A year ago, I was arrested for the encampment. I faced so much racism that I doubted I would graduate.
A month ago, Mohsen Mahdawi was abducted by ICE.
Today, we both walked across the stage—built on the same lawns where the tents once stood. Columbia failed to erase us 🇵🇸
The messages from Gaza are horrifying. As Palestinians scream for help and post their goodbyes, there is barely a whisper from the media, our officials are silent and the international community is useless.
There is no more humanity in a society that normalizes genocide.
Ms Rachel discussing a separated family from Gaza:
“I was asking if there’s any way [the boys] can come here and this wonderful woman was saying, no and they don’t eat anymore on FaceTime with them [cries]…and then she said, thank you for seeing our children as human”
Palestinians thank people for seeing their children as HUMAN because there are people actually trying to convince you they’re not.