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Since last year, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has positioned itself as a moral compass on campus, championing a referendum asking that the College disclose its exposure in investing in weapons manufacturers and requesting them to not invest in …
Last May, the “Bowdoin Solidarity Referendum” was passed with a 66.84 percent supermajority of the 1,366 students who voted. The referendum—spearheaded by Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)—asked the College to take an institutional stand against the …
Last October, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted a teach-in on the immediate escalation of violence against Palestinians following Hamas’s October 7 attack. In the year since, the Israeli military has killed at least 40,000 Palestinians—20 times the number …
In September, Bowdoin finally responded to the results of last year’s referendum. After months of purported deliberation, the Trustees announced the creation of the “Ad Hoc Committee on Investments and Responsibility” (ACIR). Rather than a true concession, the ACIR is …
Last Thursday, October 10, Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) started work on a name-writing display in Smith Union’s Lamarche Gallery that exhibits the names of the more than 34,000 Palestinians that have been killed by Israel’s invasion of …
On Monday morning, the Bowdoin Student Government’s (BSG) General Assembly announced that the “Bowdoin Solidarity Referendum” launched by Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) passed with a 0.18 percent margin, receiving the required 66 percent supermajority and …
On Monday, Bowdoin Student Government (BSG) announced Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP’s) petition to hold a referendum, titled the “Bowdoin Solidarity Referendum,” received the number of signatures—representing 20 percent of the student body—needed for a vote to take …
On Monday, Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) Bowdoin Solidarity Referendum began a five-day voting period. Nineteen minutes after voting opened, President Safa Zaki sent an email to all students detailing her opposition to points of the referendum’s proposals …
It’s a challenging time to be in higher education. It’s a challenging time to be a leader. And it’s a hell of a challenging time to be a human on this planet who cares about other humans.
I chose to …
As an American Jew, my identity motivates me to support Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) referendum. If I were to instead comply with the racist, genocidal actions of the Israeli government, I’d be reliving the antisemitic events experienced …
