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Oct 8, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sydney Carroll |Sabrina Shaffer |Sarah Watson |Alec Weiker
People from the D.C. area and across the world gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue on Sept. 28 for Fiesta D.C., an annual festival celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Initially conceived in the 1970s, Fiesta D.C. is now organized by the festival nonprofit and the mayor’s office. It celebrates the District’s Hispanic residents, who make up roughly 10% of its population.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Connor Martin |Cole Kindiger |Eddy Binford-Ross |Sabrina Shaffer
Tensions surged on the fourth night of the Gaza solidarity encampment at George Washington University on Sunday night and into Monday morning. Barricades surrounding the encampment at University Yard (U-Yard) have been knocked down by protesters, and tents that had previously been set up on H Street were moved onto the green. Confrontations between police and protesters escalated from the relatively stable point they had been at for several days, and police presence began to increase on H Street.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Connor Martin |Ella Bruno |Romy Abu-Fadel |Sabrina Shaffer
Georgetown Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (FSJP) held a vigil Tuesday at noon to mourn the Palestinian academics and university students killed by Israel in Gaza. This is the second vigil FSJP has held since the group’s founding in January. On Oct. 7, Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Romy Abu-Fadel |Sabrina Shaffer |Franzi Wild |Katie Doran
Podcasts By and Welcome back to Post Pitch. This week, podcasts producer Romy Abu-Fadel interviews our Features writer Sabrina Shaffer about her piece in this week’s issue of The Voice. Tune in to hear Romy and Sabrina discuss the experiences of Palestinian students at Georgetown.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Sabrina Shaffer
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sabrina Shaffer |Katherine Hawes |Romy Abu-Fadel |Aminah Malik
Content warning: This article includes mentions of racism, Islamophobia, and an anti-Palestinian hate crime. Donia, an international Palestinian graduate student who spoke to the Voice on the condition that she be identified only by her first name, sent an email on Nov. 8 to university administrators titled, “My family has been KILLED – University’s Silence on Genocide.” In the email, she wrote that 52 members of her mother’s family, including 17 children, had been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sabrina Shaffer |Joanna Li |Franzi Wild |Meriam Ahmad
Content warning: This article discusses anti-Black hate speech and systemic violence. When LaHannah Giles (CAS ’23) experienced a racist hate crime on Georgetown’s campus in April 2022, they felt like they had nowhere to go. “I’m thinking back to when I was in crisis mode,” Giles told the Voice, referring to the day they experienced the hate crime. “It was on Georgetown Day.
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Nov 9, 2023 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Katherine Hawes |Sabrina Shaffer |Annette Hasnas |Paul James
This article does not include names for the personal safety of Georgetown students and faculty. A walkout for Gaza organized by Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) drew several dozen Georgetown students and faculty to Red Square on Oct. 26.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sabrina Shaffer |Shajaka Shelton |Anthony Bonavita |Margaret Hartigan
On Saturday Nov. 4, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Freedom Plaza in D.C. for one of the largest pro-Palestine demonstrations in U.S. history. The protest was co-sponsored by nine organizations including Palestinian Youth Movement and ANSWER Coalition.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Aashna Nadarajah |Meredith Foster |Sabrina Shaffer |Francesca Theofilou
Four activists made Georgetown history on Sept. 26, becoming the first panel entirely of transgender and nonbinary individuals to speak in Gaston Hall. The event, titled “Trans Rights in America,” was organized by Georgetown University College Democrats (GUCD). It gathered 300 students, faculty, and community members for a celebration of trans visibility. “The queer story is a story of not just surviving in the margins, but thriving in the margins,” panelist Erin Reed said.
