Comparing demands and actions

CORRECTION: This article was corrected on Sept. 3 at 7:50 p.m. CST. It previously stated that Carleton College and the University of Oregon’s encampments were the shortest, but they were actually the shortest of the top 15 longest encampments.

Protesters at all universities that performed pro-Palestine actions called for Palestinian liberation and freedom from genocide. Other common demands included divesting university funds from Israel, a statement from the university condemning genocide in Gaza, ending U.S. military funding to Israel, starting an academic boycott of Israel and amnesty for protesters. 

A total of 450 universities had pro-Palestine actions of some kind occur on their campus. Of those, 156 universities had an encampment over the past 10 months. Currently, there are no active encampments, with Indiana University recently ending its encampment on Aug. 2. Stanford’s encampment was the longest, lasting 160 non-consecutive days. However, most encampments were far shorter, with almost 40% of schools' encampments lasting less than a week. 

At Vanderbilt, protest actions included walkouts, sit-ins, marches in the street, chalked sidewalks and occupation of campus buildings. Other universities also had die-ins, hunger strikes, teach-ins, singing and prayer.