#OccupyTowson

Explore the digital collections relating to Occupy Towson. More content to come!

 

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Oral Histories

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BSU Collection

In November 2015, a group of students organized to lead change surrounding racial equity and social justice on Towson's campus. These are the events that served as catalysts for those direct actions, as well as what has followed since Occupy Towson.

This is an interactive map of relationships of events, major organizers and supporters, institutions, and organizations that made #OccupyTowson. It exemplifies the complex community-building that occurs to make political organizing continue towards the path of victory.

 

To utilize this map, you can zoom in or out or hover to see all connectivities dervied from a single element. To focus on these connections, you can long-click and the map will hold the view for you. If you want to go back to the main map view, press the ESC button for more exploration.

Drawing of headphones with lightning bolts surrounding it on a bright red background. The text says "Opinion: The Ratchet Revolutionary."

The whole culture has to change

The Ratchet Revolutionary column by Sey Elemo, expressing their thoughts on Towson's history and legacy of institutional racism.

Closeted racism is not cute, think before you speak

Tough love for TU

The importance of black spaces

An open letter to President Schatzel

Were you a part of the Occupy Towson movement? If you'd like to participate in this project or see your physical or digital documents become part of the collection, get in touch with us to tell your story.