Thirty faculty members reportedly joined the demonstrations, which included people from at least seven schools.
In a statement, officials for GWU, a private university located within 1 mile of the White House, said protesters need to move by 7 p.m. as overnight encampments are not permitted. They also said the space where the protest is being held was not a viable option for demonstrations.
“University Yard was previously reserved and is not available for demonstrations,” the statement reads. “GW Law final exams are taking place at adjacent buildings.” University officials also said “non-GW individuals” were not permitted to demonstrate on university grounds. Student at GW tells me a lot of protesters in the encampment are not affiliated with the school. They are from at least seven other schools, the student said.The protesters included students and faculty from other schools in the D.C. metro area. People from Georgetown University, American University, George Mason University, the University of Maryland, Howard University, Gallaudet University, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County were all present, per the organizers.
“Organized by the DMV Coalition of Students for Justice in Palestine, a joint encampment has begun this morning at George Washington University Yard,” the organizerson Instagram. “As our people discover mass graves of our martyrs in Gaza, it is our moral imperative to disrupt business as usual for an end to institutional cooperation in genocide.”, the university president, Ellen Granberg, has not been seen at the protest. Most other administrative officials have been seen observing.
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