Progressive Student Network - Conferences

Conferences

The Progressive Student Network organized usually one conference each year during its existence. Here is a list of most of the conferences that PSN organized:

• 1980 - Kent State - Kent, OH
• 1981 - October 24-25 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• 1982 - October 15-17 - Wayne State University, Detroit, MI - Education, Not Annihilation; Build Progressive Student Action, Not Reaction
• 1983 - Kent State, Kent, OH
• 1984 - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - Dump Reagan
• 1985 - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL - Anti-Apartheid (co-sponsored)
• 1986 - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• 1987 - November 14-15 - Kent State, Kent, OH - Fighting Racism, Reagan, and the Right: Building the Student Movement in the 1980s
• 1988 - November 12-13 - University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL - "Progressive Student Network Fall Conference"
• 1989 - University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
• 1990 - May - Kent State, Kent, OH - 20 year anniversary of Kent State/Jackson State murders
• 1991 - October 19-20 - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA - 1492-1992: Fighting Back Oppression for 500 Years! Shaping Student Strategies for the Future!
• 1992 - October 30-31 - George Washington University, Washington DC - halloween theme
• 1993 - November 6-7 - University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin - (Don't Believe the) Hype!
• 1994 - April 9-10 - George Washington University, Washington DC - Organize Against Racism on Campus; Support the People's Movements for Justice in Haiti & Mexico; Build the Student Movement
• 1994 - October 29-30 - University of Louisville, Louisville, KY - America's Lies and Clinton's Broken Promises: Tools for the 90s

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There was also a conference in Madison WI sometime between 1981 and 1986 that attracted 100's of people.