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Free the Penn State 31!

Free the Penn State 31!

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 4 months ago
On April 15, thirty-one Penn State students sat in Old Main to demand that President Graham Spanier adopt the Designated Suppliers Program, which would ensure that the workers who make Penn State apparel are paid a living wage and afforded the right to a union. They were arrested for this act of nonviolent civil disobedience. Support the student activists and the workers who make Penn State apparel. Add your name to the following petition, which will be delivered to President Spanier on April 28. ----------------------------------------------- President Spanier, Please drop the charges and take no academic disciplinary action against the thirty-one students who sat in Old Main on April 15, 2008, in support of the Designated Suppliers Program.

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April 29, 2008

We hit one thousand signatures today. It has been a long and exhausting stretch of time but seeing your names pile up gives me the grit to keep pushing forward.

Reached 1,000 supporters

April 27, 2008

April 21, 2008

We hit one hundred signatures today. It is exhausting work to keep pushing against this silence but seeing those names on the list keeps me going.

Reached 100 supporters

April 20, 2008

6 Comments

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Jessica Tran
18 years ago Featured

Whatever happened to free speech? This is just bullying by the administration.

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Lisa Saunders
18 years ago Featured

justice for the 31! keep up the fight guys.

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Dave Wilson
18 years ago Featured

LEAVE THEM ALONE. They did the right thing.

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Brian Rahman
18 years ago Featured

Penn state needs to stop selling clothes made in sweatshops. listen to the students and fix this instead of arresting them

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Mike Wilson
18 years ago Featured

Ridiculous to arrest students for standing up for human rights. Drop the charges now.

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Sarah Chavez
18 years ago Featured

so proud of these students for taking a stand. the university should be ashamed of itself for punishing them.

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