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SDS at USF
Two young USF activists, former employee Chrisley Carpio and student Gia Davila, along with 3 other student activists associated with Tampa Students for a Democratic Society, are now facing serious felony charges for protesting Gov....
Progressive groups protest elimination of affirmative action; DEI programs in Florida
Yesterday about a dozen activists gathered in protest of a plethora of changes in education by the Republican supermajority in the Florida state legislature, as well as the US Supreme Court’s overturning of affirmative action....
“Tampa 5” celebrate getting extension on their court cases
Members of the University of South Florida community who were arrested on campus in March were in court today. Defendants say they now have more time to build their case. The defendants were arrested in...
USF Students protest DeSantis’ attacks on DEI in Florida colleges
Today at the University of South Florida about a dozen students with Students for a Democratic Society protested a law to ban majors and minors in gender studies, Critical Race Theory, and related studies that...
USF students protest U.S. intervention in Ukraine
Members of USF's Students for a Democratic Society protested the U.S.'s intervention in Ukraine as well as sanctions on Russia.
SDS rallies for increased Black student enrollment at USF Tampa
For months, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society have been trying to get the University of South Florida to increase the number of Black students. On Tuesday, about fifteen members of SDS chanted in...
SDS at USF rally to protect undocumented students
On Tuesday the group Students for a Democratic Society at the University of South Florida is hosting a rally on campus to draw attention to immigrants’ rights and to ask the school not to cooperate...
What do you think of this? Want to bash a Trump piñata? Show up at USF Tuesday
If you’re looking to join a demonstration or two in the Tampa Bay area over the next several days, you’re in luck – if you oppose the policies of President Donald Trump; the Women’s Marches...
SDS plans student walkout at USF during Trump inauguration
Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on Friday and there will be protesters in Washington, D.C. and across the country; here in Tampa, Students for a Democratic Society...
Tampa Bay SDS hosts Orlando shooting “speak out” at USF
University of South Florida students will remember the victims of the Orlando shooting with what they’re calling a “speak out” on Friday. It’s being organized by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society. WMNF News...
Students protest USF’s Bill Young building name
Student groups at the University of South Florida are once again ramping up their campaign to get Bill Young’s name taken off a campus building; they say the university should not honor the late member...
USF students rally to support affirmative action
Students at USF are rallying Thursday afternoon in support of affirmative action and to raise awareness about the enrollment of black and Latino students. The rally on the Tampa campus begins at 5:00 p.m. in front of Cooper Hall....
