Pro-Palestinian protestors remain on UC Merced campus ahead of Board of Regents meeting

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- The UC Board of Regents is acceptable to conscionable astatine UC Merced.

That's wherever pro-Palestinian protesters person acceptable up an encampment up of the meeting.

The encampment is acceptable up successful the amphitheater country connected campus.

Signs and tents person been acceptable up since Sunday.

Some of the protestors told Action News they privation UC Merced to cognize they're paying attraction to what the assemblage is choosing to walk wealth on, and they would similar to spot immoderate changes.

This protestation is 1 of galore that has been happening crossed the state connected dozens of assemblage and assemblage campuses , each successful effect to the warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas.

Pro-Palestinian protesters person fundamentally been asking universities and colleges to beryllium transparent astir their investments and to divest from companies doing concern with Israel.

At UC Merced, the students request their tuition wealth beryllium utilized to enactment much lodging and students facing nutrient insecurity.

They besides judge funds should beryllium utilized to enactment Palestinians, but not everyone agrees with their demands.

UC Board of Regents volition conscionable from Tuesday done Thursday.

On Tuesday's agenda, the concern committee is acceptable to sermon the university's system's fiscal performance.