Sleeping bags, bullhorns and demonstrators probably will not be at this weekend's Village reunion, which begins at 4 p.m. today at the HUB-Robeson Center.

Instead, the tools of activism will include discussion, celebration and sharing.

"Last year was a protest; this year is an anniversary," David Davis, Black Caucus president-elect, said.

This weekend marks the one-year birthday of the on-campus protests that spawned a spiral of change in the way Penn State deals with diversity.

The fight for improving diversity initiatives in the curriculum began early last school year, when a group of concerned students confronted faculty and administrators.

After some university community members, including the then-president of Black Caucus, received racially charged death threats, the students' demands became more pressing.

Activists stormed the football field during last year's Blue-White game to gain visibility for the issue. Shortly following that protest, several hundred students gathered in the HUB-Robeson Center to push for the group's initiatives.

Students involved in that have come to be known as the Village, and this Sunday will be exactly one year after the Blue-White game protest.

"I think that this was a significant moment in Penn State history," Davis said of the protest. "We want to recreate that momentum."

During the reunion, organizers will show footage from last year's protest and update students on the progress they have made on diversity initiatives.

Other issues facing the community will also be discussed, including taking a stance against retailer Abercrombie and Fitch and working to find missing student Cindy Song.

The Abercrombie and Fitch issue deals with a T-shirt the store recently had for sale with a message group members consider racist.

The shirt, which was taken off shelves yesterday, had two cartoon-style men in traditional Chinese dress advertising a Laundromat with the slogan, "Two Wongs can make it white."

"We feel that this is something we should discuss as a village," Davis said of the shirts.

Several members of Black Caucus also hope to gain visibility and support for their Coalition to Find Cindy Song.

"What we really want is a thorough investigation," Davis said. "We feel as though there has been a lot of negligence in this case."

Amy Stipe, Black Caucus education committee head, said she looks forward to seeing all the members of last year's Village again.

"It was just beautiful to see all those groups together," she said.

She said last year's protest brought together leaders from a variety of groups that fight forms of inequality -- including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, political, feminist and anti-racist groups -- for the first time. That connection has continued to grow stronger, she said.

"It just stuck with us this year," Stipe said. "We're all fighting for basically the same thing."

Miss Black Penn State and Black Caucus member Rochele Haynes said she looks forward to the reunion.

"I just want to see how everybody is doing and how this university has changed," Haynes said.

Davis said there will be several differences between this year's reunion and last year's protest.

For example, attendees will not be allowed to sleep in the HUB-Robeson Center, but there will be activities scheduled around the clock.

"We did a lot of things last year that we weren't necessarily allowed to do," Davis said.