Protests at College Campuses Grow in Response to Trump Election

Thousands of college students at campuses across the country have protested the election of Donald Trump and his policies in recent days, and the number of walkouts and rallies is only growing.


Students at universities from coast to coast, including Stanford in California, Northwestern in Chicago and George Washington in D.C., joined more than 30 other colleges in a nationwide walkout movement Tuesday, organized through social media. Meanwhile, students at more than 100 colleges and universities plan to walk out of classes today in protest of Trump.

Student Action, the group that propelled the Stop Trump National Campus Walkout on Tuesday, describes itself as “a national network of student power organizations dedicated to fighting for racial, economic, gender, and environmental justice.” The group organized using hashtags #StudentAction, #StopTrump and #CantTrumpOurVision.

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