During the last school year, thanks to student mobilizations that included rallies, teach-ins , speaking events, office stormings, and, in some cases, sit-ins, students on twenty-eight college and university campuses forced their administrators to adopt the Designated Suppliers Program.  This year, in addition to winning DSP adoption at Fordham University and the University of Miami, students at schools in both the US and Canada have held a number of different actions to require that their universities join the ever growing group of universities committed to ensuring that university apparel is produced in factories where workers have a voice on the job and earn a living wage.  On our last international day of action on October 17, students participated in a series of demonstrations demanding that university apparel truly be sweatfree:

• Students at Purdue University held a large rally demanding that their university immediately adopt the DSP.
  
• The University of Southern California staged a mock-sweatshop at the center of campus to educate students about their university's participation in sweatshop exploitation.
• Members of the campus group at the University of Michigan held a sweat-in in their President's office demanding immediate adoption of the DSP.
• Students at the University of South Carolina used a large display in the middle of campus to educate students as to where their apparel was being produced.
  
• Students at UC San Diego held a chill-in in their Chancellor's office demanding that their university honor their commitment to the DSP.
  
• The University of Wisconsin-Madison staged a party in their Chancellor's Office celebrating their commitment to the DSP.
  
• Students at SUNY Stonybrook staged a chill-in in their administrator's office demanding that they ensure that licensed apparel is truly sweatfree.
• In the coming months students will be turning up the heat.  With workers and students organizing together our university clothing will be sweat-free!