Photo Series: 50 Grinnell College students stage ‘die-in’ to demand response to Palestinian deaths
Scarlet & Black 2023-11-12
Approximately 50 Grinnell College students scattered across the Main Hall quad dining room floor on Saturday, Nov. 11, in a demonstration representing the lives lost since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
The hour-long ‘die-in’ came in the middle of a banquet dinner featuring roughly 100 College alumni, administrators, faculty, staff and students in attendance. The event was the capstone of the College’s Multicultural Alumni Reunion programming that took place this weekend.
Grinnell College President Anne Harris gave remarks, honoring Minna Mahlab, Dr. Kesho Scott and Dianne Jones `74, but did not address the demonstrator’s demands at the event.
Demonstrators surrounded the banquet tables at the center of the room and held up signs, as attendees looked on.