Education Justice Movement

EDUCATION JUSTICE MOVEMENT EDUCATION JUSTICE MOVEMENT Dawson, representing the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers (PFT), stands with former fellow miner, Carol Jean Jones, at a union solidarity march in Pittsburgh. Photo: Courtesy of Kipp Dawson Kipp Dawson worked as a public school teacher for 22 years and helped to lead the Education Justice movement in Pennsylvania […]

Labor Movement

LABOR MOVEMENT LABOR MOVEMENT Dawson with the United Mine Workers of America at the 1981 national solidarity day action with striking air traffic controllers in Washington D.C. Photo: Kipp Dawson Papers, Box 7, Folder 2 Kipp Dawson worked underground as a coal miner for thirteen years, where she organized in the Labor Movement with the […]

Gay Liberation Movement

GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT Dawson helped to organize the Christopher Street Liberation Day commemorating the anniversaries of Stonewall that became the annual Gay Pride parade. Kipp Dawson Papers, Box 3, Folder 12 Kipp Dawson served on the organizing committee for the Christopher Street Liberation Day marches in commemoration of the Stonewall uprising, which […]

Women’s Movement

WOMEN’S MOVEMENT WOMEN’S MOVEMENT Dawson served on the staff of the Women’s National Abortion Action Coalition, raising money for the organization in the lead up to the Roe v. Wade decision. Photo: “San Francisco rally poster, 1971,” Center for the Study of Political Graphics After moving to New York City, Kipp Dawson helped to organize […]

Vietnam Anti-War Movement

VIETNAM ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT VIETNAM ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT Dawson served on the staff of the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC), which produced this poster. Photo: Kipp Dawson Papers, Box 3, Folder 3 Kipp Dawson helped to organize some of the largest actions in the Vietnam Anti-War Movement, working in San Francisco with leaders from across the country, including […]

Civil Rights Movement

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT The cover of Bernice Reagon’s album of freedom songs features a photograph of Dawson taken on the steps of the state Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, a few days after the 1965 Selma March. Photo: Courtesy of Kipp Dawson Kipp Dawson began her Civil Rights activism in the 1950s in […]

LOVE, JOY, & HOPE

love, joy, & hope love, joy & hope WHAT DOES RESILIENCE LOOK LIKE IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS? HOW DO ACTIVISTS KEEP GOING WHEN TIMES ARE HARD? WHAT TOOLS HAVE PEOPLE USED TO FORM MOVEMENTS THAT COULD SURVIVE AND THRIVE DESPITE CONSTANT SETBACKS, LOSSES, AND EVEN VIOLENT REPRESSION? Dawson co-organized the first Civil Rights Club at Berkeley […]