Photo Essay: Pro-Palestinian Protest at Cal Poly Humboldt
Starting on Monday, April 22 until Tuesday morning of April 30, 2024, pro-Palestinian supporters protested in front of and inside Siemens Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt. El Leñador reporters photographed protesters, police, supporters, etc. to get the full story of the protest.
DAY 1: Police outfitted in riot gear face an angry crowd shortly after protesters begin to occupy Siemens Hall. | Photo by Ben Hernandez
DAY 1: Police push protesters back from the front entrance of Siemens Hall. |Photo by Ben Hernandez
DAY 1: Protesters prepare to spend the night inside of Siemens Hall. | Photo by Peyton Leone
DAY 2: Supporters set up a table with food and supplies in front of the barricaded entrance of Siemens Hall. |Photo by Ben Hernandez
DAY 2: Protesters barricade inside and outside the entrances of Siemens Hall. | Photo by Ben Hernandez
DAY 2: Supporters gather on the university quad and participate in group stretches. | Photo by Ben Hernandez
DAY 3: A list of protesters’ demands are placed on a dumpster, part of a makeshift barricade outside of the university library. | Photo by Peyton Leone
DAY 3: Protesters and supporters filled the quad as the CFA Teach-In began. |Photo by Jacqueline V. Espinoza
DAY 3: By the third day of the protest, at least 50 tents had been set up outside of Siemens Hall . | Photo by Peyton Leone
DAY 4: Dean Mitch Mitchell sits in at a meeting between admin and protesters to address demands made by protesters in the Goodwin Forum. |Photo by Jacqueline V. Espinoza
DAY 5: Three members of Cal Poly Humboldt’s admin and staff gather at B Street and Laurel Drive to discuss the demands made by protesters. |Photo by Peyton Leone
DAY 5: Members of administration set up a checkout table as a mitigating factor in university conduct processes for protesters occupying Siemens Hall.|Photo by Peyton Leone
DAY 5: Supporters enter Siemens Hall after the doors are opened briefly on the fifth day of the protest. | Photo by Peyton Leone.
DAY 6: Facilities management workers set up concrete blockades at Library Circle. |Photo by Peyton Leone
DAY 7: Volunteers at the Mutual Aid Kitchen (MAK) stock supplies and foodstuffs for those gathered on the quad. |Photo by Ben Hernandez
DAY 8: CFA and community members marched up LK Wood and stood in front of the blockade in support of those protesting.|Photo by Ben Hernandez
DAY 8: A squad car pulls into the southern entrance to the university quad, playing a dispersal order over the PA system.|Photo by Jacqueline V. Espinoza
