Overview
- The event, which took place on August 26, filled the 700-seat Sala Miguel Covarrubias after people queued from early morning and forced organizers to open overflow rooms and streams for those turned away.
- Protesters climbed the stage at the start of the talk and delayed the program for about 15 minutes while they held banners and demanded UNAM investigate gendered violence and drop the case against student activist Arturo Lugo Macías, known as 'Sheveck'.
- Organizers and speakers resumed the conversation and Davis and co-author Gina Dent presented the Spanish edition of Abolición, feminismo, ¡ahora!, arguing that prisons and punitive responses do not solve gender-based violence and advocating community-based alternatives.
- Davis later accepted the Keys of Mexico City from Jefa de Gobierno Clara Brugada, and closed the lecture with a public expression of solidarity with Palestine after taking a flag from the audience.
- The interruption has pushed legal and institutional questions into public view and could increase pressure on UNAM to review its handling of campus assaults, safety protocols, and the pending charges against Sheveck as protesters and university bodies continue to negotiate next steps.