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On these sheets, supplied by the Student Association, they placed their thoughts and feelings. Some used the words of Anne Frank, Albert Einstein, John Lennon, Martin Luther King Jr., and Gandhi, while others penned original compositions. These sheets, now known as the Sheets of Expression, were hung from the balcony in Hendricks Chapel for the first anniversary in 2002. A second set of sheets was created during SU’s “One Year Later” commemoration program so that the University community could reflect on the events and aftermath of the previous year. The sheets were donated to the University Archives by the Student Affairs Office after the 2002 services. The Archives is now their permanent home.
On the evening following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Syracuse University students, faculty, and staff gathered around over-sized white sheets on the Quad in front of Hendricks Chapel.
The Sheets of Expression from September 2001 and 2002 will be on display in the White Cube Gallery, located off the Panasci Lounge in the Schine Student Center, from Monday, Sept. 5 through Thursday, Sept. 15. Selected panels from the Sheets of Expression collection will also be on display at Lubin House in New York City; Greenberg House in Washington, D.C.; and at the SU Center in Los Angeles from Sept. 5-15. Read more about the 9/11 Sheets of Expression Project.
