A Bill to Condemn Antisemitism

After weeks of organizing, hundreds of emails, hours and hours and hours of work, my semester finally feels complete. But not because my classes have ended or my finals are done. Because my bill has finally passed through the Undergraduate Senate.
I knew I would be creating this bill early on, only a few days after the first postering incident and the University’s lack of response, that I would be the one to act since no one else was. I had no idea how much work I would wind up doing, especially work with the Student Government–a body on campus I have never wanted anything to do with.
One of the many ideas I had, through many conversations with students and Jewish professionals around DC was to try to pass a resolution through the Senate, which would basically say they condemned the postering, but with nothing else–no directive, no action, no precedent for what to do if (and when) it happened again.
Thus, my bill was born. It became a document that defined antisemitism fully, gave examples of how it manifested, and outlined exactly what would be the Senates and Executive’s office’s responsibilities should an antisemitic incident happen.
I am enormously proud to have researched, written, lobbied for, and legislated this bill from start to finish, proxying for multiple Senators over a period of three weeks to get this done. It was a labor of enormous love for my campus and my fellow Jewish students.