“We have no plans of leaving.'
For the past week, students at Johns Hopkins University have been participating in a sit-in to protest the school’s contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private police forces and they have no plans of leaving.
When the sit-in first started, Bean said organizers planned to have 25-person presence and weren't sure how long they could hold out. However, since it began on April 3, the graduate student said new people keep showing up to Garland Hall to participate. Similarly to the organic nature in which it started, the sit-in has no set shifts or regimen. People show up, others shift out and ultimately, Bean explained, “we make it work.”
Karen Lancaster, assistant vice president of external relations, told Newsweek that the student affairs team was working with the protest's student leaders to ensure the safety of demonstrators and that campus business and events can continue. Lancaster said the school allowed protestors to remain in the building during overnight hours, however, if they leave, they cannot return until the building reopens in the morning.
On Wednesday, the two student organizations are holding a rally and march in support of demilitarizing the school and the sit-in. Set to begin at 7 p.m. ET at the Harrit Tubman Grove Monument, rally attendees demand no private police, no contracts with ICE and justice for Tyrone West, who passed away during a traffic stop in Northeast Baltimore.
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