# 2025-01-21 First Day Spring Semester Protest ![](https://outline-production-attachments.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/uploads/20ead410-c42b-4714-8dce-5f2245595c20/764e347e-04fa-4fd1-bffd-56660e885317/1000202003.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA4EOUDTOVUICLPZ4P%2F20261029%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261029T173000Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Signature=4bd657bdbd256a8e3a83f620f30d5811fcc03ccd7cd912fb3c213222c764a562&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject "right-50 =457x628") # Metadata * **When:** 2025-01-21 * **Where:** Columbia University * **Who:** * **Organizations:** [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040) [SWC](/doc/ff3eaaf5-29a0-4ec9-9f55-9918469677d4) SFTPNYC * **Tags:** # Descriptions :::info **Additional evidence:** [folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vIpjUuii_c6DS5Bl7e-xG1c2mBrhM_xk) ::: On the first day of Spring semester [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040) and Science For The People [called for a walk out and a protest](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yBHegD7gDoLbhwodKmqjhRePf8OnE_W9/view?usp=drivesdk) at 1pm. Students walked out of classes and [gathered at the sundial](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z3yh9hZVi-EXVePpNXc7TC0PnyxZ5ayi/view?usp=drivesdk) and chanted. They then [marched](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cRBFVvpeBquIqcBlIMhJra0AdPs9_csB/view?usp=drivesdk) outside the gates and [protested on 116th Street](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z4Og4Nh7kIN68Y9_jZ5Hi2QcqqnhCI3T/view?usp=drivesdk) and Broadway under police security. They planned a teach in at ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH • Harlem, but were [denied access by police](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXZcJOxei9KPzgWD1R2KpS7HWGJLDnaT/view?usp=drivesdk). They proceeded to [marching uptown](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xTQNWHE7gEh07IuCf6JbIBNcmHOrwECA/view?usp=drivesdk), [leaving stickers](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ysToVQdNytyr5DC7VQOZpqSou_b5_UX7/view?usp=drivesdk), and [blocking streets](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yEJH3RKeU6K85Af0m_C97wcWvhwstNPH/view?usp=drivesdk) on their way. [Announcements](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yBHegD7gDoLbhwodKmqjhRePf8OnE_W9/view?usp=drivesdk) and [descriptions](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yKnWo-gYvAGwst5wsnunITwop2GX_CXF/view?usp=drivesdk) of the protest posted by [Layla Saliba](/doc/ebc6aa07-fe61-4658-8b58-868f327218d7) * Posts calling to join by [SJP](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y42iWeT9qJKGQ_6LLTED_qW6WXenXQlW/view?usp=drivesdk) and [Unity of Fields](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xuaP_paClVzffvDRZFT7FH8htM7JYngq/view?usp=drivesdk) * Videos from the protest at the Sundial [(1)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z6O5itpyPNyObGA3YIlkoJbaNV9__3mF/view?usp=drivesdk), [(2)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yA0Is_PfPoBwX-7Xt8F3A8Nt5VrNQpl2/view?usp=drivesdk), [(3)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x7YiUIxcTWkvVjBZYQRP1Aa0eOFPLrfz/view?usp=drivesdk), [(4)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ulkb4Qrv1AGFI4KJohbJEpQvMgL5lzew/view?usp=drivesdk), [(5)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-9IRjCJxE75z2MlzIROHXBWBVAk3J2rj/view?usp=drivesdk), [(6)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GTGan9glvzkQJk6n5NAuc839BOQrk7WJ/view?usp=drivesdk), [(7)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cRBFVvpeBquIqcBlIMhJra0AdPs9_csB/view?usp=drivesdk), * Videos from the protest outside the gate: [(1)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z4Og4Nh7kIN68Y9_jZ5Hi2QcqqnhCI3T/view?usp=drivesdk), [(2)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yF6uni-CBHw8SrCZ9UrxuX9ptkKZ2I9G/view?usp=drivesdk), [(3)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yGIOMl3wOzeu7rvsmLs2BytnLUUBTwdy/view?usp=drivesdk), [(4)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yOB2fL0Kew-Hayl4N8uVjhQpGJ8OOLS2/view?usp=drivesdk), [(5)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UJvgB4oOkyy7P9SSTteAnqma07LT0Vt9/view?usp=drivesdk), [(6)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c7caZQrws5InEwu46oGTHE7sIqfBwpfu/view?usp=drivesdk), [(7)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ptsRAMN5f-yqv1-2hqeEzDiQurAI3moq/view?usp=drivesdk), [(8)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O4CiJCtin71H9l8lXNq81olkn4gP46uA/view?usp=drivesdk), * Screenshot