Metadata

• When: 2024-02-02

• Where: Barnard College

• Who:

• Organizations: CUAD, FSJP-CBT, ColumbiaJVP, CUSAFA

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Description

• Multiple people disrupted the inauguration of Laura Ann Rosenbury as president of Barnard. See screen recording of video posted by sjp.columbia on Instagram (link to post). This post included the following collaborators: cualumni4palestine, cu_safa (South Asian Feminisms Alliance), cuapartheiddivest, fsjp_cbt, and jvp.columbia. 

• Immediately before the inauguration, there were protesters outside the Riverside Church chanting “Rosenbury, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?” See screen recording of video posted by sjp.columbia on Instagram (link to post). 

Media

• VIDEO: Inauguration of Laura Ann Rosenbury: Barnard College

• “While You Are Speaking, Kids Are Buried” by Sunaya Mueller, Barnard Bulletin, February 5, 2024

• It was wrong to boycott President Rosenbury’s inauguration and bully her by Dahlia Soussan, Columbia Spectator, February 19, 2024

Social Media

• Reddit Discussion: On February 2, a group of Barnard alumni disrupted the inauguration of Barnard College's ninth president, Laura Ann Rosenbury. The inauguration was attended mainly by donors, trustees, and faculty. Very few students attended after Columbia SJP called for a boycott of the event earlier this week.

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