In recent years, the United States has seen a rise in activism in response to police brutality and mass incarceration often attributed to the prison industrial complex. What is it that we in the US could learn from the Palestinian struggle,” Dr. “It is assumed that we have more to teach than we have to learn in America.
Her work has continuously emphasized the importance of community building, acknowledging intersectionality and advocating for racial, gender and economic justice on global and local scales. “It’s a great time to be alive, especially for those who are young because it is a time of resistance,” Dr. Davis has been a prominent figure in the struggle for Human Rights. Drawing on her experience as a member of the Communist Party USA, the Black Panther Party, and an eighteen-month prison sentence after being placed on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted List ” Dr. Angela Davis has spent over forty years dedicating her life to activism and scholarship in an attempt to combat inequality and systems of oppression to achieve social justice.
Last week, the University of San Francisco’s Black Student Union had the honor of presenting author, educator, and activist Dr. Sarah Toutant, President of the BSU, presents Dr. Angela Davis is welcomed by Sarah Toutant, President of the BSU at USF.