Savana Robinson has photographed protests, earthquake aftermath and police action. Scroll to the bottom for written and audio works.
A protester is detained by Interim University Police Chief Peter Cress and other law enforcement officers after being pulled out of Siemens Hall on April 22, 2024. This photo won first place for best news photo at the 2024 California College Media Awards and was the top and bottom fold cover of The Lumberjack on April 24, 2024.Hasan Raza cleans up the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake inside E&J Liquors in Rio Dell, CA on Dec. 5, 2024. Photographed for AP.Two protesters chant at police officers
while holding tangerines and water bottles meant for the protesters that barricaded themselves inside Siemens Hall.Cal Poly Humboldt student, Jaden Torres, holds a sign that reads, “Cal Poly Humboldt: where you call a METH HOTEL Home!” At the Cal Poly Homeless/HESHA Speak Out on Feb. 8, 2023. This photo won first place for best magazine photo at the 2023 California College Media Awards and was the cover of Osprey Magazine in spring 2023.Humboldt County sheriff’s officers guard Siemens Hall on April 22, 2024.Humboldt Students for a Democratic Society Founder, Rick Toledo leads a group of pro-Palestine protesters up LK Wood Blvd, around the edge of campus, on Oct. 7, 2024.Protesters sit in a circle with their arms linked while Unified Command officers prepare to detain them.A detained protester lays face-down on the ground while
Unified Command officers stand over them.Protesters move a picnic table to barricade an entrance to Siemens Hall.Professor Rouhollah Aghasaleh, being processed in front of Gist Hall after more than 100 Unified Command officers in riot gear cleared the pro-Palestine protest in the early hours of April 30, 2024. Aghasaleh framed a similar photo and gifted it to the Wellbeing and Stewardship Team at the Jan. 28 university senate meeting.University and Arcata police officers attempt to push protesters away from the entrance of Siemens Hall to make way for a pickup truck to back up and be loaded with objects used to build a barricade on April 22, 2024.A detained protester is escorted off the quad
by Unified Command officers.A protester is detained by Unified Command officers in front of the Depot around 3 a.m. April 30, 2024.
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