Colleges, education groups offer advice for Inauguration Day ‘anxiety’, trips to DC for Trump’s inauguration
Educational institutions and university-affiliated groups are preparing President-elect Trump inauguration by offering mental health counseling, issuing travel advisories to international students and organizing anti-Israel demonstrations.
Most of them schools will be closed Inauguration Day, January 20, due to fall on a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Similar to Trump’s first inauguration and the weeks after his victory in the 2024 election, universities and educational groups offered different outlets for students on Monday.
Several anti-Israel university groups in Chicago are planning demonstrations. The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJPUIC) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapters at the University of Illinois Chicago intend to hold an anti-Israel protest, according to social media posts.
The groups are coming together to “fight against Trump’s racist and reactionary agenda,” SJPUIC wrote in an Instagram post.
Anti-Israel activists gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. (Giuseppe Prezioso)
Other schools offer mental health counseling before Republican swearing-in.
Emory University’s Rollin School of Public Health conducted an interview with clinical psychologist Rachel Waford, published in December, about how to deal with “anxiety” during presidential transitions.
“Americans have mixed emotions as Trump prepares to begin his second term as president of the United States. For some, a second Trump administration raises fear and anxiety,” the article reads.
Waford suggested that those with anxiety should stay off social media or unsubscribe from the media. “I encourage anyone who is in that state right now to think of ways that you can insert into your life tangibly. Insert into your community, social supports, and things that bring a sense of security, safety and control.” said the psychologist.
President-elect Trump will be sworn in as president on January 20. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The Close Up Foundation, a nonprofit civic education organization, offered middle school students the opportunity to take a seven-day trip to Washington, D.C., for the inaugural celebration in an effort to help “young people to see how our national ideals impact us today.”
Meanwhile, in recent weeks, international students have been ordered by their universities to return to the United States before the inauguration, claiming that Trump’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration could have an impact. Many of the schools issuing such notices include Cornell University, the University of Southern California (USC), Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Penn State.
“A travel ban is likely to go into effect shortly after the inauguration,” Cornell University’s Office of Global Learning said in a message to students. “The ban is likely to include citizens of the countries targeted by the first Trump administration: Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Myanmar, Sudan, Tanzania, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen and Somalia. this list, especially China and India.”
A statement from the USC said that “this is especially important since a new presidential administration will take office on January 20 and – as usual – may issue one or more executive orders that impact travel to the United States and the visa process.”
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LAPD surrounds students protesting in support of the Palestinians at an encampment at the University of Southern California’s Alumni Park in Los Angeles on April 24, 2024. (Zaydee Sanchez)
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has also ordered teachers to evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if they show up at school.
“We will not allow any law enforcement entity to take any type of immigration action against our students or their families in our care,” LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said during a press conference. print in January.
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After Trump won the presidential election in November, Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy offered a “Self-Care Suite” at the school, while Northwestern University offered a “post-election wellness space” that provides puzzles, snacks and “activities to brain break” for students.
Fox News’ Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
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