Sinai Temple Rabbi Erez Sherman told the crowd how much the Jewish community needed friends like Hagopian and announced that Hagopian would be visiting Israel for the first time this summer.
Carrying Palestinian flags and signs with anti-Israel and anti-racism messages, demonstrators gathered at Pan Pacific Park.
Garcetti previously said in December that he wouldn’t serve in the Biden administration because he felt like he was needed in Los Angeles to ameliorate the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the city.
The final vote was 12 in favor and 13 against; zero members of the student senate abstained.
Jewish groups condemned the attack. “To those who still believe there is a dividing line between hatred of Israel and antisemitism: open your eyes,” the American Jewish Committee tweeted.
The protest is scheduled to take place from 3-5 P.M., outside the Federal Building at Wilshire boulevard and Veteran Avenue.
The resolution now only focuses on “internal ASPC spending, not club-related expenses,” according to The Claremont Independent.
Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr denounced the ASPC for holding the vote “without representation from any student opposition” and urged the ASPC to revisit the matter to ensure that all viewpoints are heard.
The resident, Daniel Khalili, posted a video of himself on Instagram spray-painting over the graffiti.
The grant will help push new perspectives on filmmaking and film history as well as an accessible and equitable experience for audiences of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities.
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