On Tuesday, Feb. 6, Maya Wind and Robin D.G. Kelley led a discussion titled “Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom.” The event, located at Pitzer College’s Benson Auditorium, centered around what speakers described as the complicity of higher education institutions in Israel’s ongoing occupation of
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Starr receives criticism after response to Dec. 8 student demonstrations
On Saturday, Dec. 9, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr sent an email to the Pomona student body condemning what she described as “two unacceptable incidents involving intimidation and conduct intended to physically restrain a student” that occurred the previous day. The incidents she referenced took place on Friday, Dec.
Students hold die-in in solidarity with Palestinians
On Wednesday, over 150 7C students gathered on Marston Quad at Pomona College for a vigil, teach-in and die-in as part of an international Shut it Down for Palestine action. These efforts come in the wake of weeks of student organizing at the Claremont Colleges advocating for the Boycott, Divestment
7C community members continue to organize, release statements regarding violence in Gaza
As tensions surrounding violence in Gaza continue to rise across the nation, community members at the Claremont Colleges speak out.
Over 400 7C students protest, picket urging Pomona divestment from Israel
On Thursday morning at 7 a.m., Claremont College students began gathering outside Pomona College’s Smith Campus Center for “Shut Pom Down for Palestine,” part of a “global call” to action for divestment organized by Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine and International People’s Assembly. This protest comes
Faculty and alumni release statements on violence in Israel and Palestine, amass hundreds of signatures
Over the past two weeks, faculty members at the Claremont Colleges have responded to escalating violence in Palestine and Israel. Two groups of faculty members released statements on this violence — one expressing solidarity with Palestine and the other condemning Palestinian militant group Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel. In
Hundreds of 7C students call for end to Gaza siege, demand Pomona financial disclosure, divestment from Israeli government
This Wednesday, over 350 Claremont Colleges students walked out of classes to demand that the 7Cs divest from companies and manufacturers that support the Israeli government, citing the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The demonstration and delegation effort was part of a nationwide student walkout.
5C students mourn, express fear over violence in Gaza and Israel
In Claremont, Jewish students and organizations centered around Judaism on campus, as well as Palestinian students and groups supporting the Free Palestine movement, have expressed pain as they mourn those who have been killed by Hamas and the IDF. These groups have organized teach-ins, marches and vigils throughout the past week to express solidarity in painful times, even as tensions grow.
OPINION: Pomona endowment disclosure must include divestment from Israeli occupation
Pomona College’s endowment disclosure must include divestment from companies complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine, writes guest columnist Sarah Burch PO ’22.
Claremont Jewish Voice for Peace hosts Andrew Ross, recipient of Palestine Book Award, at Pitzer College
Sociologist Andrew Ross was invited by Claremont Jewish Voice for Peace to read and discuss from his new book, “Stone Man: The Palestinians Who Built Israel.”