#Black Lives Matter at Chico State

Katie Peterson, Moderator 

Panel of CSU, Chico Students: 
Rex Bell 
Dylan Gray 
Egypt Howard 
Koua Thao 

Katie Peterson, Program Coordinator of the CSU, Chico Cross-Cultural Leadership Center, begins this program with a presentation about the Black Lives Matter movement, including background on well-publicized incidents such as the shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, by George Zimmerman in Florida and the shooting of Michael Brown, also an unarmed black teenager, by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The movement is then discussed by a panel of CSU, Chico students and employees of color. The panelists share why the Black Lives Matter means a lot to them and how safe – or unsafe – they feel in the Chico community. They cite examples of when they were directly confronted by discrimination. 

Recorded: October 12, 2015