UConn March for Action
Students created signs at an event prior to the March for Action and had them readily available for students who wanted them. The march was a response to the universities handling of the Lucian Wintrich event. (Kim Nguyen/The Daily Campus)
Student organizers teach cheers prior to the start of the March for Action on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 in front of the Jonathan statue. (Kim Nguyen/The Daily Campus)
Event organizer Omar Taweh address the crowd to explain the reason behind the March for Action. (Kim Nguyen/The Daily Campus)
Students mobilize in a March For Action in response to Tuesday’s incident and President Herbst’s response on Friday, Dec.1, 2017. Student activists and leaders stood in front of Wilbur Cross and demanded that university administration do something to make things safer on campus. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)
Event organizer Ven Gopal leads a chant as students march through the center of campus towards Wilbur Cross in order to make their prescence known. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)
Students mobilize in a March For Action in response to Tuesday’s incident and President Herbst’s response on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)
Students chant and hold up signs as they march through campus to voice their opposition to the universities handling of the Lucian Wintrich lecture and the subsequent fall out. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)
Protestors organize in front of Wilbur Cross and made demands towards the administration on what change they need to see. A formal list of demands will be created and presented with the help of the Undergraduate Student Government. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)
Students mobilize in a March For Action in response to Tuesday’s incident and President Herbst’s response on Friday, Dec.1, 2017. Student activists and leaders stood in front of Wilbur Cross and demanded that university administration do something to make things safer on campus. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)
Students mobilize in a March For Action in response to Tuesday’s incident and President Herbst’s response on Friday, Dec.1, 2017. Student activists and leaders stood in front of Wilbur Cross and demanded that university administration do something to make things safer on campus. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)
Pan-Asian Council coordinators Aubrey Tang and Shreya Khadka speak about intersectionality between different cultural communities during the March for Action in front of Wilbur Cross on Friday afternoon. (Kim Nguyen/The Daily Campus)
Event organizer Wawa Gatheru answers questions from the media and discusses the change that organizers want to see following the March for Action. Student activists and leaders stood in front of Wilbur Cross and demanded that university administration do something to make things safer on campus. (Amar Batra/The Daily Campus)
Kim Nguyen is the associate managing editor for The Daily Campus. She can be reached via email at kimberly.nguyen@uconn.edu.
Amar Batra is a senior staff photographer and weekly columnist for The Daily Campus. He can be reached via email amar.batra@uconn.edu. He tweets at @amar_batra19.
