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Savannah Lawrence
Savannah Lawrence led a chant calling for Israel's destruction and participated in at least three anti-Israel events on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in 2023 and 2024.
As of May 2025, Savannah Lawrence's LinkedIn profile said Lawrence had been working as a resettlement education AmeriCorps member at New American Pathways, located in Atlanta, Georgia, since September 2024.
MIT CAA Barges Into MISTI Office
View IncidentDate: Nov. 6, 2023
Organizers: MIT CAA
Location: MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives), MIT, Cambridge, MA
At the disruption, activist Savannah Lawrence led the chant: "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free! Free, free Palestine! Long live Palestine!"
“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!” is a chant used to call for the elimination of the State of Israel. In April 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the chant as antisemitic.
“Free Palestine!” is a chant used to call for Israel's destruction, acting as a shorter version of "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free!" It was shouted during multiple deadly attacks on pro-Israel activists in 2025 in America. It has been used to vandalize synagogues and other Jewish buildings, and has been described as a "battle cry for the death of Jews.”
Boston-Wide Rally For The People's Graduation: Long Live The Student Intifada
View EventDate: May 28, 2024
Organizers: MIT CAA, SJP, Boston PSL, PYM Boston, BCFP
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA
The term “intifada” translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection” and carries the connotation of terrorist violence, including suicide bombings, hijackings, shootings and stabbings.
MIT Commencement Walkout
View IncidentDate: May 30, 2024
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA
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.
