Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)

Sit-In

September 30, 2016: Mia Porter '19 from Atlanta held a sit-in for Taft students to protest police brutality. Her mission statement for the sit-in reads: To cultivate discussion and create positive tension within the community: these are the reasons why we wish to conduct a sit-in. In hosting a physical protest, we seek to create a visual reminder of a problem that--despite what we may wish to think--persists beyond the edges of Taft’s campus in a world that we will soon be entering as college students, and inheriting as young adults. We seek to symbolically manifest the reality of what police brutality does to other young people--specifically people of color--our own age, in that the dead, the victims of mass incarceration, the casualties of a racially-biased criminal justice system do not have the privilege of attending school, a privilege that we take for granted within the security of the Taft campus. We want to visually demonstrate to students--both new and returning, who do not already know--that Taft is aware of this grim reality, is a school filled with students and faculty who stand in camaraderie with those who, for whatever reason, can no longer stand for themselves. (photo by Robert Falcetti/Taft)