# 2024-02-02 Disruption of Inauguration of Laura Ann Rosenbury

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* **When:** 2024-02-02
* **Where:** Barnard College
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* **Organizations:** [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040), [FSJP-CBT](/doc/236ed04c-8186-4215-850b-0e835006b90f), [ColumbiaJVP](/doc/6e668456-43c5-481f-b9f2-550b450bb0a2), [CUSAFA](/doc/d8d2e455-02d1-4828-a9d4-e86deee6ec67) 
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* Multiple people disrupted the inauguration of Laura Ann Rosenbury as president of Barnard. See screen recording of [__video__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XKbR57QfK6T-Z2Bkx7oFm0lLn_UClt0z/view?usp=share_link) posted by sjp.columbia on Instagram ([__link to post__](https://www.instagram.com/sjp.columbia/reel/C23tLGDtqwg/)). 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__](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hC5vGgTH3ZPAJfB6q-dF2F7Dc676fq8i/view?usp=share_link) posted by sjp.columbia on Instagram ([__link to post__](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C22wrzHOUkD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)). 

## **Media**

* VIDEO: [__Inauguration of Laura Ann Rosenbury: Barnard College__](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwJE2E5CbME)
* [__“While You Are Speaking, Kids Are Buried”__](https://thebarnardbulletin.com/2024/02/05/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__](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/02/19/it-was-wrong-to-boycott-president-rosenburys-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.__](https://www.reddit.com/r/Palestine/comments/1aosgk3/on_february_2_a_group_of_barnard_alumni_disrupted/?rdt=37997)

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