For Clinton Liddell, president of the Black Student Union, it’s important to note that every single life matters.

The “Why My Life Matters” video shoot took place Tuesday afternoon in room 265 of the Rhatigan Student Center, kicking off the four-day “Kansas Blackout” event, which will serve as a reaction to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. The Black Student Union will release the video Friday on their Facebook page.

“We’re getting students’ perspectives and their point of view on why we are against injustices such as that, and we believe that everyone has a right to live and to live free on top of that,” Liddell said. “A lot of students on campus are angry about police brutality and inequality.”

Liddell said a lot of the things people create to separate each other are superficial, but at the end of the day, everyone has the same basic human drives.

“I believe my life matters as much as anybody else matters, because we are all simply here doing the things that matter to us and that interest us,” he said. “Just like everybody else, I have a family, I have friends, there are people that I matter to, and there are things that I want to accomplish in the world. Regardless of social standing, race, economic standings, we all have these basic drives, we’re all no better than anyone else.”

“Kansas Blackout” will continue with a Brown Bag Diversity Discussion at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in room 223 of the RSC, followed by a Candlelight Vigil on Thursday.