Lina McRoberts PO ’27 examines the afterlife and political inheritance of campus organizing in an attempt to tackle this question. Student organizing isn’t gone, she argues, but has only assumed an altered form.
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Brandeis Center and Anti-Defamation League sue Pomona College over antisemitism Title IV violation
On May 9, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced they filed a federal Title VI complaint suing Pomona College for rising campus antisemitism since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Pomona College moves commencement off campus during student encampment on Marston Quad
On Friday, May 10, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr emailed a statement to the Pomona community announcing Pomona’s commencement ceremony, scheduled for Sunday, May 12, would be moved off campus to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The announcement comes during an ongoing Gaza solidarity encampment on Marston Quad.
Pitzer College announces disclosure of holdings in military and weapons manufacturers; students continue Gaza solidarity encampment
On Friday, May 3, Pitzer College announced that Pitzer will disclose its investments in military and weapons manufacturers by June 30, 2024.
7C and national organizations denounce Pomona College’s response to student arrests
Following the arrest of 20 students at Pomona College by the Claremont Police Department (CPD) on Friday, April 5, several 7C and national organizations have released statements condemning Pomona’s response, pointing to both the academic disciplinary and legal prosecutions sanctioned by its president, G. Gabrielle Starr.
Pitzer College announces University of Haifa as one of eleven study abroad programs removed as a pre-approved option
On April 1, 2024, Pitzer College’s Faculty Executive Committee voted to remove the University of Haifa program, along with 11 other programs.
Pomona students to vote on divestment from the ‘apartheid system within the state of Israel’ via ASPC referendum
Between Monday, Feb. 19 and Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) will host a vote on a student-led referendum regarding Pomona’s investments in Israel and whether Pomona should disclose their holdings and divest — sell their holdings — from “the apartheid system in the state of Israel.” The referendum, which was proposed by Divest Claremont Colleges and endorsed by 34 other on-campus student organizations, will be held via a confidential ballot system sent to students’ email addresses.
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
OPINION: In the face of a genocide, Palestine deserves more from Pomona College
Sarah Burch PO ’22, a Pomona College alumna, argues that the college is inadequately supporting Palestine.
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.