Social Action Videos


Videos of student involved in social action campaigns.

Walk the Walk Documentary

Gulf Coast Civic Works Project student march on the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Activist Rally On Behalf Of Homeless Students At San Jose State.

Len Ramirez reports on Student Homeless Alliance demanding that San Jose State University officials address homeless crisis for students (3-4-2019)

Student Homeless Alliance demands resources from SJSU

This documentary follows the SJSU Student Homeless Alliance on the day they met with University President Mary Papazian and Vice President Patrick Day to discuss their three demands. Watch as they make the final touches to their meeting strategy up to the moment they address local press about the results.

Group Calls On SJSU President To Ban School Apparel Made With Sweatshop Labor

KPIX CBS SF Bay Area Sandra Osborne reports on group demanding SJSU eliminate school apparel made in sweatshops (11-14-2017)

San Jose State Students Call for Increased Aid for Homeless on Campus

A group of San Jose State University students set up tents and slept outside Thursday night to bring awareness to the homeless crisis they said thousands of them face every year. Maria Medina reports. (12-6-18)

Other Media Coverage

Students For Racial Equality

Student Homeless Alliance

Gulf Coast Civic Works (GCCWP)

Students for DMH

Student Produced Videos:

United Students Against Sweatshop Labor (USAS)

Student Homeless Alliance (SHA)

Minimum Wage

Two Days After

  1. this Sacred Heart video about what people would do with the $2 per hour raise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB6LTknmUPM&feature=share and

  2. this story from Raj Jayadev, the director of Debug, who works with marginalized youth: "...on Monday night a young de-bugger who I've never heard talk about anything but graffiti told me everyone at his job was praying for measure D, it was the only thing people had been talking about. Yall made those prayers real. Thank you isn't even enough. Much respect!!!" Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA)

  3. San Jose Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/11/theres-a-lot-of-trauma-in-that-mistrust-in-sjsu-csu-administration-lingers-after-scott-shaw-ordeal/amp/ (and below is the front page story!)

  4. Spotlight: https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-state-university-sjsu-college-students-demand-protection-after-sex-abuse-scandal/

  5. KTVU/Fox News (2): https://www.ktvu.com/video/1068383

  6. KRON (4): https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-jose-students-rally-over-title-ix-protections/

  7. ABC 7: https://abc7news.com/amp/san-jose-state-university-sexual-assault-rally-title-ix-office-sjsu/11839049/

Students for Filipino Farmworkers

Students for Police Accountability

Students Against Sweeps

Students Against Mass Incarceration

Students for Fair Housing

Students Against Sexual Assault