We, the undersigned, are a group of Clark University alumni catalyzed by the genocide being perpetrated against the people of Palestine. We join the call for a CEASEFIRE.
At Clark University, we are encouraged to “challenge convention and change the word”. Clark also prides itself on “aimi[ing] to be a relentless force for positive change in the world”. We take this seriously as a mandate to speak truth to power and break the silence imposed on us during our time as students at Clark University. We stand with Palestinians facing settler violence and land theft in the West Bank, racism and ignorance in the global diaspora, and bombardment and air strikes in Gaza — which is the world’s largest open-air prison. We condemn every aspect of the ongoing genocide against Palestinians wrought by Israel: complete siege of vital resources and aid, racist violence, home demolitions, land grabs, cultural erasure (1, 2) , and the ongoing displacement of Palestinian families— which has generated one of the largest refugee crises in modern history.