- Protesters are led in a chant by members of the Ohio Student Association in front of the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday in defiance of Ohio Senate Bill 1. Credit: Daniel Bush | Lantern Photographer
- Protestors wave an American flag in front of the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday in defiance of Ohio Senate Bill 1. Credit: Daniel Bush | Lantern Photographer
- Pranav Jani — president of Ohio State’s chapter of AAUP, program director for Asian American Studies, faculty advisor for Students for Justice in Palestine and a professor in the Department of English — speaks to protestors outside of the Statehouse Wednesday. Credit: Daniel Bush | Lantern Photographer
- Bobby McAlpine, undergraduate student president, speaks to protestors outside of the Statehouse Wednesday. Credit: Daniel Bush | Lantern Photographer
- Pranav Jani — president of Ohio State’s chapter of AAUP, program director for Asian American Studies, faculty advisor for Students for Justice in Palestine and a professor in the Department of English — speaks to protestors outside of the Statehouse Wednesday. Credit: Daniel Bush | Lantern Photographer
- Pranav Jani — president of Ohio State’s chapter of AAUP, program director for Asian American Studies, faculty advisor for Students for Justice in Palestine and a professor in the Department of English — speaks to protestors outside of the Statehouse Wednesday. Credit: Daniel Bush | Lantern Photographer
- Bobby McAlpine, undergraduate student president, speaks to protestors outside of the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday. Credit: Daniel Bush | Lantern Photographer
- Observers watch the demonstration outside of the Ohio Statehouse in defiance of Senate Bill 1. Credit: Daniel Bush | Lantern Photographer
Roughly 200 students, faculty and staff walked out Wednesday in opposition of Ohio Senate Bill 1, which aims to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and faculty strikes at public higher education institutions statewide.
The protest — which was organized by the Ohio Student Association — marched from the Oval to the Ohio Statehouse from noon to 2:30 p.m., as chants of “This is what democracy looks like” and “Mikey, Mikey hear us say, we need DEI to stay” rang through the streets, in reference to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Hours after the walkout, SB 1 passed through the Ohio House of Representatives, per prior Lantern reporting .
The Senate is set to concur with the House changes — which are currently undisclosed — at a later date, said Ohio Senate President Rob McColley (R-Napoleon), according to the Ohio Capital Journal …