The event featured speeches and messages from Palestinian journalist Hind Khoudary, Noura Erakat, Amanda Seales, and more.
It's college graduation season, but some students who participated in on-campus protests for Palestine saw their semester end without one. That’s why a group of Columbia faculty and staff members planned what they called a “People’s Graduation.” The event, hosted at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on May 16, celebrated graduating students from Columbia, City University of New York , and New York University, some of whom were unable to participate in their schools’ ceremonies.
You could feel the love in the room, and I think it's something we all needed, when so much hatred is coming toward us from our trustees and our presidents and our deans and our institutions, who are threatening us with all kinds of things. I will never forget this moment for as long as I live. It was beautiful. Everything was grounded in the joy of Palestinian life and liberation. It was really a celebration of Palestinian life, which was, in a way, a celebration of us.
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