Charlene Villaseñor Black

Charlene Villaseñor Black spoke at an anti-Israel event in Los Angeles, California, in May 2024.

The profilee's activism occurred during Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, which Israel launched after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks when Hamas murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis, injured thousands and kidnapped hundreds.

As of July 2026, Charlene Villaseñor Black was listed as a professor in the Department of Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Medical Workers & Faculty for Justice in Palestine - Press Conference at UCLA

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Date: May 9, 2024

Organizers: UCLA SJP, UCLA FJP

Location: 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

The event was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The outcome of the movement's goals would result in Israel's destruction. Within hours of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks, the BDS movement renewed its call for an anti-Israel boycott.