College Park Starbucks workers go on strike, protest labor practices
The picket, which lasted more than two hours, was part of a larger strike organized by Starbucks Workers United chapters across the country.
Students protest UMD’s willingness to host ICE, defense contractors at spring career fair
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are no longer participating in the spring career fair.
About 1000 UMD community members rally for graduate student collective bargaining rights
The Graduate Labor Union, a campus organization that advocates for collective bargaining rights for graduate workers, organized the event.
Student protesters interrupt Rep. Jamie Raskin’s UMD lecture with chants supporting Palestine
Raskin was slated to deliver the physics department's annual Irving and Renee Milchberg Endowed Lecture.
Funerals are expressions of dignity. They should not be unaffordable.
Funerals are powerful protests surpassing prejudices that permanently contribute to our shared story.
Hundreds protest UMD administration’s response to violence in Palestine
More than 300 people joined the protest and walk-out organized by this university’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.
Hundreds of UMD students retaliate against demonstrators’ racist, homophobic remarks
Hundreds of students counterprotested the Key of David protestors at Hornbake Plaza.
UMD community gathers in protest against Iranian government’s actions
The crowd ended the protest with chants in Farsi and English including, "no justice, no peace," and, "women, life, freedom."