PHOTOS: Protest in support of Palestinians rights in Downtown Wichita

Lena Alhallaq, Photographer|May 17, 2021

View Comments(1)

About the Writer

Photo of Lena Alhallaq

Lena Alhallaq, Assistant Photo Editor

Lena Alhallaq is the assistant photo editor for The Sunflower. Alhallaq grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and is a sophomore majoring in Health Management with...

The crowded 17th Street during Open Streets ICT. The street was blocked off from traffic to allow for vendors, local organizations and artists to table. Event goers were able to bike, walk and mingle while browsing tables.

PHOTOS: Open Streets ICT

Last to perform at SACs Shockers Got Talent event was the student band Tall Glass of Root Beer. The group performed their rendition of Paranoid by Black Sabbath.

PHOTOS: Shockers Got Talent

Dance instructor Amy Pollard Yarberry dances among her students.

PHOTOS: Hip-hop dance class

Rebecca Oh, second year student, talks to another student during the Flavors of Asia food sale in the RSC. Oh is a member of the Thai, Lao, & Cambodian student association (TLC).

PHOTOS: Flavors of Asia fundraising event

Calypso Jetè Balmain accepts cash tips from the audience at the 14th annual drag show at Wichita State. The drag performer won the first season of the HBO Max show Legendary. Calypso Jetè Balmain focuses her career on activism, community, education, and health care.

PHOTOS: Wichita State’s 14th Annual Drag Show

(Graphic)

Two Black freshmen said a white student committed a hate crime against them on campus. Here’s how Wichita State responded.

Republican Rep. Troy Waymaster, center, discusses with Senate budget negotiators provisions authorizing the state to issue $200 million in STAR bonds to support development of a Mattel themed park in Bonner Springs and a large-scale manufacturing plant in Wichita. (Screenshot courtesy of the Kansas Reflector)

Kansas offers $200 million in bonds to lure theme park in Bonner Springs, ‘car’ plant in Wichita

Members of the CosmoShox team listen during a meeting to discuss project updates and plans. Students, from left to right, are Yumi Kikuchi-Coronel, Desmond Cockrell, Elliott Chambon, Denae Berry, Marianna Fronciani-Farina and Savannah Denny. (Photo courtesy of Denae Berry)

Wichita State student team develops technology for astronauts on Mars

Kylee Hower receives the gavel as the president of the 67th Student Government Association session from the 66th President Iris Okere. Hower ran alongside Matthew Phan as vice president.

118th student body president, vice president installed during inauguration

Maria, the vice president of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), sits alongside at least 25 other attendees who came before the Student Senate to again advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza. Maria and other SJP members presented to the Student Government Association on Wednesday, March 27.

Kansas representative criticizes Student Government’s Gaza ceasefire resolution

Comments (1)

Share your thoughts...

All The Sunflower Picks Reader Picks Sort: Newest

G

Grammarphile • May 17, 2021 at 8:31 pm

Caption needs help.

Suggestion: After “protest” insert “in support of”

“Protest” as a standalone term carries connotation of opposition.

Reply

https://thesunflower.com/56408/news/photos-protest-for-palestinians-rights-in-downtown-wichita/#comment-2973

1

0