What 'Orange the Campus' Taught Us About Showing Up

Last November, two hundred of us walked a slow loop around the central plaza holding hand-painted placards. It took twenty minutes. It took three weeks to plan.

The part nobody photographs

The best moments were afterwards: a group of first-years asking how to start a circle in their hostel, a professor sharing why she almost left her field.

A march is a doorway. What matters is who walks through it.

This year we're doing it again, with a quieter second half: tables, tea, and people whose only job is to listen.