On Aug. 3 at Sproul Plaza, the Berkeley community protested the university’s unannounced overnight move to begin the process of fencing off People’s Park for construction of student housing. The event featured demonstrations and speeches by Defend People’s Park, and protesters shared their perspectives on the fight for space.

Matt Brown, Kavya Gupta, Riley Cooke, Ailun Shi, Melina Kritikopoulos, Noah Ryang and Alex Wong contributed to this report.