SFSU adminstration and pro-Palestinian protesters announce agreeement
SAN FRANCISCO (KYMA, KECY/NBC) - The Students for Gaza at San Francisco State University (SFSU) has announced that they have come to an agreement with the SFSU administration, including SFSU President Lynn Mahoney to end the encampments.
In a press release obtained by NBC News, the organization says SFSU will "divest from weapons manufacturers and a commitment to create a workforce that will develop new screenings for investments that violate human rights and divest from those investments."
"This is a starting baseline for us to get to a place of divestment from genocide, aparthied, illegal settlement, occupation and other violations of human rights," said one member of the encampment.
The press release says the organization is holding a press conference on Wednesday, which they say is on the 76th anniversary of Nakba, which means "catastrophe" in Arabic, "when over 700,000 Palestinians were forcibly exiled from their homeland."
The organization also says they will work on a "process of disclosure of investments by SFSU and the integration of a 'human rights' principle to any investments by the university," by working with the administration over the summer and into the fall semester in order to meet their other demands.
San Francisco State University and pro-Palestine student protesters reached a deal with university leaders.
San Francisco State University and pro-Palestine student protesters reached a deal with university leaders.
According to a statement from the school's Students for Gaza organization, the administration has agreed to divest from weapons manufacture and agreed to, "A workforce that will develop new screenings for investments that violate human rights and divest from those investments."
"These are wins will make material changes for those who are currently going through hell in Gaza and it is just the first of many. Now I want to be clear though, the wins did not just come out of thin air. They were not granted to us by Lynne Mahoney or any other individual. These wins were fought for and won by every single one of us that marched organized and camped out for the last weeks," said Ali, a history student.
A member of the faculty delivers a message to students.
"I want you to remember to walk in live with your heads high. I want you to remember where you were, and what you did, and the struggle and then I'll work to end this genocide. I want you to remember what you built and what you maintained for over the last two weeks. I little Palestine popular university the space of liberation. I only ask as faculty, as you allow us to join you as you will evolve to your next tactic. And to make this microcosm you built here, the microcosm of hope, joy and resistance as a rest as a reality for the rest and all of the world," said Rama Ali Kased, an assistant professor.
To watch the livestream of the press conference, see attached video.
