SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) issued the following response to efforts by the U.S. Department of Education to investigate and potentially defund over 60 institutions of higher education and the detention on a student at Columbia University on the basis of antisemitism.
"Two foundations of a functioning democracy are a strong education system and the right to protest.
The President's antidemocratic trampling of our universities and on those exercising free speech are horrendous. We cannot let him tokenize Jewish experiences and people while harming our communities and institutions."
Assemblymember Addis is Vice Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus and previously worked as a public school teacher.
Dawn Addis was elected to the California State Assembly in 2022 to represent the coastal 30th Assembly District, which includes San Luis Obispo, Monterey, and Santa Cruz Counties. She is the Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee 1 on Health.
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