Tag: activism

The festival will feature interactive educational exhibits, scientists available for one-on-one conversation

On Saturday, March 24, people will march all over the country to call for action to end school shootings in the wake of the rampage in Parkland, Florida last month.

Hundreds of students at Upper West Side elementary, middle and high schools walked out on Wednesday in a moment of solidarity and remembrance

The Women's March after President Trump's inauguration last year drew enormous crowds across the country and around the world, and it's back this weekend.

Two marches on the Upper West Side will honor Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday. From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., students from

West Siders have a unique opportunity this weekend to learn how to get involved in meaningful issues impacting the community and beyond.

“It belongs in midtown or downtown,” said Jennifer Zana, a PS 199 parent, early Tuesday morning. “It would throw shade on the entire school.

Students from West End Secondary School (WESS), a public middle school at 227 West 61st Street, went to the State Capitol this week

Thousands of people are expected to walk through the Upper West Side on Saturday, which is Earth Day, as part of the March for Science. The march

Thousands of people demonstrated against the president on Monday, with a rally stretching several blocks up Central Park West starting at 61st Street.

The world lost one of its great musicians and activists when Pete Seeger died on Monday at the age of 94. Seeger had several connections to the Upper West Side, and