All change is historically placed. Therefore, all organizing must be historically informed. Throughout the rest of the guide, we try to give in depth looks at various issues with Penn and in Philadelphia. In this, we try to give a broad overview and timeline of what organizing and agitation efforts have taken place over theContinue reading “History of Organizing ’25-’26”
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Gender Equity at Penn
Despite commanding the resources and prestige of an Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania has consistently failed to meet the needs of women and other gender minorities. Student organizations have been advocating the extension of basic services for years, but have been met with little action from the university. Menstrual Product Access at PennContinue reading “Gender Equity at Penn”
Letter from the Editor ’26
Hello, Class of 2030! As you begin your time at Penn, we want you to ask yourselves a very simple question: why are you here? Some of you see yourselves as visionaries and changemakers—as people imbued with a unique power to change the world and forge your own path. Some of you are a bitContinue reading “Letter from the Editor ’26”
Organizing at Penn; the Sixties, the Eighties, the Nineties, and Now.
Penn’s historical complicity in state violence, the military industrial complex, and human rights violations is nothing if not steadfast. Two moments in this long history—as well as how students mobilized in them—are critical to understanding the role of activism at Penn: the antiwar, anti-Penntrification organizing of the sixties and the anti-apartheid activism of the eightiesContinue reading “Organizing at Penn; the Sixties, the Eighties, the Nineties, and Now.”
A Letter from the Editor
Attendees of the vigil display a banner of names of people who died in the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 14. Credit: Chenyao Liu August 25, 2025 Today the University of Pennsylvania formally welcomes the Class of 2029. Today is the six hundred and eighty-eighth day of genocide. For six hundred and eighty eight days, theContinue reading “A Letter from the Editor”
A Recent History of Campus Organizing
All change is historically placed. Therefore, all organizing must be historically informed. Throughout the rest of the guide, we try to give in depth looks at various issues with Penn and in Philadelphia. In this, we try to give a broad overview and timeline of what organizing and agitation efforts have taken place over theContinue reading “A Recent History of Campus Organizing”
Remembering the MOVE Bombing
updated 2025 On May 13th, 1985, the Philadelphia government used military explosives to bomb the headquarters of MOVE, a radical Black environmentalist group, in the neighborhood of Cobbs Creek in West Philadelphia. As a result of this horrifying act of police violence, the bomb and resulting fire killed 11 MOVE members, including five children, andContinue reading “Remembering the MOVE Bombing”
Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine
Penn Faculty for Justice in Palestine organized a die-in demonstration at College Hall on Jan. 29.Credit: Abhiram Juvvadi by Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, University of Pennsylvania, 2025 For nearly two years, the Penn Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine chapter has spoken out against the brutal and ongoing extermination of PalestinianContinue reading “Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine”
Penn vs. International Students
By U.S. Customs and Border Protection – CBP International Travel Preclearance Operations in Canada, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66500139 by Anonymous, 2025 Penn hosts one of the largest international student communities in the Ivy League, with students hailing from over 137 countries, a fact often repeated in admissions flyers and marketed as a differentiating strength. In theContinue reading “Penn vs. International Students”
Lynching victims in the dissecting room: Penn’s record of desecrating Black human remains
Clipping from the Inquirer (1894) by Anonymous, 2025 The University of Pennsylvania’s history is a story of scientific racism and dehumanizing practices. In 2021, facing pressure from racial justice community organizers, the Penn Museum and the University issued long overdue apologies for displaying the skulls of enslaved Africans in a eugenist collection and for stealingContinue reading “Lynching victims in the dissecting room: Penn’s record of desecrating Black human remains”
Penn Disorientation Guide 