Why Are San Francisco Schools Partnering with a Radical Anti-Israel Organization?

Despite a non-discrimination policy and guidelines that stipulate “non-engagement of political activities,” the San Francisco Unified School District is partnering with the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), a “social justice” organization that’s blatantly hostile to Israel and its supporters. What could possibly go wrong? Campus Watch West Coast representative Cinnamon Stillwell’s report appears at the Algemeiner.

The proposal for an MOU with AROC — a pro-BDS organization led by radical anti-Israel activist Lara Kiswani — was put on hold in 2015 after an outcry from parents and organizations, including the San Francisco Interfaith Council, the Jewish Community Federation, and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). The JCRC sent a letter to SFUSD expressing concern that AROC would “push a radical anti-Israel and anti-Zionist agenda in San Francisco.”

Such worries were well-founded at the time and in the years since.

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Islam in the Classroom

Winfield Myers

Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.