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Articles about the Sweat-Free Campaign
- 5/22 - As a last resort to pressure Stanford to act on this urgent human right's issue, 11 students were arrested after holding a sit-in at the President's Office for 5 hours. Articles about the rally, sit-in and arrests appeared in:
- 5/17 - Tired of the administration's stalling, over 40 members of the Stanford Sweat-Free Coalition stormed the bookstore in order to air out the administration's dirty laundry. An article about the action appeared in the Palo Alto Online. Watch the video on youtube!
The coalition airs out the administration's dirty laundry
Credit: Stanford Daily
- 5/9 - A picture from our panel appeared on the Stanford Daily. It features Lupe Hernandez, a garment worker from LA, discussing the causes and solutions to sweatshops.
- 5/7 - Today's Daily has a front page article describing the disagreement in negotiations between the administration and Sweat-Free concerning which approach to take in making Stanford sweatfree.
- 5/2 - A picture from our May Day Rally appeared on the front page of the Stanford Daily. Over 80 people rallied to show their support for the goal of the sweat-free Stanford.
- 4/26 - The campaign's second sew-in on Wednesday was covered in the Stanford Daily and includes a photo of our augmented quilt.
- 4/23 - Another op-ed written by the Sweat-Free Campaign has been published in the Stanford Daily.
- 2/26 - The Stanford Daily featured an article about the "Sew In" Action last Friday, inlcluding a picture of our lovely quilt. Link. The campaign is also mentioned in the Stanford Tree article because a stunt was performed near the action.
- 2/13 - The ASSU Undergraduate Senate passed a resolution supporting the Sweat-Free campaign and calling for Stanford's entry into the WRC and DSP organizations. Read the bill here (pdf format).
- 2/7 - The Sweat-Free Campaign was featured in a clip as part of the "Stanford Spotlight" news program. The segment includes video from the Presentation of Demands and short quotes from Dan and Mark (who is misnamed in the program as "Alex"). See the clip on youtube here.
- 1/24 - The campaign appeared on the front page of the Stanford Daily in an article about the presentation of demands to Hennessy's office. Link.
- 1/23 - An op-ed written by members of the Sweat-free Campaign explaining the reasons for the campaign appeared in the Stanford Daily. Link.
- 1/22 - The Sweatfree Campaign was featured on the front page of the Stanford Daily. Including many quotes from students at the general meeting, it details the goals of the campaign and describes a brief history of similar campaigns at Stanford. Link.
Photo Credit: Michael Ramm, Stanford Daily Photographer
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