By Yashmin Patel / Staff Writer
In light of the student activism during the Occupy movement, the Rutgers University Student Assembly sought to provide students with resources to continue their grassroots movement.
RUSA’s empowerment project, “A Practical Guide to Changing the World: The Student Empowerment Project,” took place Saturday at the Rutgers Student Center on College Avenue campus. It gave students the tools they need to network and use social media, said Matt Cordeiro, RUSA president.
“Students really are the catalysts for a lot of the big kinds of societal jumps that we see,” said Cordeiro, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Folks, particularly young people, are [helping] topple dictators and long-standing despots all over the world. Young people are really driving for change.”
Cordeiro said the development of Occupy Wall Street and student activism across America has encouraged students to become more aware of the issues within their communities.
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