EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Inside Harvard University's Radical Activism Class For Students
Let's See What The $2 Billion In Federal Funding Actually Pays For
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See Inside A Real Harvard University Class
In Spring 2025, Harvard University offered a class titled Power to the People: Black Power, Radical Feminism, and Gay Liberation, 1955–1975 as part of its general education curriculum. The course was taught by Michael Bronski, a professor of Media and Activism in the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality.
Bronski, a prominent LGBTQ+ activist and author, has been a key figure in shaping Harvard’s approach to radical social movements and media studies. As part of this class, he organized a special panel called Activism in Action, bringing together a lineup of contemporary social justice activists to speak to students directly about their work and ideology.
Harvard University has recently been in a battle with the Trump administration, with the White House threatening to rescind $2 billion in federal funding due to the university’s controversial diversity programming and resistance to political oversight. Harvard responded with indifference, making clear that it would not compromise its ideological commitments. That same spirit of defiance and ideological entrenchment is alive and well in Bronski’s classroom.
I infiltrated this panel and recorded it live to show you exactly what’s being taught at one of the most elite universities in the country.
Below is a highlight reel from the event, along with profiles of each panelist who participated.
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Meet The Panelists
Per the clip at the end of the highlight reel, each panelist was paid to lecture the class by Harvard University’s Regan Fund.
Jared Fox (Panel Moderator)
Senior Community Program Manager at Microsoft, Former TF, based in New York City
Dr. Jared Fox manages community experience and employee resource groups at Microsoft.
Nadia Swanson (They/Them)
Director of Technical Assistance and Advocacy at the Ali Forney Center
Nadia Swanson, LCSW leads training and program development at the nation’s largest organization supporting LGBTQ+ homeless youth. Their work focuses on growing internal capacity and community-based interventions.
Hugo Venegas
Immigration Attorney in New York City
Hugo Ernesto Gonzalez Venegas is an immigration attorney based in New York City. Until they lost their funding a few months ago, he was a staff attorney with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), specializing in legal advocacy for unaccompanied immigrant minors in the U.S. immigration system.
Clark Wolf Hamel (He/Him)
Executive Director, PFLAG NYC
Clark Wolff Hamel leads the founding chapter of PFLAG and collaborates with New York schools to promote allyship and LGBTQ+ education. We’ve actually seen Clark before in one of our previous infiltrations.
Tim’m West (He/They)
Executive Director, LGBTQ+ Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Tim’m T. West is a poet, educator, and hip-hop artist who leads research and education initiatives focused on LGBTQ+ equity as the Executive Director of the LGBTQ Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta.
Jasmine Fernandez (She/Her, Educator in Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Jasmine Fernández is an educator and doctoral candidate studying the impact of school climate and the sociopolitical landscape on Latine students' sense of belonging. She serves as a Program Manager at We Got Us Now, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children of incarcerated parents.
This panel was not an isolated event—it was embedded directly into the core curriculum of an Ivy League university. And it reflects a broader ideological pipeline that continues to shape the next generation of activists, educators, and institutional leaders.
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