In advance of an April 17 Congressional hearing featuring Columbia University's president, schools are increasingly penalizing student protesters.
College students have been at the forefront of the movement for a ceasefire in Palestine since Israel's ongoing incursion of Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attack. As soon as organizing for that movement began, there was backlash against it, including doxxing and harassment at Harvard, attempted state-level bans of Students for Justice in Palestine chapters in Florida, and also the banning of protests and SJP chapters at other universities.
” Since the arrests, Dym has been banned from Pomona’s campus, where they are currently taking two courses. In a public letter, Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr alleged that the organizers refused to identify themselves and “verbally harass” staff.
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