5 supporters are talking about petitions related to Gaza Relief!
In the blink of an eye families have been destroyed. Literally blown to bits and pieces. Women and children making up the larger percentage. Anyone with a moral compass can see that the excuse of tit for tat and the right to defend yourself has become a cliché. The genocide in Gaza has been desensitized by Western media to the point that it has become taboo to speak of. Staying silent is being complicit. Adding your voice for Palestine maintains your dignity and self-respect. The Caribbean shouldn’t be bullied into staying silent and accepting the injustices of Israel and its proxies. All countries are being watched on the world stage, the Caricom countries need to show where there permanent historical support will be.
I graduated my Master of Social Work at CWRU right around when JRL got started. It had never occurred to me in my two years at CWRU to go to Hillel or Chabad services because I knew my values would not align with theirs. I wouldn't be able to be myself or be open with my thoughts and values. There was not a space for Jewish students like me. If JRL existed when I was a student, I would've been able to participate in my faith and culture on campus. It's outrageous and embarrassing that a student government would stand against the recognition of a Jewish student group in 2025. I stand with JRL and urge CWRU to let students exercise their freedom of religion, including when their religious practice means working towards liberation and tikkun olam.
The CWRU administration has consistently positioned itself as an authority on Jewish issues while actively suppressing the Jewish voices that they disagree with. It's frightening to see USG position themselves similarly, allowing for Zionist Jewish groups like Chabad and Hillel to operate under USG, but labeling JRL—a group whose political and social justice motives are implied in their name—as "too cultural" for USG. I stand with my Jewish peers who are seeking to create a safe space for the Jewish community and who feel like the existing Jewish organizations on campus have failed to do so. CWRU needs JRL.
I graduated my Master of Social Work at CWRU. I stand with JRL. It's embarrassing that student government would disclude Jewish student group.
In the end, CWRU and USG are harming their own reputation when they excluding groups fighting for the liberation of all people.
Consider this my way of being able to protest just about anywhere in the US just so I can fight back against the corruption that is tearing our nation apart.
Even though I am unable to drive due to epilepsy, and there is no bus service in my neighborhood, that does not matter. I am absolutely sick of Trump and his cronies having their way with just about any and all of us.
We are people as a whole, and we shall NOT let him deny ANY of us what we need to be able to live our lives.