Protests
Harvard Professors Sign Statement Endorsing ‘Freedom of Expression’
The publication of the statement follows a recent highly-publicized confrontation between Middlebury College students and controversial social scientist Charles Murray.
Act on a Dream Builds Pro-Immigration Wall in Protest of Trump
Members of Harvard College Act on a Dream protested President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented individuals.
Divest Harvard Activists Protest Kennedy School Film Screening
Several members of environmental activist group Divest Harvard quietly carried signs outside a Kennedy School film series screening sponsored by Shell Oil Company.
Martin Shkreli
Martin Shkreli speaks in the Science Center on Wednesday night at an event organized by the Harvard Financial Analysts Club. Protesters disrupted the event, standing up, walking out, and encouraging others to move to a “teach-in” panel on AIDS treatment and unethical pharmaceutical practices.
Shkreli Protesters
Students protest Martin Shkreli outside the Science Center. Shkreli’s appearance on campus sparked controversy, with protester Darshali Vyas citing Shkreli’s 5000 percent price hike of Daraprim, a drug used to treat patients with compromised immune systems, as a reason for her outrage.
From the Lectern to the Loudspeaker
Recent events—most notably, President Donald Trump's election—have stirred an activist's sensibility in some Harvard professors.
HUDS Workers Offer Advice on Protesting Trump
“We thought the strike was over, but it’s back on,” said Edward B. Childs, a dining services worker in Adams House.
Painting for the Resistance: Harvard Student Power Network
“Let’s move past the mourning phase and be ready to fight and act.”
Grad Students Organize to Resist Trump
Progressive Action Network, a graduate student activism group, held its first-ever meeting Wednesday evening to organize advocacy efforts to resist President Donald Trump.
Undocumented Students Criticize President Trump’s Executive Orders
As Harvard administrators spoke out against President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration executive orders, the University’s undocumented students say they are pleased with Harvard’s actions—like creating a website and appointing an immigration attorney—that aim to support them.
Radcliffe Union of Students
In 2006, members of the Radcliffe Union of Students joined local pro-choice activists in a walk to the Massachusetts State House to rally against Congress' slash of funding for women's health initiatives.
Marty Walsh
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh rallies demonstrators in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration ban during a rally in Boston’s Copley Square Sunday afternoon.
Thousands Protest Immigration Order in Boston
Harvard affiliates flocked to Boston Logan International Airport and Copley Square this weekend to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order.
Elizabeth Warren
Mass. Senator Elizabeth Warren urges demonstrators to continue opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration ban during a rally in Boston’s Copley Square Sunday afternoon.
Copley Protest
Crowds, brandishing signs and flags, rally in Boston’s Copley Square on Sunday afternoon in solidarity with Muslims and others who have felt targeted by President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
Copley Protest
Demonstrators hold signs opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration ban during a large rally in Boston’s Copley Square Sunday afternoon.
Over 150 Join 'Emergency Protest' of Immigration Order
Hours after Trump suspended immigration from several predominantly Muslim countries, over 150 Harvard affiliates assembled in the Square Friday evening in an “emergency protest."
Some at Harvard Criticize Diversity of Women’s March
Some Harvard students who participated in the Boston’s Women’s March say that the protest could have represented a wider variety of perspectives.
Inaugurate A New Harvard
Jonathan S. Roberts '17 addresses the crowd at the 'Inaugurate A New Harvard' rally from the steps of University Hall.
Inaugurate A New Harvard
Michael C. A. Leonard ‘17 holds a “Divest Harvard” sign as he listens to the speeches at the event.
After Inauguration, Activists Present Demands to Faust
Three days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a coalition of student activist groups rallied in Harvard Yard and presented a letter to University President Drew G. Faust demanding Harvard actively resist the new administration.
Jessica Williams at Sundance March
Jessica R. Williams, a former senior correspondent on The Daily Show, addresses the Women’s March crowd in Park City, Utah, during the Sundance Film Festival. More than one million people rallied at women’s marches around the world Saturday, the day after Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration.
'Harvard Student Power Network’ Mobilizes Students Against Trump
Some Harvard students have banded together after the presidential election to form the “Harvard Student Power Network,” a group intended to unite activists at the University against President-elect Donald Trump.