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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 22, 2024
Media Contact: Melissa Garriga | [email protected]
CODEPINK Joins UC Berkeley Students Rally for Rafah, Demand UC Divest from Palestinian Genocide
Coalition to demand UC stop financing genocide as Rafah invasion looms
BERKELEY – The UC Berkeley Divest Coalition representing more than 75 student, staff, faculty and alumni organizations will stage an emergency rally on the Sproul Steps at 12pm tomorrow to demand UC divestment from the Palestinian Genocide in Gaza. The rally comes on the heels of escalating repression of pro-Palestine speech at UCLA, Pomona College, and Columbia.
- WHAT: Emergency Rally for Rafah
- WHEN: 12:00 pm TODAY, Monday, 4/22
- WHERE: Sproul Steps, UC Berkeley
- WHO: UC Berkeley Divest Coalition
Last week the Biden administration green-lit the Zionist regime’s invasion of Rafah, where 1.5 million Palestinians have been trapped and besieged along the Egyptian border. Rafah is now the most densely populated area on earth, with 22,000+ people/sq km.
The University of California system invests more than $2 billion in funds responsible for arming and financing the Zionist regime’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza, including major arms suppliers General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon.
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