7 October 2024
On Monday 10/7 about 100 students from the Claremont Colleges held a divestment rally that led to the occupation of Carnegie Hall at Pomona College on Monday.
Starting at 10:07, an homage to the anniversary date, students walked out of classes and announced:
“Hello, today, Oct. 7th marks one year since israel’s intensified genocide in Gaza. While we attend class, israel has destroyed all universities in Gaza and is invading Lebanon. I am walking-out of class to rally with the 60+ student orgs demanding Pomona divest from weapons manufacturers, because there can be no business as usual during genocide. Join me and walk-out—there’s safety in numbers.”
Once inside, demonstrators used signs to obscure windows and barricaded/zip-tied exits. The protestors were all masked/bloc-ed up and escaped without arrest, several exiting through open windows on the second floor. (No face, no case!)
