Campus Activism in the Northwoods

The Northwoods Socialist Collective seeks to be a resource to student activists organizing on their campus, looking to network with student activists on other campuses and who want to connect to activists in the broader community.  One of the tools we use for that is the Northwoods Campus Activism instagram page, which serves as an online bulletin board for student activism in northern Minnesota & Wisconsin.

We support a number of existing campus activist projects, but we are also open to helping set up new social justice clubs at local schools if it doesn't already have one.  If you'd like to try and start a club at your school, feel free to reach out to us and we'll help in any way that we can. 

Social Justice Clubs at Area Campuses: Below is a list of student clubs at different colleges and high schools across the region that the Northwoods Socialist Collective works with.

• LSC Changemakers Club 
• FDLTCC Action Club
• UMD Students for Justice & Liberation
• UMD Advocates for Reproductive Freedom 
• UMD YDSA
• CSS LatinX Student Union
• UWS Amnesty International
• HCIS Action Club

Social Justice Campus Email Lists: The Northwoods Socialist Collective runs campus email announcement lists for members and supporters on a couple of area campuses.  Feel free to sign up to get notices about social justice events on your campus.

• UMD Campus Activism email list
• CSS Campus Activism email list
• UWS Campus Activism email list 

Misc Campus Activist Resources: Here is a list of misc resources and projects that we offer to try and support local campus activism.

• Pop-Up Socialist Meetings:  In addition to the monthly community meetings that the Northwoods Socialist Collective holds, from time to time we hold "pop-up socialist meetings" at the different campuses in the region.  These are small, informal affairs where we meet in a campus lobby or a nearby park or coffee shop, and give a talk on socialism, or a current event.  It's a way we for us to network with campus activists and make it easier for students to plug in to our movements.  If you'd like to help put on a pop-up meeting at your school, message us at northwoods.socialists@gmail.com. 

•  Pop-Up Socialist Literature Tables:From time to time we set up "pop-up socialist lit tables" on area campuses.  Since we're not officially recognized at most schools currently, we just occupy and unused table on the fly, and put out some leaflets.  

• Campus Bulletin Boards:  The Northwoods Socialist Collective makes a point of dropping off leaflets and other activist literature at area campus at least once a month.  Here are some places we try to keep stocked:

• UMD:the bulletin board in the Ven Den in the basement of Bohannon Hall and the bulletin board outside of the Residence Hall Dining Center on the 3rd floor of the Kirby Student Center.
• UWS: the kiosks in the Yellowjacket Union, the bulletin board in the Jim Dan Hill Library and the bulletin boards in the Social Sciences wing of Swenson Hall.
• CSS: the bulletin boards in the main stairwell of Tower Hall.
• LSC: the bulletin boards on the 2nd floor of the Main Building (M2).
• FDLTCC: the bulletin boards on the 2nd floor of the Main Building of the Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College.