(CNN) Based on a well-received, one-sentence tweet, a University of Pennsylvania professor is preparing to lead a direct-action, walkout-style event over two days for educators and students to address racial violence and unjust policing. Anthea Butler of the University of PennsylvaniaThose in higher education plan to pause classes and administrative duties on September 8 and 9 for the Scholar Strike, a teach-in about racial violence, policing and community organizing. Some 600 professors have committed across multiple universities, and #ScholarStrike has taken off as a hashtag. "We're not so much protesting our individual universities," Butler explained, "as we are protesting police violence and racial injustice in this country." Professors also plan to recast direct action in the pandemic environment.

Source: CNN September 01, 2020 16:40 UTC