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Fire in the Heartland Film Series

Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4th, and Student Protest in America is a documentary film about a generation of young people, who stood up to speak their minds against social injustice in some of our nation’s most turbulent and transformative years, the 1960s through the 1970s. On May 4th, 19…
May 4, 50th Commemoration

A Conversation with Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez, a recipient of the Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship, is a poet, playwright, activist, and educator. Ms. Sanchez will be discussing and offering her reflections on how poetry student activism, peace, and civil rights brings change with an emphasis on the legacy of May 4. All these themes are…
May 4, 50th Commemoration

Fire in the Heartland Film Series

Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4th, and Student Protest in America is a documentary film about a generation of young people, who stood up to speak their minds against social injustice in some of our nation’s most turbulent and transformative years, the 1960s through the 1970s. On May 4th, 19…
May 4, 50th Commemoration

Fire in the Heartland Film Series

Fire in the Heartland: Kent State, May 4th, and Student Protest in America is a documentary film about a generation of young people, who stood up to speak their minds against social injustice in some of our nation’s most turbulent and transformative years, the 1960s through the 1970s. On May 4th, 19…
May 4, 50th Commemoration

50th Commemoration Candlelight Vigil

The annual candlelight vigil will take place in the Prentice Hall parking lot where the students were killed on May 4, 1970. You may sign-up to stand silent vigil in one of the four spots for 30 minutes at a time. Vigil continues from midnight through noon on May 4, 2020. Sign-up will begin in …
May 4, 50th Commemoration