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All in student activism
The undersigned Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organizations across the West coast express their solidarity with and support for student activism in response to anti-Black racism at the University of Missouri (Mizzou) and other institutions of higher education.
Following the latest manifestation of anti-Black sentiment, and in response to the oppression of and threats against Black students on the University of Missouri campus and in the community, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Midwest Network stands in solidarity with the #ConcernedStudent1950 activists and the threatened students of color on campus.
Last weekend, San Diego State University hosted the annual National Students for Justice in Palestine conference, attended by members of SJP chapters from across the country.
On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Chicago and supporters participated in the International Day of Action on University Campuses for Palestine by launching a poster campaign in solidarity with victims of Israeli violence.
People who has been involved with Palestine Solidarity activism in their communities and on their campuses knows how threats, bureaucratic hurdles, and false accusations of anti-semitism can make it difficult to make your voice heard.
After members of Boston Students for Justice in Palestine were removed from the overflow room at a Bernie Sanders rally, the democratic presidential candidate’s campaign issued an apology.
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Midwest will attend the fifth annual National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference. SJP Midwest wants to send delegates from each SJP chapter in the region to the national conference from October 9th-11th, so it is fundraising to be able to afford the costs.
This Labor day weekend, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Midwest will host its 2nd annual conference in Chicago.
Zionist groups at the University of California have attempted to persuade the school to adopt the U.S. State Department’s guidelines of what constitutes anti-semitism. If adopted, the definition would smother pro-Palestinian activism on campus.
The Associated Students of the University of California, Davis (ASUCD) passed divestment resolution SR 17, with 10-0-2 vote. This marks the second time the ASUCD voted in favor of divestment. The original resolution, labeled SR 9, was deemed unconstitutional by the UC Davis Campus Court after it passed earlier this year.
The Student Government of Loyola Chicago (SGLC) passed divestment for a third time in two years but this time the SGLC President signed and endorsed the resolution on March 31.
Divestment is a term that has been attracting an immense amount of attention on campuses across the nation and now Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Marquette University in Wisconsin has joined the movement.
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) has been the target of harassment and racism in the wake of two major protests, carried out as part of its annual Israeli Apartheid Week activities raising awareness on campus about the plight of Palestinians.
In the coming weeks, Loyola University Chicago’s undergraduate student senate will vote on a resolution that urges the university to remove its investments from corporations involved in human rights violations. Specifically, these corporations profit from and directly contribute to human rights abuses perpetrated against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Fair Business Practice Committee (FBPC) at DePaul University will take steps to make sure its investments are “responsible”, after DePaul Divest coalition successfully passed a divestment referendum through the university’s Student Government Association elections last spring.
We are Palestinian undergraduate students at Northwestern University. We may be few in number, but solidarity from our sisters and brothers in other communities has given us strength and, ultimately, a victory, in the form of the passage of a divestment resolution on on Feb. 18th.
Posters depicting Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) members as “Jew Haters” have been spotted at several universities across the country. Palestine in American has confirmed that the posters were seen at DePaul University, Drake University and University of California, Los Angeles, as of press time.
Last month, a diverse coalition of alumni, community members, and students at Ohio State University officially launched their divestment campaign. OSU Divest calls on the university to divest from corporations that enable, and profit from, human rights violations.
Students for Justice in Palestine’s Chicago Network hosted a fundraiser “Celebrating somoud” at DePaul University to honor Rasmea Odeh’s steadfastness and resilience, on Feb. 3. All ticket sales and donations went to Rasmea’s Defense Committee. Odeh is a 67-year-old Palestinian community organizer in the Chicagoland area.
On Thursday night, the University of California at Davis joined the growing list of UC campuses that have passed resolutions calling for divestment from corporations profiting from the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
