The AfterShock Issue 9

Protestors unhappy with ceasefire talks, propose long-term solutions

Protestors gathered outside the White House on April 8 to show their disapproval of the ongoing war within the Middle East, demanding resolutions like an arms embargo and youth resistance to solve the region’s conflicts.

An arms embargo would prevent the sale, transfer or supply of arms and related materials to a specific country or group, according to the U.N. The D.C. chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberalization organized the emergency rally alongside other organizations like the DMV Palestinian Youth Movement.

Protestors marched from the White House to Dupont Circle, carrying protest signs, Iranian flags and Palestinian flags. PSLDC and the National Iranian Council postponed what was originally intended to be a panel for a rally due to the U.S.-Israel ceasefire agreement with Iran.

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✍️: Ashna Balroop and Sophia Parkins

📸: Sophia Parkins

Transgender students face hurdles in the housing selection process

Housing selection is stressful for many University of Maryland students, but for transgender students, the process can be even more so.

Kaleb Hubler, a transgender man, said that for the past two years, he’s lived on a female-only floor in Anne Arundel Hall. The situation has been awkward, he said, and he worries about making female residents feel uncomfortable.

“I had someone walk by… and they commented on my neighbor’s door and my door [saying] like, those aren’t female names,” Hubler, a sophomore English and philosophy, politics and economics major, said. “‘What are they doing on this floor?’ It was a very awkward situation. I’m like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to go talk to people now, because I don’t want to make them uncomfortable.’”

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✍️: Lillian Glaros

📸: Sophia Parkins

From “Everybody Hates Chris” to “Abbott Elementary,” Tyler James Williams reflects on career at UMD

Tyler James Williams reflected on his time as an actor from his time on “Everybody Hates Chris” to his most recent work on “Abbott Elementary” at the spring lecture held by Student Entertainment Events on April 2 at the University of Maryland.

“There is nothing more tragic than wasted momentum,” he said. “I never wanted to disrespect the work of my past self by dropping that ball.”

Williams spoke to the Black Explosion about his upbringing in Hollywood, reaching beyond the Black community and “Abbott Elementary.”

At the beginning of his career, acting was treated like an extracurricular activity in his family. Once he began taking acting seriously, his parents made sure he understood acting was a craft and, more importantly, a job.

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✍️, 📸: Imani Washington-Bivans