Dr. Sue Maxam’s Everyday Activism Challenge
For her #EverydayActivismChallenge this year, Sue Maxam (Pace’s Assistant Vice President of Undergraduate Education) is promoting social justice and environmental activism among students every day by both educating students on the importance of such activism and providing them with the support…
Everyday Activism Challenge 2018
This April, students, staff, and faculty members will be pledging to commit to one personal action – either a daily habit or weekly action – to lessen their contributions to climate change or to have a positive environmental impact. What’s…
Students Reflect: Joey Wong on the March for Our Lives
Joey Wong ’21, Finance The march was absolutely hectic, but in a good way. The buses/group I was meeting were located in Staten Island. I was traveling with my girlfriend and friend from back home. We had missed the ferry…
Students Reflect: Christina Bubba on the March for Our Lives
When is it your turn to take a stand; to participate and show support in something that you believe in? I have avoided this question most of my life. Thinking that there was no reason for me to participate in…
Students Reflect: Natalie Chevalier on the March for Our Lives
Natalie Chevalier ’18, Political Science & Business/Economics Minor When 17 of my fellow community members, and MSD Eagles were taken from us on February 14, 2018 I was left feeling hopeless, angry, and incredibly sad. I had never experienced something…
Students Reflect: David Lê on the March for Our Lives
David Lê ’19, Marketing Working in a civic engagement office at Pace University, I’ve always heard talk about how life-changing a march/rally is. When I heard about March For Our Lives I was hesitant to go because I was nervous…
Activist Spotlight: Marla Teixeira ’18
Major: Peace and Justice Studies Minor(s): Politics and Business Management Graduation Year: 2018 Career Aspirations: Grassroots Campaign Organizer What excited you most about the opportunity to become a Vote Everywhere Ambassador? I am in love with democracy. Just the idea…
Opinion: The Dickey Amendment and Gun Control
By David Le ’19, Student Volunteer & Advocacy Projects Coordinator (NYC Campus) Guns and America are like peanut butter and jelly; they seem inseparable. But pair gun control and America? Everyone is SHOOK. Recently, I researched the Dickey Amendment for…
Honoring World AIDS Day: Highlighting the Heroes and Heroines Behind AIDS Awareness in the United States
By Cesar Ballesteros ’18, Student Outreach and New Media Projects Coordinator (NYC) The AIDS epidemic is a serious global public health issue that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of HIV-positive people worldwide, and has particularly impacted…
Opinion: the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
By David Le ’19, Student Volunteer & Advocacy Projects Coordinator (NYC Campus) (Reader discretion advisement: descriptions of child and sexual violence and ethnic cleansing) Prior to hosting the table on the Rohingya Crisis, I had read about it on my…
