04/29/2026
🇵🇸 Thank you to everyone who came out and contributed to our events throughout Israeli Apartheid Week.
Despite the repression we faced from our university administration, our community made one thing absolutely clear: no amount of obstacles placed in our path can silence the truth of the oppressed. Year after year, our moral conviction and our dedication to the struggle for liberation remain unshakable.
Across five days of programming, our community came together with intention, grounding our movement in both political education and Palestinian culture. We began with a Brown Bag Lunch and Learn centered on the meaning of homeland, where members of our Palestinian community shared personal stories, photos, and reflections, rooting our struggle in lived experience, memory, and connection to land across the diaspora.
We then moved into preparation and skill-building, hosting an art build and workshop where our community created posters, learned how to respond to Zionist talking points, practiced Arabic chants, and printed their own IAW shirts.
That energy carried directly into our Day 3 protest of the “Israel Block Party,” where students mobilized to reject the normalization and celebration of a state built on displacement and violence. In the face of ongoing genocide, our presence made it clear that we refuse to remain silent or complicit.
On Day 4, in honor of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, we gathered for a teach-in and community discussion. This space deepened our understanding of the broader struggle and reaffirmed our commitment to their liberation.
We closed the week with Café Resistance, a night of poetry, music, dance, food, and art that honored the inseparable connection between culture and resistance. It was a powerful reminder that our traditions and creative expression are not just celebrations, but acts of preservation and tools of resistance in the face of ongoing erasure.
Throughout the week, it was made clear: our movement is strong, our community is thriving, and no amount of Zionist propaganda will crush our spirit or our unwavering commitment to liberation.
