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Major Jewish Organizations Demand Removal of Northwestern University President and Board Chair Amid Racism Allegations
On May 30, 2024, StandWithUs published a press release on behalf of major Jewish organizations calling for the removal of Northwestern President Michael Schill and Chair Peter Barris. The announcement also calls for the appointment of an Independent Monitor to combat antisemitism. We ask that you help us amplify the message with the press and on social media platforms!
In Our Name: A Message from Jewish Students at Northwestern University
A letter from Jewish students at Northwestern University to share their experience since October 7, 2023. Please read, and sign if you are a Jewish student at Northwestern and agree with the sentiments and want to amplify them.
File a Complaint
The Coalition Against Antisemitism at Northwestern (CAAN) is requesting Northwestern University students and faculty who identify as Jewish, Israeli, and/or Zionist to complete this brief questionnaire in order to help in our efforts to provide a safer Northwestern campus.
Holding Northwestern University
Administration Accountable
Northwestern University is home to the nation's leading journalism school, yet many are dumbfounded by its handling of the recent hijacking of its student newspaper, The Daily Northwestern. The Coalition Against Antisemitism at Northwestern (CAAN) sent a letter to University leadership to share our concerns and demand that they take action.
Two Northwestern University students were charged with a class A misdemeanor when they flooded campus at the end of October 2023 with misleading, duped copies of the Daily, chock filled with antisemitic and triggering messages that demonized Israel, claimed that the University was complicit in genocide in Gaza, and included phony quotes from University leadership.
The defendants were set to appear before a Cook County, Illinois judge the end of this month. Smacking of hypocrisy, the perpetrators turned into the victims, and a Change.org petition, along with massive amounts of public pressure, led to dropping of the charges.
To date, University leadership has taken no responsibility in addressing the transgressions, which are in clear violation of the Student Code of Conduct. Now that the justice system and the Student Publishing Company, which is the parent company to The Daily, have washed their hands of the situation, it is up to University leadership to decide if the perpetrators will face any consequences and begs the question: How did the substance of the crimes committed and the real victims of this harassing hoax get lost, and what kind of damage is done when the University allows diligent student journalists to be tarnished by these perpetrators?
CAAN is sharing our letter to University leadership with you so that you can adapt and edit as you see fit, sign, and share your concerns with the administration. Thank you for working with us to combat antisemitism at Northwestern.
Holding Northwestern University’s
Board of Trustees Accountable
Please read our Letter to the Northwestern University Board of Trustees from Concerned Stakeholders: Parents, Students, Alumni and Donors. It is open to Jewish and non-Jewish alumni, students, faculty, parents, and other stakeholders of Northwestern University. Almost 3,000 people from the Northwestern community have signed on. Please sign and share our letter with others to demonstrate our collective concern.