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Wednesday, 25 May 2011 00:00

Forty years ago this spring, a handful of students made their voice heard and created change within the Seattle Community College district.  Watch "Seize the Time... Again," the event to honor this anniversary Sunday, June 5th and 12th at 7:00pm (earlier than previously announced) on SCCtv, Comcast channel 28/Broadstripe channel 19.

It's been termed "Seattle's first demonstration led by Asian Americans."  The protests at Seattle Community Colleges in 1971 inspired change here and around the country.  To honor these events of forty years ago, the students who led the protests gathered at Seattle Central Community College to discuss the events of the past, celebrate the positive change that resulted and look at the lessons learned. seize

We captured the event and you can watch the program several times over the next three weeks.  It will be braodcast at at 7:30pm Sunday evening, May 29th, on SCCtv, Comcast channel 28/Broadstripe channel 19. 

We will air it again the following two Sunday evenings, June 5th and 12th, at an earlier time of 7:00pm. 

If you'd like to watch the program online and on-demand, click this to watch it. 

An abreviated, 46-minute version of the event is available here.