MISSION STATEMENT
We are a non-hierarchical activist group, operating under participatory democracy, that promotes non-violent direct action and civil disobedience. We strive for equality, peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability.
SDS Denton meets every Monday at 4:00 pm on the UNT campus, Language Building room 114. This upcoming meeting (2/23/2009) will be a public meeting and will include a discussion about the Employee Free Choice Act.
Check out the SDS Denton list-serv (includes meeting notes):
http://groups.google.com/group/sdsdenton
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SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) was the largest and most influential radical student organization of the 1960s. At its inception in 1960, there were just a few dozen members, inspired by the civil rights movement and initially concerned with equality, economic justice, peace, and participatory democracy. With the escalation of the Vietnam War, SDS grew rapidly as young people protested the destruction wrought by the US government and military. Polite protest turned into stronger and more determined resistance as rage and frustration increased all across the country.
Beginning January 2006, a movement to revive Students for a Democratic Society took shape. A small group of high school and college students reached out to former members of the "Sixties" SDS, to re-envision a student movement in the United States. They called for a new generation of SDS, to build a radical multi-issue organization grounded in the principle of participatory democracy. Several chapters at various colleges and high schools were subsequently formed.
This particular chapter of SDS seeks to promote interest in pro peace issues on the University of North Texas campus and the greater Denton Area using the tactics of Non-Violent Civil-Disobedience. We seek to promote solidarity among all pro peace groups and support one another. SDS is a non- hierarchical group of friends and volunteers who share the principals of participatory democracy. In short, we seek peace in our lifetime. Peace among nations, peace among peoples, and peace in our hearts and minds.
