UCLA appears to be an affiliate of Hamas. Like Hamas, they tolerate and promote hatred against Jews. Neither the Governor nor the UCLA Chancellor have denounced this nor stopped it.
“According to the Daily Bruin, Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo will face a preliminary inquiry Tuesday, December 10 via Zoom.
Verdugo was accused by student Bella Brannon of “directing [Cultural Affairs Commission] staff to not hire ‘Zionist’ applicants.”
Verdugo allegedly wrote in a group chat (pictured, below) that “Lots of Zionists are applying. Please do your research when you look at applicants and I will also share a doc of no hire list during retreat,” according to an earlier Daily Bruin report.
Maybe when Harmeet Dhillon is the head of the civil Rights division of the DOJ, she will bring charges against those responsible for the Anti-Jewish policy—and who has allowed this.
Hearing set for UCLA student gov. official who allegedly refused to hire Jewish students
Dave Huber, The College Fix, 12/8/24 https://www.thecollegefix.com/hearing-set-for-ucla-student-gov-official-who-allegedly-refused-to-hire-jewish-students/
A hearing has been set for a UCLA student government official who allegedly directed her staff to “vet” Jewish students who had applied for jobs.
According to the Daily Bruin, Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo will face a preliminary inquiry Tuesday, December 10 via Zoom.
Verdugo was accused by student Bella Brannon of “directing [Cultural Affairs Commission] staff to not hire ‘Zionist’ applicants.”
Verdugo allegedly wrote in a group chat (pictured, below) that “Lots of Zionists are applying. Please do your research when you look at applicants and I will also share a doc of no hire list during retreat,” according to an earlier Daily Bruin report.
Brannon, education director of Bruins for Israel and editor-in-chief of the UCLA Jewish publication Ha’Am, said she believes none of the rejected (Jewish) applicants “made any mention of Zionism or Israel.”
Her complaint alleges “every student who indicated their Jewish identity” when applying for the CAC was rejected, Ha’Am reports.
In response to the question “What is an issue (social, political, etc.) that is relevant to you, and how would you like to address that through CAC?” one rejected applicant said “the right to express one’s religion” (and noted they are Jewish).
Brannon alleges Verdugo (pictured) violated Article I, Section E of the Students Association bylaws which prevents it from being affiliated with “any organization which legally discriminates on the basis of: race, creed, sex (except as exempt from Title IX), age, national origin, religion, physical handicap, or sexual orientation.”
A document included in Brannon’s complaint notes the Cultural Affairs Commission considers Zionism a “hateful ideology” alongside “anti-Blackness, colorism, racism, white supremacy, xenophobia, transphobia, sexism, misogyny, [and] ableism,” Ha’Am reports.
Two days after Hamas’ attack against Israel in October of 2023, the CAC posted a statement on its Instagram noting it “stands in solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle for liberation from Israel.”
The CAC claimed in the post that U.S. police forces “regularly visit Israel to train alongside their [sic] military and learn how to better repress and control Black and Brown communities.”
The CAC further alleged Israel is a “colonial power” that also “oppresses […] other vulnerable marginalized communities like the queer community.”
Earlier this year, a Ha’Am op-ed accused Verdugo of, among other things, “encourag[ing] protesters to wear masks to conceal their identity” and using the CAC Instagram to “propagate one-sided content relating to the Israel-Hamas war” — such as alleging Israel was “harvesting the organs” of Palestinians.
Regarding social media, the Cultural Affairs Commission X (Twitter) account regularly (re)posts pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel tweets:
