“As an institution grounded in its Lasallian Catholic values, we are committed to working together to address this student group’s concerns,” said a spokesperson at the college.
St. Mary’s College students occupying the chapel talked with some supportive faculty about potentially meeting with the university’s president to discuss their demands in Moraga, Calif., on Thursday, May 16, 2024. St. Mary’s College students ended their peaceful occupation of a chapel on campus and hunger strike late Thursday night after a meeting between students and administrators.
Christine Hutchins, a spokesperson for St. Mary’s College, said that the school’s leadership team met with the students Thursday night to “openly share and talk through the student group’s concerns.” Hutchins also said that the students and administrators agreed to work together “create a task force to look into the disclosure of financial investments and address divestment.
The chapel occupation and hunger strike involved around 20 students and supportive faculty; eight students joined the hunger strike. The students set up a memorial for Palestinian children killed in Gaza since Oct. 7 at the St. John the Baptist De La Salle statue on campus, which they asked the college not to remove.
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