Students twice take to the Sproul steps in protest
First came thousands of Berkeley High School students chanting "not our president." Then came undocumented students and their allies, with signs reading "here to stay" and "here to fight"
Berkeley High students protest at Sproul. (UC Berkeley photo by Leta Negandhi)
November 9, 2016
Students twice mounted the steps of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus — protest’s hallowed ground — Wednesday to declare out loud their outrage about the election of Donald Trump as president.
First came thousands of Berkeley High School students chanting “not our president.” After marching through downtown Berkeley and up Bancroft Way to Sproul Plaza, students used a bullhorn to speak their energetic opposition to the Republican president-elect, and then headed up to the Campanile.
At noon, undocumented UC Berkeley students and their allies, joined by some of the high school crowd, filled the Sproul steps to overflowing again, under a huge banner that read “Undocumented, unafraid.”
“This is what community looks like,” shouted the crowd. “This is what resistance looks like.” The students sat on the Sproul steps for an hour.
Berkeley High students protest at Sproul. (UC Berkeley photo by Leta Negandhi)
Among the signs carried by BHS students was this one, supporting Muslims. (UC Berkeley photo by Hulda Nelson)
"Caution, educated person of color" reads the T-shirt worn by many of the protestors. (UC Berkeley photo by Hulda Nelson)
Berkeley High students listened intently to the speakers. (UC Berkeley photo by Hulda Nelson)
Berkeley High Principal Sam Pasarow kept an eye on the protest. (UC Berkeley photo by Hulda Nelson)
"Not my president," read many of the BHS signs. (UC Berkeley photo by Leta Negandhi)
Berkeley High students took their protest to the campus's most visible spot. (UC Berkeley photo by Hulda Nelson)
Undocumented students at Berkeley will benefit greatly from $5 million in new state funding that will be shared by the campus's Undocumented Student Program and its counterparts throughout the UC system. (UC Berkeley photo by Laurie Frasier)
A large banner was draped across Sproul Hall. (UC Berkeley photo by Hulda Nelson)
Students sat on the steps for an hour in silence after the speeches and chanting grew quiet. (UC Berkeley photo by Laurie Frasier)
Hugs spoke volumes. (UC Berkeley photo by Laurie Frasier)
