The Brandeis Center filed a complaint with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights against the State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz) on behalf of two Jewish students and Jewish on Campus, after students were permitting a hostile environment on campus that marginalizes and excludes Jewish and Israeli student survivors. The students are left without a place on campus to engage in empowering advocacy work to combat sexual violence while openly expressing pride in their ethnic and national identities. By denying Jewish and Israeli student survivors of sexual assault equal access to educational programs, advocacy opportunities and services that the University provides for survivors, SUNY New Paltz has violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. SUNY New Paltz Complaint (8/18/22) SUNY New Paltz Complaint Filing – Press Release (8/18/22) SUNY New Paltz Investigation Announcement – Press Release (6/8/23)