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Photos: Campus Protests Grow Across Bay Area

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Malak Afaneh, a UC Berkeley Law student and co-president of Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine, stands at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall on April 23. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

As pro-Palestinian demonstrations and encampments continue to sweep across dozens of U.S. college campuses, the Bay Area is no exception to rising student activism.

Hundreds of students at colleges and universities around the region rallied and established encampments in the past week, with many demanding their schools divest from companies linked to Israel.

Students at UC Berkeley and Stanford University rallied and set up tents at campus plazas last week, while new encampments and teach-ins began at San Francisco State University, the University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University this week.

Student demonstrations in the Bay Area have so far remained peaceful, in sharp contrast to protests elsewhere in the country where pro-Palestinian activists have been met with violence, most recently on UCLA’s campus, where pro-Israel demonstrators attacked an encampment overnight, and subsequent fights between the groups continued for hours without intervention from law enforcement. Read more coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza, which has now killed at least 34,500 Palestinians since Hamas’s Oct. 7 cross-border attack killed 1,200 Israelis and claimed 240 hostages.

KQED photojournalists have been documenting these student-led actions across the Bay Area.

UC Berkeley

The UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment in front of Sproul Hall in Berkeley on April 24. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
UC Berkeley students sit between the tens at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment on April 23. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
Stacks of donated supplies for students at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment on April 23. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
UC Berkeley student Yahya Ahmed prays at the UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment on April 23. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

Stanford University

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto on April 25, calling for the university to divest from Israel. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
A pro-Israel counterprotester waves an Israeli flag during a pro-Palestinian march through the Stanford University campus on April 25. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford campus on April 25. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest on the Stanford University campus on April 25. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up a tent encampment during a protest on the Stanford campus on April 25. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

Sonoma State University

A pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on April 29. (Gina Castro/KQED)
Students walk past the tent encampment set up at Sonoma State University on April 29. (Gina Castro/KQED)
Sonoma State students Jules M. (left) and Izzy Mauro stand in the tent encampment at Sonoma State University on April 29. (Gina Castro/KQED)
A student walks past a chalk message on the ground at Sonoma State University on April 29. (Gina Castro/KQED)
A Palestinian flag hangs near an encampment at Sonoma State University on April 29. (Gina Castro/KQED)

The University of San Francisco

A pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco on April 30. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
Students hang out at the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of San Francisco on April 30. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
University of San Francisco students Lana (left) and Alex paint signs with pro-Palestinian messages at the campus encampment on April 30. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
A supply tent at the University of San Francisco on April 30. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
University of San Francisco students (from left) Miracle Christian, Danielle Asare and Aziza Corley sit together at the pro-Palestinian encampment on April 30. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University students rally outside SFSU’s Cesar Chavez Student Center, calling on the university to disclose its financial ties to Israel and divest from weapons manufacturers, on April 29. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
San Francisco State University student Zinaib I. speaks at a rally outside the student center on April 29. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
SFSU students rally outside the student center on April 29. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
SFSU students erect tents on campus to demand the university disclose its financial ties to Israel and divest from weapons manufacturers on April 29. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)
SFSU students stand arm-in-arm as they assemble an encampment on campus in San Francisco on April 29. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)

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