Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor

Supporters watch from outside the encampment on April 26, 2024.

April 26, 2024

IN PHOTOS | Day Two of Encampment, April 26, 2024

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9:30 a.m., April 26 | “Hands Off”

The encampment continues on the Arts Quad for its second day. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
10:19 a.m., April 26 | “Clarification”

Cornell University Police Department arrives to ask a clarifying question regarding a permit. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
10:40 a.m., April 26 | “The People’s University”

Prof. Mostafa Minawai, history, leads a teach-in on 19th and 20th century Palestinian history. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
10:51 a.m., April 26 | “Disagreement” 

Onlookers wear Israeli flags and speak to onlookers regarding their beliefs. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
11:30 a.m., April 26 | “Indigeneity”

Prof. Jody Bird, literatures in English, conducts the second teach-in of the day on indigeneity and settler colonialism. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
1:05 p.m., April 26 | “New York for Palestine”

Supporters outside the encampment bring hand-painted banners to show their solidarity. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
2:35 p.m., April 26 | “Jummah”

Muslim students join together on the Arts Quad outside the encampment to participate in the Jummah Friday prayer. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
4:48 p.m., April 26 | “Town Hall”

Black Students United calls an emergency town hall outside the encampment to demonstrate their support and solidarity. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
5:15 p.m., April 26 | “General Assembly”

Organizers call a general assembly meeting to discuss the eight demands being made. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
6:45 p.m., April 26 | “We Stand With You”


Faculty members enter the encampment in support of the students protesting. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
7:02 p.m., April 26 | “Announcements”

Organizers call for a gathering to announce that four students have been suspended for 
violating University policy. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)

7:20 p.m., April 26 | “Suspensions”

Nick Wilson ’26 speaks using the “people’s microphone,” so as not to violate the Interim Expressive Activity Policy, regarding his recent suspension. (Cynthia Tseng/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)

7:55 p.m., April 26 | “Hands Over Hearts” 

Protestors raise their fists and cover their hearts with their hands as Bikrum Gill, a Virginia Tech professor, speaks. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)

8:15 p.m., April 26 | “Shabbat”

Inside the encampment, Jewish Voices for Peace holds a Shabbat service. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)