protests

Former Director of the ACLU LGBT Project Matt Coles

To Win a Political Battle You Must Lead With Heart

Former Director of the ACLU LGBT Project Matt Coles | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Matt Coles teaches law at UC Law San Francisco. He was deputy national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 2010 to 2016 and ran the ACLU’s National LGBT Project before that. He served as legal advisor to Supervisor Harvey Milk and drafted what became San Francisco’s sexual orientation nondiscrimination law. Before sitting on a panel for the Zócalo event “When Does Protest Make a Difference?,” he joined us in the green room to discuss growing up as a political kid, winning gay marriage, and “Don’t Ask, …

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Immigration Rights and Labor Activist Victor Narro wears a blue button-up on the Zócalo stage | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Day Laborer Organizer Pablo Alvarado

I Was 10 When I Participated in My First Land Occupation

Pablo Alvarado co-founded the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California in 1991, Los Jornaleros del Norte day laborer band in 1996, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network in …

Former Director of the ACLU LGBT Project Matt Coles | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

LAPD Former Assistant Chief Sandy Jo MacArthur

I Want My Grandkids to Enjoy the World Like I Did

Sandy Jo MacArthur served with the Los Angeles Police Department for 35 years. She currently works with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office as the mental health training coordinator for …

Immigration Rights and Labor Activist Victor Narro on the Zócalo stage | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Immigration Rights and Labor Activist Victor Narro

Kindness Can Be Intellectual Stimulation

Victor Narro has been involved with immigrant rights and labor issues for almost 40 years. He is currently a project director for the UCLA Labor Center and core faculty in …

Danielle K. Brown looks to her left. She wears a black shirt that almost blends with the dark screen behind her.

Urban Journalism Professor Danielle K. Brown

I Really Like Raphael, the Rebel Turtle

Danielle K. Brown is an associate professor in the School of Journalism at Michigan State University and holds the 1855 Community and Urban Journalism Professorship. She is also the director …

What’s the DNA of an Effective Protest?

Scholars and Practitioners Discussed What It Takes to Create a Sustained, Successful Movement at Last Night’s Event “When Does Protest Make a Difference?”

by Jackie Mansky |

With the new school year starting, universities across the country anticipate a new wave of protests around the war in Gaza, now in its 10th month. To offer broad perspective, …


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