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May 16, 2024, MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, Michigan ~ Pro-Palestinian protesters staged a demonstration outside the home of University of Michigan Board of Regents Chair Sarah Hubbard early Wednesday morning.
The demonstration involved the placing of body bags, tents, and bloodied stuffed animals on her porch and front lawn. The protesters also taped a list of their demands to her door.
“These demands are things that are absolutely non-starters,” Sarah Hubbard told 760 WJR’s Tom Jordan and Kevin Dietz.
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May 16, 2024 ~ On Wednesday morning, pro-Palestinian protestors visited the homes of the University of Michigan’s Regents. Sarah Hubbard, regent chair, joins Kevin Dietz and Tom Jordan to share what she found in her yard and the list of demands they left.
(CONTINUED) “Number one on their list … is that we divest any investment in Israeli-related companies. (The University of) Michigan’s (Israeli-associated) endowment is something like 18 billion dollars, and we use that money for scholarships, for support for professors, for academic activities on our campus, and scholarships for people who are in need or that we really want to come to the university.
When these outside political forces try to make us make changes to our endowment based solely on politics, it only hurts those people who need the money the most.”
A university spokesperson called this protest a “dangerous escalation,” emphasizing that going to an individual’s private residence is intimidating and unacceptable behavior.
Other regents’ homes were also targeted during the demonstrations.
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