RISD Students Stage Sit-In for Gaza, Call for University Divestment from Israel

Students at the Rhode Island School of Design have staged a sit-in at several buildings in downtown Providence, joining the wave of pro-Palestine protests sweeping American college campuses. The action is led by the RISD Students for Justice in Palestine (RSJP), who have called for the university to divest from Israel in response to its escalating military campaign in Gaza. Citing Columbia University’s Gaza solidarity encampment as inspiration, 22 students and one non-student mem