Programs

  • Combating Campus Antisemitism

    INVESTIGATING: release of three groundbreaking reports, whose research is foundational for AMCHA's advocacy efforts, including: "Academic Extremism: How a Faculty Network Fuels Campus Unrest and Antisemitic Violence," which highlights the astonishing role Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP), a nationwide network of over 100 faculty chapters, plays in escalating antisemitic incidents, fomenting chaos and pushing forward the academic boycott of Israel; "Academic Agitators: The Role of Anti-Zionist Faculty Activism in Escalating Antisemitism at the University of California After October 7, 2023," which details a staggering increase of 1100% in anti-Zionist advocacy and activism by UC faculty since Hamas' October 7th attack; and "Anti-Zionist Advocacy and Activism of the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department at University of California Santa Cruz," which provides extensive evidence that faculty in the academic department considered ground zero for the highly politicized, "critical" version of the ethnic studies discipline at the University of California are using their department's name and University resources to promote propaganda and activism to undermine and ultimately dismantle the Jewish state in violation of University policy and California law;DOCUMENTING: crucial, on-going, real-time documentation in our publicly accessible database of antisemitic incidents on over 700 U.S. campuses, which saw unprecedented amounts of antisemitic activity during this grant period, with physical assaults on Jewish students surging by 2500% and violent threats, including death threats, rising by 900%;EDUCATING: disseminating AMCHA's analyses and approaches to combating campus antisemitism, with AMCHA data used in lawsuits, legislative documents, and other organization's reports, as well as rally support for AMCHA's efforts through hundreds of articles and interviews in dozens of outlets and on social media, numerous targeted op-eds, and 12 bulletins;COMBATING: sustained grassroots, coalitions and media campaigns that advanced AMCHAs three core advocacy initiatives: 1) Com batting the adoption of antisemitic ethnic studies curricula in California high schools seeking to implement the state-mandated ethnic studies graduation requirement; 2) Com batting the implementation of academic boycotts of Israel on U.S. campuses; and 3) Efforts to ensure all public and private colleges and universities adopt policies that afford equal and adequate protection for Jewish and Zionist students on their campus.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
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    $337.4K

  • Program 1 [2025]

    INVESTIGATING: launched an Anti-Zionist Faculty Barometer ranking 700+ campuses based on faculty academic boycotters, anti-Zionist statements, and Faculty for Justice in Palestine activity after AMCHAs previous reports documented a surge in anti-Zionist faculty advocacy as well as detailed FJPs central role in escalating antisemitic incidents and pushing forward the academic boycott of Israel; providedcomprehensive dossiers on faculty and departmental activity to policymakers (Georgetown, UC Berkeley, UCLA, CUNY) in federal agencies; filed a Title VI complaint regarding such activity at UCSC.DOCUMENTING: provided crucial, on-going, real-time documentation of antisemitic incidents in our decade-running publicly accessible database of 11,000 antisemitic incidents on over 700 U.S. campuses, including adding 1,300 incidents to the database which recieves 40,000 unique visitors monthly; built an in-house AI system to process 100,000+ articles and social media posts amid post-10/7/23 surges; expanded data-sharing partnerships; witnessed AMCHA data cited in 10 major reports, including by the ADL, Indiana University and others.EDUCATING: featured in 120+ media outlets; produced two educational video campaigns(#NoAcademicBDS, #NoFacultyHarm); helped launch a weekly podcast on campus antisemitism with an esteemed professor; provided expert consultation to federal agencies, congressional staffers and Jewish organizations; shaped cross-sector strategies to combat antisemitism; disseminated AMCHA's analyses and approaches to combatting campus antisemitism via publishing op-eds in Edsource, Los Angeles DailyNews, Jewish Journal and other publications as well as sending 13 bulletins.COMBATING: mobilized grassroots (20,000+ activists), coalition (150 organizations) and media campaigns that advanced AMCHAs core advocacy initiatives to combat the adoption of antisemitic curricula, curb the implementation of academic boycotts of Israel on U.S. campuses, and ensure equal and adequate protection for Jewish and Zionist college/universtiy students. Efforts resulted in defeating two major California initiatives promoting antisemitic ethnic studies curricula; raising awareness of faculty-driven antisemitism on 170 campuses with a national 120-group campaign that urged safeguards against faculty abuse; and an-AMCHA expos of UCSCs Ethnic Studies department prompting the UC Regents to bar departments from using official websites for political and antisemitic advocacy.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $398.3K