GRITtv Presents: Student Activism at NYU

GRITtv Presents: Student Activism at NYU:

"Last week student activists at NYU occupied the Kimmel Center for more than 40 hours demanding, in part, that the University send aid to help rebuild the University of Gaza and increase the number of scholarships for Palestinian students. Inspired by students at the University of Rochester who pushed the administration there to provide relief and aid to the University of Gaza and to provide students from Gaza with scholarships, Hampshire College, which recently agreed to divest from companies that do business with Israel, and a series of occupations at Universities in Great Britain, members of Take Back NYU! were also demanding public release of NYU?s budget and endowment figures and student representation on the board of trustees. 18 of the students who remained in the KimmelCenter through Friday have been suspended and their student housing revoked. The University refused to meet any of the demands and the students face disciplinary action and possible expulsion."



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