Cal State LA Students To Start Encampment in Support of Divestment

At PCC, April 30, 2024 (Photos – Special to ColoradoBlvd.net)

As of Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at 3:00 pm the California State University – Los Angeles students, in response to National SJP’s call to action, started their own Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the California State University – Los Angeles Physical Education Quad.

By News Desk

A press release to our news room stated the following: “There are no standing universities left in Gaza. This encampment is inspired by and in solidarity with the 70+ university encampments across the United States and worldwide.

We aim to call attention to the ongoing violations of Palestinians’ rights under international law:

1. The establishment and expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; and all of colonized Palestine.
2. The restriction of Palestinians’ freedom of movement; and,
3. The forms of ill-treatment employed against Palestinian prisoners and “administrative detainees”; and,
4. The illegal exploitation and pillage of natural resources in the occupied Palestinian territories that, among other things, cut off Palestinians’ access to primary water resources; and,
5. The Israeli government’s current genocidal campaign and ground invasion against Palestinians in Gaza since October 7, 2023, has displaced 2.2 million Palestinians, murdered 40,000, and injured over 100,000.”

PCC and Caltech

On Tuesday, April 30, students at Pasadena City College called for a walkout. The students started gathering in front of the mirror pools on campus around 11:30 am and formed a peaceful march with poster making, chanting, and speeches.

On Monday, April 29, Caltech students held a peaceful protest from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Students held a silent sit-in on the lawn of the Center for Student Services (CSS) building on Holliston Ave. The silent protest moved to the lawn outside the exit of the Red Door. Undergraduates, graduates, and other members of the Caltech community dispersed around 12:30 pm.

Walkout of class at PCC, March 30, 2024 (Photo – Special to ColoradoBlvd.net)

Peaceful protest at Caltech, April 29, 2024 (Photo – The California Tech)