MSU faculty members and student organizations gathered in downtown East Lansing Friday morning in support of the Global Strike for Rafah movement and to continue to call for MSU to divest from Israel.
The rally was organized by the Hurriya Coalition of 20 organizations. The group marched through campus to the Hannah Administration Building, where activists assembled on the steps of the building and called for divestment.
Comparative cultures and politics senior Jesse Estrada-White said the demonstrators made the decision to move the rally to the Hannah Administration Building in order to get the attention of University President Kevin Guskiewicz, as well as other MSU administrators.
“We're not going to let the Board of Trustees continue business as usual until they divest," Estrada-White said.
Associate Professor of Sociology Stephen Gasteyer said the activists rallied in support of the Global Strike for Rafah movement.
The strike encourages people to participate in an economic boycott, according to an email sent out to members of the coalition:
“The global strike asks people of conscious around the world to do the following:
- Do not work
- Do not purchase any goods or services
- Do not make any transactions on your debit/ credit card”
