A Webinar with Denise Katz-Prober, Director of Legal Initiatives at The Brandeis Center
Denise Katz-Prober will discuss the escalation of existing campus antisemitism following the10/7 Hamas massacre, the law available to protect students from a hostile environment, and the steps that can be taken to protect students' rights. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination by universities and grade schools that receive federal funds. Jewishstudents are protected under our civil rights laws from harassment and discrimination and cannot be denied access to educational opportunities on the basis of their shared Jewish ancestry and ethnicity. The Brandeis Center, a civil rights legal advocacy organization, supports students on campus by using legal tools to address anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination, including filing Title VI complaints with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). OCR can then investigate and impose corrective actions on schools that fail to address hostile environments and other forms of discrimination.
