Last year Hannah Zimmerman and Uma Kalkar decided to start The Institute for Civic Organization (TICO), a non-profit that creates curricula for civic organizing.

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University officials and student leaders announced their intention to “begin a discussion” about the “Secret Snowflake” campus tradition following complaints, including some directed to the Title IX Office, about dares that “crossed boundaries of good citizenship” and involved violations of sexual harassment policies.  The announcement came Wednesday afternoon in an email signed by Associated Students…

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Despite the University’s November decision to install a plaque featuring a quote chosen by Chanel Miller, the plaque has not yet been placed due to a sizing error.

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"More Americans need to make these issues a political priority and need to channel the outrage of the women’s march towards sustainable structural change," Deborah Rhode said.

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The Stanford Debate Society (SDS) and the Stanford Ethics Bowl team squared off over whether journalists should censor their political speech.

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Students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty and staff discussed ways to spread awareness about mental health, dispel stigma and enable the Stanford community to “support others, and ultimately, thrive” at a conference on mental health and well-being on Monday and Tuesday.

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“We need to start asking people and corporations, how can you drive an impact in a way that makes it about more than just you,” said Lucas Joppa, Microsoft’s chief environmental officer.

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“A lot of people think we created reproductive justice to counter the pro-choice movement,” Ross told the audience. “But we did not. It was designed to talk about the human rights needs of black women in terms of reproductive justice.”

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“We need a new vision for the future that pursues a more just world by defending democracy,” said Julián Castro ’96.

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With eleven weeks left until the Iowa caucuses, Stanford students are tuning in to the contentious race. On Wednesday, nearly one hundred students from across Stanford’s campus gathered together at the Tresidder Arbor to watch the 5th Democratic debate in Atlanta featuring the top 10 contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination.

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Three women, each acclaimed for their leadership in the field of education, sat together in Levinthal Hall at the Stanford Humanities Center sharing stories of their pathways to leadership.

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Coalition building, representing indigenous communities and building activist support systems were at the center of Wednesday night’s panel discussion on environmental justice at the Women’s Community Center (WCC).

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Vice Provost for Student Affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole, who appointed Hicks, described her as someone who will bring “fresh insight, knowledge, and expertise to our division and university.”

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