The encampment, like the university, was a place of learning, as there were teach-ins on the injustices occurring in Gaza and on campus. It was also a place of inter-faith prayer and congregation, as Jews, Muslims, and Christians worshipped together in the space. It was a space of community, support, empathy, and care, the opposite of what UNC claimed it to be.
Jordyn Cooper
Jordyn is a young researcher and writer who received her Master’s in Global Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She’s interested and draws connections between race, capitalism, injustice, and carcerality. She holds a B.A. in International and Global Studies and Political Science and resides in North Carolina.