CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: Pro-Palestinian Protestors No Longer Welcome on Campus Following Building Takeover: Cal State LA President
CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: Pro-Palestinian Protestors No Longer Welcome on Campus Following Building Takeover: Cal State LA President
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https://www.calstatela.edu/president/messages/eanes#june13-ssbincident
Student Services Building Incident, Encampment
June 13, 2024Dear Golden Eagle Community,
As you likely know, last night unlawful protesters occupied the first four floors of the Student Services Building (SSB), destroying offices, stealing property, and leaving significant damage.
For forty days, there has been an Encampment on our campus. We have been in ongoing formal and informal communication with the Encampment and its advisors. I went into the Encampment twice. I made significant commitments on transparency, respectful conversations, and mental health support. These are all within my authority and aligned with our first principles as a university. So long as the Encampment remained non-violent, I was committed that the university would continue to talk.
Last night, those involved with the Encampment chose violence and destruction. Our chief concern at Cal State LA has always been the safety and security of all involved: our students, faculty, staff, public, and protesters. Yet, the significant damage to SSB will affect student-facing services: including admissions, records, accessible technology, basic needs, new student and family engagement, Dreamer resources, and educational opportunity programs. It will take time to restore all those spaces and divert significant resources that would otherwise go to academics, student services, or operations.
I am saddened, and I am angry. For all those who sheltered in the Student Services Building, who had to leave in that chaos, thank you for being brave and resilient. Thank you for showing your professionalism and care – both for each other and for our students. I appreciate your care shown even to those who pursued intimidation and destruction. To the three employees and one student whose assaults were reported (one as protesters gained entry to SSB, another as they were leaving, another who was surveying damage, and one accosted on a walkway) I am so sorry. Know that this will not stand.
Campus community: Know that we will recover from this, but also know that I am committed to doing everything we can to ensure this will never be allowed to repeat. I cannot and would not protect anyone who is directly identified as having participated in last night’s illegal activities from being held accountable.
The Encampment has crossed a line. Those in the Encampment must leave.
A trust we had in the Encampment to practice non-violence has been violated. Trust is a hard thing to restore, but we will do the work together.
Sincerely,
Berenecea Johnson Eanes, Ph.D.
President
The president of California State University, Los Angeles, stated that protestors opposing Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza are no longer welcome on campus after some of them occupied and vandalized a building while she was inside.
The takeover concluded early Thursday without any arrests, according to a school spokesperson.
At 4 PM PT Wednesday, protesters barricaded the multistory Student Services Building, which housed university President Berenecea Johnson Eanes and scores of other staff, according to spokesperson Erik Frost Hollins.
Most of the 58 employees left by 6 PM ET, with the exception of a group of administrators who stayed until after midnight to oversee the situation.
The gathering included Eanes, but Frost Hollins declined to say if the president interacted with the protesters.
Most of the protesters left the building around 1:15 AM PT Thursday and returned to an encampment on the campus.
A few remaining protesters left when university police ordered them out, Frost Hollins said.
Eanes told the school community Thursday afternoon that she had spoken with protesters who had been occupying the campus encampment for about 40 days.
According to Eanes, 3 employees and 1 student reported “assaults” but no arrests or injuries were reported.
Officials stated it was a law enforcement matter.
Meanwhile, the institution has announced that all main campus classes and operations would be conducted remotely until further notice.
Images from the scene show graffiti on the building, furniture obstructing doorways, and overturned golf carts, picnic tables, and umbrellas barricading the plaza in front.
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