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Please I’d Like to Grow: Conversations and Reflections on Student Activism at UNLV panel discussion conducted by Heidi Johnson on November 20, 2016 for the UNLV University Libraries Oral History Collection. In this discussion, faculty, students, and alumni of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) discuss student activism, university exhibits and programs to promote diversity, environmental justice, and racial and sexual antidiscrimination. The discussion was held from 2-4 p.m. in the Goldfield Room of Lied Library and moderated by Heidi Johnson, UNLV social sciences librarian. Panelists include: UNLV student Michael Curtis, Black Student Organization; UNLV student Briceida Hernandez, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán (MEChA) and Spectrum; UNLV alumnus Robert Leavitt, former Rebel Yell photographer and Vietnam veteran; UNLV alumna Tara Pike-Nordstrom, Recycling Manager and Campus Sustainability Coordinator; and UNLV Associate Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Degree Programs Anita Revilla, Ph.D.