By Sami DugdaleProgram Director Other Side Drive Hosts, Dani Juarez and Iris Gonzalez, are joined by Najha Marshall, the President of the Pan African Action Committee. Najha discusses their event “Black Fest”, a festival created to offer a safe space for the black bodies in and around the San Marcos community. Najha also discusses the history of the festival and of the organization itself. Featured image courtesy of the Pan […]
By Adam Smith Senior Reporter At a workshop to help students prepare for the recent State Senate freedom of speech hearing, members of the Pan African Action Committee, known as PAAC, expressed their frustration with Texas State University and what they see as a lack of support for minority students. Especially concerning to the committee are the recent incidents of white supremacist flyers being posted on campus. Former PAAC President, […]
By Kimberly Clay Other Side Drive Executive Host Brought by the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion, Equality University is a conference that covers important topics and engages with the student body on what we can do to create a better community for all Texas state Students. Our guests talked about the events of the conference and the keynote speakers, Shakil Choudhury and Symone Sanders. To get involved at Texas […]
By Holly Henrichsen Web Content Manager Tafari Robertson is KTSW’s multimedia director. As multimedia director, Robertson oversees all of the visual content that goes on the KTSW blog and social media. For International Men’s Day, I sat down with Robertson to talk about the issues that black men, and men in general, face in society today. Robertson started the Pan African Action Committee with a few friends to better […]
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