Alexander Cheney graduated from the Sociology Honors Program in May of 2002. His four years at Boston College and his involvement in the department were marked by a strong commitment to social justice issues and international politics.
As a member of the Global Justice Project, Alex devoted his extracurricular time to educating and organizing other students about important social and political issues and worked closely with Professor Charles Derber doing research on issues of globalization and international development.During his senior year Alex accepted a position as the co-Executive Director of Boston Mobilization, a 25-year old non-profit organization dedicated to educating and training college and high school students to be activists for peace and justice. He accepted the position along with his good friend and fellow activist Deepinder Mayell (Political Science '02), and the two worked to connect many BC students, including members of the sociology department, to activists at other Boston universities.
As the war in Afghanistan was quickly becoming a war in Iraq, Alex coordinated the organization's "No War, No Way!" campaign to build a movement against the impending invasion. He organized several small and large events during the months preceding the war, including a march through Boston featuring a talk by Howard Zinn, a humanitarian aid drive for Iraqi citizens, and the first National Student Day of Action against the war with over 40 campuses participating. He also led several workshops on Iraq in communities in the Boston area and at several universities including Boston College. On the eve of the invasion, Alex was arrested with 30 other Boston residents and members of Boston Mobilization during an act of peaceful civil disobedience against the war.
In June of 2003, Alex left Boston and Boston Mobilization and moved back to where he grew up, the San Francisco Bay area. His activities during the 15 months he spent with the organization were covered widely in The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today; he even appeared as a guest on the Montel Williams show to debate the war. He is currently applying to graduate school and is planning to pursue a Ph.D. in the Social Sciences, focusing on international economic relations and development in Asia.
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