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May Day – A Festival of Student & Worker Power at UMass Amherst
May 1 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm EDT
In collaboration with a variety of groups on our campus, including but not limited to student activism groups, political organizations, cultural organizations, sustainability and environmental groups, faculty, staff, and graduate students, Sunrise at UMass Amherst is hosting a day-long student strike on UMass campus and festival for student power! We’ll have performers (bands, dance groups, comedy acts, etc), teach-ins (the fight for fair pay on campus, student democracy—and the lack of it, Palestine and divestment, climate change and its connection to authoritarianism, and hopefully more), art and meditation, and more. The goal of this event is to utilize the takeover of Metawampe Lawn and the turnout of as many students who have skipped class and attended as possible to show the university that we run this campus and can shut it down!
All are welcome – students, workers, alumni, and community members!
