Liberation is Our Mission

This collection features photos from the Popular University for Gaza, the community of students, professors, activists, local residents, and others at Princeton University standing for the liberation of the Palestinian people in Gaza—to fight against Israel’s occupation of Gaza for many decades and the escalated genocide on tens of thousands of Palestinian people since October 7, 2023. 

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In April of 2024, the encampment started. People showed up to express their solidarity with Palestinians and the collective fight against apartheid, ethnic cleansing, racism, genocide, and colonialism. The message to Princeton was clear: disclose and divest. Day in and day out, we chanted, marched, protested, prayed, sang, watched informative films, listened to guests and community members speak words to stir us up and remind us why we were there, and stood together. Much happened, but the encampment and the community stood strong. Since the encampment started, Princeton University became increasingly more dismissive and flat-out violent, in language and practice. The encampment was forced to shut down from Cannon Green on May 15, but the movement remained alive. And the Popular University for Gaza has since started back up this school semester. This genocide is still ongoing—this encampment is a part of the larger movement against genocide.

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Liberation is our mission!