| \n \n \nWhen Does Protest Make a Difference?\nThursday\, August 22\, 2024\, 7 PM PDT\nASU California Center Broadway in Los Angele s\, CA \n | \n
| \n \n \nAmerica n history credits protest with ending segregation and the Vietnam War\, se curing women the right to vote and the LGBTQ+ community a path to equality \, and building one nation out of 13 colonies. It’s a national tradition e nshrined in the Constitution and fiercely protected by the legal system. B ut protest can also be violent\, messy\, and contested\, and frequently en ds with the status quo remaining in place. How—and perhaps when—can you kn ow if a protest is working\, or has worked? What makes some protests more effective than others\, and how do protestors balance the desire for peace and the attention force receives? \nLast spring\, protests led to a number of outcomes on college campuses\, from clashes with administration s\, police\, and counter-protestors to divestment agreements. With student s and faculty returning to campuses across the nation\, Zócalo will conven e two back-to-back panels moderated by KQED correspondent and co-host of “ The California Report” Saul Gonzalez to discuss when and how protest makes a difference. \nThe first panel will start at 7 p.
m. PDT and feature scholars and thinkers who can offer larger context for
the current moment: urban journalism professor Danielle K. Brown\, constitutional law professor and former director of the ACLU LGB
T Project Matt Coles\, and First Amendment scholar \nThe se cond panel will start at 8 p.m. PDT and feature practitioners who have eng aged in historic protests in Los Angeles and beyond: co-founder of the day laborer band Los Jornaleros del Norte Pablo Alvarado\, L os Angeles Police Department former assistant chief Sandy Jo MacAr thur\, and immigrant rights and labor justice activist Vi ctor Narro. \n | \n
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