Tagged - Protests
Administration
War in Gaza hits UR campus
Amid the release of several administrative statements about the war in Gaza, vigils, protests, and counseling sessions have hit UR’s campus.
Antisemitism
Letter to the Editor: “I cannot condone the protests against Israel”
I truly believe that the "pro-Palestinian" protestors on the River Campus are shamelessly and remorselessly fostering antisemitism.
housing
SDS camps out in protest of University housing issues
Beginning Saturday, April 15 and running through Monday, April 17, the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is staging a…
Podcasts
UR Rising Podcast Preview
UR Rising is a Campus Times podcast featuring the student activism on our campus and in our city, today and in decades past.
mental health crisis reform
Rochester responds to RPD pepper-spraying 9-year-old girl
On Sunday, a nine year old girl experiencing a mental health crisis was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police officers. Two…
Protests
Rochester protestors use the universal language of art in Project AIR and RSO
Rochester protests are transformed with the presence of art through the Rochester Street Orchestra and Project AIR.
evictions
City-Wide Tenant Union calls for mayor to sign executive order to halt evictions
Organizers were gathered outside of 405 Brown St. where Chris Green, a father of two daughters, is currently fighting an eviction from his home of four years.
black lives matter
Students protest for Black lives worldwide
The goal of the demonstration, according to DLH vice-president and junior Andre Hodges, is to keep the conversations going and to continue “raising awareness about governments failing Black lives” in the United States, the African continent, and the Caribbean.
black lives matter
Abdul Bounds: On the front lines of the Rochester BLM movement
If you’ve seen him at protests, you’ve probably never seen his face, but you would still recognize his orange balaclava, homemade Black Lives Matter flag, and Black Panther jacket. He is almost always in black-out clothing, and his tall wiry frame often hunched to hide his height.
Abolition
BLM protestors poster Wilson Commons, Rush Rhees
“We want action. So no committees, no sitting down with student groups, they did that all throughout the summer, sat down with so many student leaders [...] just to pacify us,” junior Demilade Oladele said.
