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 6, 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 Rutgers University Dear Ms. Stoneman: We represent Young America’s Foundation, 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 New Brunswick campus of Rutgers 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, anti-Israel demonstrators set up an encampment on a portion of the New Brunswick campus called Voorhees Mall. The encampment significantly disrupted the learning environment. Among other things, University officials had to postpone final exams, citing “anticipated escalation of protest activities . . . .”1 Reportedly, “[a]t least 100 faculty members signed up to stand between the protesters and the police to keep the students from being arrested.” On May 2, University officials entered into an agreement with the demonstrators.2 At a minimum, officials involved include President Jonathan 1 https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2024/05/rutgers-orders-pro-palestinian-protesters-to-
end-encampment-or-face-police.html. 2 https://newbrunswick.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/2024-
05/response_05022024_2.pdf.