Claire Tweedie
Pro-Palestinian protestors lay pairs of shoes on the green space of St. Vincent's Circle on DePaul's Lincoln Park campus on Oct. 7, 2024. The demonstration came after a walkout to honor those killed in Gaza, according to the Students for Justice in Palestine instagram.
As the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas’ led attacks on Israel arrived, DePaul’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter walked out of classes to honor the lives lost in Gaza throughout the past year and reiterated calls for DePaul to divest from Israel. Students gathered in the St. Vincent Circle’s, on DePaul’s Quad, at 2 p.m. A small group of counter-protesters observed from the outer gates of Vinny’s Circle as the rally began, while Students for Support for Israel continued hosting a memorial in the Student Center.