Anti-Israel students at Harvard made a big show of walking out of their graduation ceremony this weekend, but they were just getting started. They then entered Harvard-Epworth Church where they imposed a ‘People’s Commencement’ on everyone else.
This was done as a reaction to the 13 student protesters who were blocked from graduating by the Harvard Corporation.
It’s truly sad to see what has become of this once great institution.
From the Harvard Crimson:
Church Says It Did Not Authorize ‘People’s Commencement’ Protest After Harvard Graduation WalkoutThe leadership of Harvard-Epworth Church, the venue that held the “People’s Commencement” following the pro-Palestine walkout at Harvard’s graduation, said they were angered and dismayed that the church became the site of a large-scale protest, according to a Friday email sent to the church’s congregation.Mitch Hay and Barb Lemmel, the pastors of the church, wrote in a joint email that they did not grant Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine permission to host the protest and were under the impression that they rented out the venue to a “small student group” to honor the 13 undergraduates who were barred from graduating.“The protest in the sanctuary was in no way approved by Harvard-Epworth,” Hay and Lemmel wrote.“We are dismayed that the church became the locus of a large student protest. We are angered that this overly political message took place in the sanctuary. We are troubled that we were not present to provide in-person leadership, as we are currently in Italy on vacation,” they added.During the pro-Palestine alternative graduation, HOOP organizer and Harvard Law School graduate Lea H. Kayali told attendees that the church was “generously offered” to organizers for the ceremony.But Lemmel wrote in a Saturday statement to The Crimson that church leadership were not informed of the “People’s Commencement,” of any impending demonstrations, or of HOOP’s involvement.
Just look at this circus.
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Are the people who run Harvard embarrassed?
Do they have any idea how this looks to people?
Featured image via Twitter video.
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