose in San Francisco, California
• People were characterized by their peaceful
anarchy, concern for the environment, and rejection
of society’s “norms”
• Youth around the world were especially recognized
for the nonviolent protests, rebellious attitudes, and
unique style of life
Hippies

4. 1960’s Student Activists Anti-war
Tactics
• marches of Washington D.C.
• Protests
• Sit-ins
• Student strikes
• Draft card burnings
• Teach-ins: Students and faculty have in-depth
conversations to learn more about the Vietnam war
• May 4, 1970- four student activists were shot by
guardsmen during a peaceful anit-war rally at Kent State
University in Ohio
• Although the hippies faced hardships they continued
their fight for peace in the world

5. What are 2008 students’ opinions
on the war today?

6. 1960’s
• Student activism
• Involvement with
ending war
• Political
participation
• 60 percent of
eligible voters voted
2000’s
• Less student
awareness and
activism
• Hardly no protesting
to end the war
• Low 50 percent of
eligible voters voted

7. Let’s get more involved
• Start protesting
American Friends Service Committee
American League Against War and Fascism
American Peace Mobilization
A.N.S.W.E.R. (International ANSWER and ANSWER Coalition)
Center on Conscience & War
Anti-War Committee
Campus Antiwar Network
Catholic Worker Movement
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
War Resisters League, Why War?
Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
Port Militarization Resistance
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
The World Can't Wait
September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
United for Peace and Justice
Troops Out Now Coalition
Students for a Democratic Society
Peace Action
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Iraq Peace Action Coalition
Not in Our Name
Iraq Peace Action Coalition
• Join an organization:
• Voice your opinion

8. Works Cited
• www.wikipedia.com
• Encarta Reference Library DVD 2004
• http://www.bottlebrushpress.com/antivietn
amwarprotests.html
• Holt American Anthem Modern American
History
• www.beninbrooklyn.com/?cat=10
• speccoll.library.kent.edu/4may70/box190/
190.html