About 9/29

The September 29th Movement is an organization dedicated to the eradication of racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, and classism.

We were founded in 1995 at Iowa State University, when the university named a building after Carrie Chapman Catt. An alumna of Iowa State, Catt was a powerful woman suffrage leader, who used racist, xenophobic, and classist tactics, language, and writings to urge for the passage of the 19th Amendment. The university ignored Catt’s racism and the scholarship highlighting her racism and dedicated the building. More than 25 years later, despite a growing movement seeking accountability and redress on racial injustice, the university is intransigent in their support of Catt.

While we remain committed to the idea that changing the name of Catt Hall, a symbol of exclusion, is an important step, we recognize that our fight has been intersectional since 1995. Therefore, our work extends beyond the building named after Catt and the woman suffrage movement and is in line with current movements aimed at ending white supremacy.