Protesters demonstrate against the war in Gaza outside the entrance to the campus of Columbia University in New York City on April 30, 2024.ollege students risking school discipline for their pro-Palestinian activism were celebrated by peers and supporters for their moral clarity at a church across the street from Columbia University on Thursday.
Shayoni Mitra, a senior lecturer at Barnard College’s theater department who helped organize Thursday’s ceremony, says staff wanted the event to provide students a space of refuge. She says that there are currently about 200 active disciplinary hearings for students at Columbia and Barnard based on self-reported crowd-sourced numbers. Mitra says the university has not provided staff with more details on the number of students facing potential suspension or expulsion.
Dunnia says she was frequently at Columbia’s student encampment and continues to protest for divestment off-campus. “I’m willing to sacrifice, whether it’s my education, my job or whatever it is for the freedom of Palestine,” she says. Asked about her reaction to increased police presence on campus, Dunnia recalls her time in Palestine. “It reminded me of back home. Having a police force always present—it’s a tactic to threaten us, to be scared. I don’t find it terrifying anymore,” she says.
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