The official page of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Fordham University. SJP's strength is in the great diversity of its membership.
SJP is a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, and community members organized on democratic principles to promote justice, human rights, liberation, and self-determination for the Palestinian people. We organize around the principles of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel, called for by Palestinian civil society in 2005. Just as SJP condemns the racism and discrimination in the polic
08/29/2019
Club Fair!!
Today was our first activity as an official Fordham club and it felt so good! If you missed it, make sure to follow us on fb, twitter, or instagram, or email [email protected] for updates.
Endless thanks to our supporters! We are so excited to finally begin this work on campus.
08/06/2019
More coverage on Fordham SJP's legal victory! From the journalist:
"A group of students sued Fordham University after they were denied the right to form a Palestinian rights club on campus.
The students won.
A judge has ruled that Fordham violated its own rules and guidelines in denying the club. It's a big legal victory at a time when these kinds of conflicts over censorship are unfolding across college campuses, especially in regards to activism over Palestinian-Israeli issues."
Fordham University students win key free speech lawsuit, with Wayne student at the lead Wayne student was at the center of a free-speech battle at Fordham University. A judge ordered that the club be recognized.
08/06/2019
CASE UPDATE: WE WON! Justice Nancy Bannon has ruled in favor of Fordham Students for Justice in Palestine. The court is overturning Fordham's ban of an SJP club, calling this decision "arbitrary and capricious" and acknowledging that the Fordham administration failed to uphold its own stated mission by denying us club status.
We deeply appreciate everybody who has been following our case and supporting us over the past several years, including students, alumni, faculty, news media, free speech advocates, legal counsel, religious organizations, and grassroots/community organizations. Our supporters have helped us remain steadfast in our mission to uplift the Palestinian liberation struggle. Thank you all!
Read the official Center for Constitutional Rights press release here:
Fordham University Students Win Landmark Fight to Establish Palestine Club Judge Orders University to Recognize Students for Justice in Palestine Club
03/09/2019
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) have been fighting a legal battle for club recognition on Fordham’s campus for over 2 years. Veer Shetty is the most recent student to join the campaign for the club’s basic rights. Radhika Sainath wrote, “these motions were argued over a year ago, so a decision is way overdue. An entire generation of students has graduated without being able to participate in SJP.”
https://fordhamobserver.com/38988/news/sophomore-joins-sjps-legal-battle-against-fordham/
02/14/2019
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New student joins the case to reinstate SJP at Fordham On Friday, in a case asking a Manhattan court to direct Fordham University to recognize Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) as an official club, Fordham students filed a motion to add a new petitioner, sophomore Veer Shetty to the case. The motion notes that in the two years since the lawsuit wa
12/23/2018
» No Vaccination for Palestinian Children, Decides the Occupying Power, Israel– IMEMC News Lara Hamdan had no idea, when she went to the health services center in Ramallah, to vaccinate her one-year-old daughter, that the vaccination was not available and that she had to wait until Israeli authorities allow the vaccines to enter Palestine before her daughter can be vaccinated.
12/20/2018
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