Over 400 5C students rally, over 100 sit-in at Carnegie Hall to demand Pomona College’s divestment from Israeli weapons manufacturers

On the morning of Oct. 7, over 400 students rallied at the intersection of Sixth Street and North College Ave before over 100 students marched into Carnegie Hall at Pomona College, commencing a sit-in calling for divestment that would last for nearly five hours. Pomona administration condemned the protest and has indefinitely closed Carnegie Hall after they found graffiti throughout the building and damage to AV equipment. Continue reading Over 400 5C students rally, over 100 sit-in at Carnegie Hall to demand Pomona College’s divestment from Israeli weapons manufacturers

5C Community Demonstrates for DACA

On November 12, over 500 students from across the 5Cs and the surrounding Claremont community showed their solidarity for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, otherwise known as DACA.  This program, born out of hundreds of immigrant youth organizing during the Obama administration, offers work permits and protection from deportation to certain immigrants who arrived to the US when they were under the age … Continue reading 5C Community Demonstrates for DACA

5C Students Take on the Governor Over Aliso Canyon Disaster

On October 24th 2019, Climate activists from Sunrise Claremont participated in a direct action at The Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to shut down the facility with an executive order. Over four years ago, on October 23, 2015, a well at an underground natural gas storage in Aliso Canyon exploded and natural gas began to leak. The leak … Continue reading 5C Students Take on the Governor Over Aliso Canyon Disaster