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Crowd Counting Consortium – Data on Pro-Israeli and Pro-Palestinian Protests in the U.S.

On Tuesday, December 5th, 2023, experts from the Crowd Counting Consortium, a network of researchers tracking political demonstrations across the U.S., shared their most recent data on the multitude of pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protests held nationwide since October 7.

This discussion was co-hosted by the Nonviolent Action Lab at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Journalist’s Resource at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

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