People offered each other water.
The day before, a smaller gathering protested in downtown Chicago.
This is not just like, oh, the pro-Palestine crowd.
People protest the Democratic National Convention at Union Park in Chicago on August 19, 2024.Joel Angel Juarez/The Washington Post/Getty Images
We already are emphasizing that its the Biden-Harris administration that is presiding over the genocide.
Another student, Mia Kurzer from University of Wisconsin Madison, was involved at the encampment at her school.
For her, there are nuances to the movement shed like to be better communicated.
Thats like something that is kind of ingrained like anti-Judaism equals anti-Zionism.
And that is just not true, and I think thats something the media doesnt focus on enough.
At the second park, protesters could see the UC as a backdrop.