Student solidarity groups are following the lead of Palestinian communities who are resisting and fighting for the liberation of their homeland. Their words and actions guide us, and in the announcement of a selective divestment without disclosure, we believe more work is required for Union as an institution.

“I have been at a loss for words with regard to the horrors happening in Palestine. I finally took to paper, and this is what fell out. I have deep and enduring connections to Palestine through friends who are family abroad. I thought of them when writing this piece.”

In what is clearly an act of procrastination, the author reflects on the end-of-semester weariness and what it all amounts to in a world that continues to suffer.

“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer