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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.
Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, three young Muslim-Americans who were passionate about humanitarian work were shot execution style in the head.
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.
When you first walk into Marquette University’s Alumni Memorial Union, the first thing you notice is the diverse collection of the world’s flags hanging above. The flags’ purpose is to bring together and unify the spirits of the students, staff and faculty on the university’s campus. It did not take long for Marquette’s Palestinian students to notice that the Palestinian flag was missing.
CHICAGO, IL — Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Chicago Network is hosting a fundraiser to celebrate the resilience of Rasmea Odeh this Tuesday, February 3rd at 8:00 pm at DePaul University.
Last week students at Northwestern University launched NU Divest, a grassroots student campaign demanding that Northwestern divest its holdings in corporations that profit from human rights abuses against Palestinians.
47 years ago, MLK marched along thousands of socially conscience individuals from Selma to Montgomery. This moment marked a turning point in the civil rights movement, and stands as testimony to the perseverance of MLK and the group of troublemakers walking in his shadow.
In a surprise move Sunday night, student activists at DePaul University announced that they are re-launching their DePaul Divest campaign to pressure the university administration to pull its investments from corporations that profit off of Israel’s human rights violations in Palestine, respecting last year’s majority student vote. Corporations include Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Veolia, Caterpillar, and others.
Ahmad Aljazara, 53, spent more than 35 years of his life fighting for human rights in Palestine and the United States before passing away on Jan. 8 in his hometown in Palestine.
“Memoirs of a Stolen Land: Identity” is the sixth episode of the powerful film series. It features Aneesa Johnson an African and Palestinian American Northwestern University student who speaks about her identity and how that relates to the work she currently does for Palestine.
Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), signed several international conventions in an attempt to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) on December 31 and the United States believes the move is counterproductive.
Palestinian public speaker, Mohammed Zeyara, is featured in the fifth episode of “Memoirs of a Stolen Land: Indiscriminate Violence.” In this video, Zeyara tells two stories that end with the death of innocent civilians—murdered by the Israeli Defense Force.
Campus activism in the United States has played a huge role in bringing attention to the plight of the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
Ruba Assaf, a Palestinian-American student and current co-president of Students for Justice in Palestine at Northwestern University, speaks about her experience as a second generation Palestinian-American in the third episode of “Memoirs of a Stolen Land: The Growing Diaspora.”
Ghada Ouiess, an Al-Jazeera anchorwoman, opened up about her experiences as a journalist in Palestine and as an anchorwoman in the second episode of “Memoirs of a Stolen Land.”
“Memoirs of a Stolen Land” is a video series that highlights how the occupation of Palestine has affected people from all walks of life.
The sounds of explosions shook the air around me. People ran frantically in my direction. Unfortunately this is what I was expecting on my trip to Jerusalem.
Odeh was in a Port Huron, Michigan, jail for 5 weeks, the last two in solitary confinement, after she was convicted of one count of unlawful procurement of naturalization. Yesterday the government’s attempt to delay her return to her friends and family failed.
I don’t look like a traditional Arab—the one cultivated by the US media and Hollywood. You know, a woman with a unibrow hiding behind a full-faced veil.
