Tag: activism

  • MIT Day of Action!

    MIT Day of Action!

    A year ago, a group of MIT students, faculty and staff joined together to create a day of learning focused on critical issues of our times. The day provided…

  • How We Engage

    How We Engage

    Last Saturday, the world witnessed an unprecedented display of resistance and solidarity. It will come as no surprise to our constituents that our mission’s foundation is grounded in the…

  • Collective Action

    Collective Action

    Climate Change: Ethics in Action, the large forum that Radius co-hosted on November 17th, has provided a robust launch for further action at MIT. We’ve received many emails following…

  • Inspiration

    Inspiration

    This past Saturday, May 14, we co-hosted the 10th Annual Youth Summit on Climate Change with over 200 junior high and high school students in attendance.  What started out…

  • The Activists of Fossil Free MIT

    The Activists of Fossil Free MIT

    On Thursday, the student activists of Fossil Free MIT ended their sit-in in front of MIT President Rafael Reif’s office. Over the 116 days of this action, they showed…

  • COP 21

    COP 21

    Now that everyone has headed home following the Paris climate talks, it’s time to analyze, discuss and figure out next steps. As Bill McKibben wrote, “This agreement won’t save…

  • Wise Words

    Wise Words

    All semester, we’ve been having substantive and challenging conversations in our Tuesday evening ethics seminar.  Usually, a guest talks about his or her area of expertise and then we…