of [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040) social media posts of protest outside the gates: [(1)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y3VHbIkEbyCc7oHBQlW3KDIq3QmjsS3Z/view?usp=drivesdk), [(2)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xZNa3RobSLUQnWB0equfDRbnXILnDBES/view?usp=drivesdk), [(3)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xgynv7LWBAXCUivWvP6Ds3HbetVpnqoS/view?usp=drivesdk), [(4)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlgKVCAPG34O4uzaKDnQrluAj2hMyr5E/view?usp=drivesdk), [(5)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xWNZMyWPuYx9IT_apO9o1mNOp4pipdpF/view?usp=drivesdk), [(6)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xl91PVscsI_dbimM4ux0id1cnl36p1No/view?usp=drivesdk), [(7)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xW4t6rqUHf8o4r39CgyBjxSsqWXQQqKB/view?usp=drivesdk), [(8)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xBcQP9hq3iM9Y9A9K2o8t6GPuuol_Hvt/view?usp=drivesdk), [(9)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wLrz7eTyou4GLvRMBnHFTjxz58PI1anc/view?usp=drivesdk), [(10)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wFEsNfasImyo6XDymGYESDoBTFn4gVox/view?usp=drivesdk), [(11)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xPngOwsmFz1rR9g42Vl1rb_-UgnqIK2s/view?usp=drivesdk), * [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040) [post on denied access](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXZcJOxei9KPzgWD1R2KpS7HWGJLDnaT/view?usp=drivesdk) to St.Marry * Statement posted by SFTPNYC and [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040) : [(P1)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vrWoBvvzEVpmt9yxmbndGduC0ZUpd4CP/view?usp=drivesdk) , ([P2](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1viweyHdl5KAX3VFSv-or7zjGG_ZsPVxz/view?usp=drivesdk)) , ([P3](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1voazOogeGb9nBb5J0ciA_UAykY-NcM0x/view?usp=drivesdk)) , ([P4](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vdXePi-U0oUNBwjIcqEJ_rAsyE9UdBgm/view?usp=drivesdk)) , ([P5](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vmToy9Vd_CMXlDSdtxKkGzw0eVjzcGqO/view?usp=drivesdk)) , ([P6](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vUU0TLE5zZWiuwehVqTcAhFft4-htEMv/view?usp=drivesdk)) , [(P7)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vSfC3sJrLw3TdVtj2Ofc3_B9AgfXcTBE/view?usp=drivesdk) * Matching uptown photo and video posts: [(1)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vxc9Uc1-UKlsi_4FrQrlqfv3QgxaoGd1/view?usp=drivesdk), [(2)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xmN2EX8a0n5JHs4RRn5Gn66N5LCg05Gi/view?usp=drivesdk), [(3)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xwrAjhPlDMyvfUgfsy4mlkQJFN4Wvb9W/view?usp=drivesdk), [(4)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yEJH3RKeU6K85Af0m_C97wcWvhwstNPH/view?usp=drivesdk), [(5)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xTQNWHE7gEh07IuCf6JbIBNcmHOrwECA/view?usp=drivesdk), * Stickers along the way: [(1)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wVcK740ZhiDoJJKIZxEXmey9s6RYyQ20/view?usp=drivesdk), [(2)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ynLmIymxoY1HEA9zpBYwfIbv3o7jun2m/view?usp=drivesdk), [(3)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ysToVQdNytyr5DC7VQOZpqSou_b5_UX7/view?usp=drivesdk), [(4)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ys2ODLYHJ6MBtYNaYjtp500uBsrm1l-q/view?usp=drivesdk), [(5)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yxlzwIkJJGkXvJW2mv4f4DFQU9UwDes4/view?usp=drivesdk) # Media and Press * [Pro-Palestinian protesters hold demonstration on first day of spring semester classes](https://www.columbiaspectator.com/section-lead/2025/01/21/pro-palestinian-protesters-hold-demonstration-on-first-day-of-spring-semester-classes/) by Daksha Pillai and Daniela Ospino Pallares, Columbia Spectator, January 21, 2025 * [Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) Holds Walkout On First Day Of Classes](https://bwog.com/2025/01/columbia-university-apartheid-divest-cuad-holds-walkout-on-first-day-of-classes/) by Hawa Kamara, Bwog, January 22, 2025 [CUAD](/doc/98286234-14cd-4ca1-823e-e709f2f7f040) # Footer *Please see the* [*Footer*](/doc/footer-gtEqmMBRHz) *page for important reference information 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