WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY, INC. 330 E. Kilbourn Ave., Suite 725, Milwaukee, WI 53202-3141 414-727-WILL Fax 414-727-6385 www.will-law.org May 1, 2024 Christine Stoneman, Section Chief U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Federal Coordination and Compliance Section 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 4CON, 7th Floor Washington, DC 20530 Via email to FCS.CRT@usdoj.gov Re: Title VI Complaint Against Northwestern University Dear Ms. Stoneman: We represent Young America’s Foundation, which is a nationwide student membership organization that seeks to educate students, provide educational and social opportunities, and promote traditional conservative values. YAF has an active chapter on the campus of Northwestern University. On behalf of YAF, its local chapter and members, please consider this letter a formal complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On April 29, 2024, University officials entered into an agreement with antiIsrael demonstrators occupying a space on campus called Deering Meadow. The officials involved in this agreement—President Michael Schill, Provost Kathleen Hagerty, and Vice President Susan Davis—informed the campus community and the public as follows: “We have reached an agreement with a group of students and faculty who represent the majority of the protestors on Deering Meadow to bring the demonstration into compliance with University rules and policies.”1
1 The press release is available here: https://www.northwestern.edu/leadershipnotes/2024/april-29-agreement-on-deering-meadow.html. An archived version of the press release is available here: https://archive.ph/y4TYs.