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Fight the Power: A History of the UF Student Activist Movement Since 1963
April 2 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Learn about campus protest history, including the history of the student activist movement at the University of Florida since 1963. This discussion, led by Smathers Discovery Fellow and Graham Center Askew Scholar Aron Ali-McClory, shows the relationships between institutions and their communities, and the connections between generations of Gator activists.
Drawing from archival research, Aron’s lecture highlights key moments of protest, coalition-building, and institutional response, offering a broad narrative of resistance at UF.
Aron’s research was made possible through the support of the Askew Scholars Program at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, and the Discovery Fellows program at Smathers Libraries.
University Archivist Sarah Coates introduced the speaker and provided an overview of the Discovery Fellows program.
About the Presenter
Aron Ali-McClory is a fourth-year political science and anthropology major at the University of Florida. They have served as a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator in UF’s Student Government, and worked on political campaigns at the local, state, and federal level. They were a co-founder and leader (2021-23) of the UF student organization Young Democratic Socialists of America, and presently serves as a co-chair of the national organization. Their Askew Scholars research investigates student activism at the University of Florida since 1963, documenting the perspectives of various groups, tendencies, and institutions in order to build a broad narrative of resistance at the University.