WATERMELON SEEDS OF CHANGE is a long-term photojournalism project dedicated to pro-Palestine protest coverage, specifically small acts of resistance and togetherness, in Austin since October 7, 2023.
Counterprotesters waive Israel's flag at a rally held in response to the esclatation on the University of Texas at Austin's campus the day before, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. The Palestinian Solidarity Committee partnered with campus faculty on April 25, 2024 to host a rally on Main Mall to support the 57 arrested and held in Travis County Jail overnight.
A protester wears a keffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian resistance, at a demonstration at the Capitol in Austin, Texas on Jan. 21, 2024.
Protesters marched and gathered in front of the Capitol for a statewide demonstration in commemoration of Nakba Day on May 19, 2024.
A man is brought onto the South Mall lawn by law enforcement after suffering a head injury following commotion with protesters and police on April 24, 2024.
People pour water on someone's face April 29, 2024 to help relieve the pain of getting pepper sprayed on UT Austin's campus.
Members of the encampment on UT's South Mall lawn link arms April 29, 2024 in preparation for police force as officers make their way towards the circle.
A pro-Palestine demonstrator appears to pray as police push into the crowd of people following a dispersal order on the University of Texas at Austin's South Mall lawn on April 29, 2024. After participants refused to leave, they used flashbang grenades and pepper spray to disperse the crowd.
Police attempt to push into Parlin Hall after calling protesters to disperse during a Palestinian Solidarity Committee organized movement on April 24, 2024.
The crowd films as police push into them on 22nd Street on UT Austin's campus on April 29, 2024.
A protestor adjusts another person's keffiyeh during a demonstration at the Capitol in Austin, Texas on Nov. 12, 2023.
A child holds their mother's hand as the two march with the crowd during a pro-Palestinian demonstration near the Captiol in Austin, Texas on May 19, 2024.
A mother wraps a Keffiyeh around her son's neck at the protest in support of Yemen and Palestine on Congress Avenue on Jan. 21, 2024.
A child wrapped in the Palestinian flag sits on an adult's shoulders during a pro-Palestine demonstration at the Captiol in Austin, Texas on May, 19, 2024.
