Inside the encampment, student protesters seemed committed to building a community from scratch. Every day, it seemed there were new spaces popping up among the carefully organized tents: a food distribution area, a library, first aid, trash collection, a sunscreen table, peer support, a writing corner, a laptop charging station, a 'nut zone' for snacks, and a whole table with stacks of matzah for Passover.
People began decorating their tents and personalizing them with protest messages and art. And every day, organizers put up a program board with that day's events, including more art-making activities, discussions of anti-Blackness and transphobia within the larger pro-Palestine movement, and a memorial for Palestinians who have died in the conflict.
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