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University of Utah MLK Week celebrations on Jan. 16, 2023 | Photo by Patrick Hardwig from Hardwig Media)

U’s MLK Day Celebrations Honor Dr. King’s Legacy and Continue to Look Ahead

By Caelan Roberts, News Editor January 17, 2023

  “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in a sermon given at a church in Montgomery,...

(Photo by Crystal Rose Fraughton | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Iranians and Supporters March in SLC as part of Global Freedom Rally for Iran

By Crystal Rose Fraughton, Investigative Writer October 3, 2022

  Over 1,000 protestors gathered in downtown Salt Lake City on Oct. 1, making Salt Lake City one of over 150 cities across the world to join the Freedom Rally for Iran.  Ongoing protests in...

Black Lives Matter demonstrators write letters to political prisoners at Pioneer Park on August 28, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Gwen Christopherson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Organize Protest for Political Prisoners: A Photo Series

By Gwen Christopherson, Photo Chief September 9, 2020

Writing to Political Prisoners Speaking Up March to the Mural

U Student Group Hosts Women’s March on Utah 2019

U Student Group Hosts Women’s March on Utah 2019

By Jacqueline Mumford, Managing Editor January 20, 2019

  On Jan. 19, people from across the state of Utah met at Washington Square Park to participate in the 2019 Salt Lake City Women’s March on Utah. Women and their allies marched nearly a mile...

Courtesy of Neelam Chand of the Office of Equity and Diversity.

MLK Week at the U: Activism and Coalition Building are Key

By Miacel Spotted Elk, News Writer January 20, 2019

  In dedication to Martin Luther King’s legacy this week, the University of Utah’s Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) will host programming focused on service, activism and raising awareness...

(Photo by Dane Goodwin)

Students Participate in “Slut Walk”

By Julianne Skrivan April 24, 2015

Short skirts, crop tops and bare skin are not signs of consent. This was the message of Students Against Sexual Assault’s “Slut Walk.” Zak Mahaz, a member of SASA, said the Slut Walk was a response...

(Photo by Kiffer Creveling)

Students “Take Back the Night” in Sexual Assault March

By Taylor Almond April 1, 2015

Students in matching purple T-shirts reading “Take Back The Night,” marched Wednesday from the U to Westminster College. The two-mile march, including about 50 participants, was planned by Students...

(Photo by Jameson Clifton)

Editor’s Note, March 2015

March 5, 2015

March gets a bad rap, and I blame it on Julius Caesar. The man was stabbed a few times (23 times, to be exact) back in March of 44 B.C., and everyone is still afraid of the month because of it. But...

(Photo by Chris Samuels)

Students March to Honor MLK

By Mary Royal January 20, 2015

  Starting at East High School, a group of U students and members of the Salt Lake community marched 1.3 miles to Kingsbury Hall in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Kathleen Christy, Salt Lake...

(Photo by Cole Tan)

U Students Stay Silent in March to Protest Injustice

By Mary Royal January 20, 2015

  On Tuesday a group of more than 100 students protested at the Social Work building, marching across campus against all forms of injustice. The march was designed to be silent and non-violent....