Sumud VIgil for Gaza
Two years after the Oct. 7 attack, Syracuse community members gathered at Erie Boulevard and East Genesee Street for a vigil honoring Palestinians killed in the ongoing war in Gaza.
Hosted by three organizations — Syracuse Democratic Socialists of America, the Syracuse Peace Council and Syracuse 4 Palestine and Global Liberation — the vigil met to recognize the “current stage of the genocide in Palestine,” leading organizer Spike Giles said. Organizers named the event a “Sumud” vigil based on an Arabic phrase roughly translating to “resilience.”
