Students of America speak out
Students of America speak out
CNN Blog
Tuition is getting expensive. States are cutting university budgets. Professors are being furloughed. Enough is enough, say young, first-time iReporters who are speaking out against the death of education.
Vivid protest photographs and chanting videos flooded iReport yesterday as students and teachers nationwide participated in a “national day of action.” We were thrilled to see so many students and new faces joined the iReport community to help tell a story that’s affecting their generation.
iReporter bluestatus is an aspiring photojournalist and junior at Newark Memorial High School in California. He captured images of parents and children taking their message to the streets of Fremont, California.
Another aspiring journalist and film student, CColton, gathered with his classmates at Colorado State University last week to protest potential tuition raises. The freshman edited together a video that really made us feel like we were there.
Over in the land of Lincoln, new iReporter kpimblo2 helped organize a march and rally of about 300 people at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She’s a graduate employee and doctoral student for history
“We’re trying to form a coalition of all workers and students on campus,” she said. “We want to put pressure on the state to increase state funding on the university. …The university is threatening to increase tuition 18 percent.”
Student protesters at San Francisco State University got creative with their message, donning giant paper mache ghoul and skeleton masks. Student LandraLune says it was the most dramatic protest she’s ever seen.
“Students are really getting frustrated with the fee hikes and the shortage of classes,” she said. “Many of us are not able to get the units we need to qualify for financial aid.”
If you are taking part in protests on your campus, please share your story. Check out the CNN gallery of iReporters protesting all over the country. The youth of America are speaking, so don’t let your voice go unheard.
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