Chico State President Steve Perez sent an email to the campus community on Friday condemning recent acts of hate-based, antisemitic vandalism on campus. In the email, Perez wrote that he was “angry and deeply upset” upon receiving multiple reports of graffiti and vandalism. “Reports included antisemitic messages in a bathroom, on light posts, and in.
On Tuesday, a candlelight vigil was held at Chico State’s Jewish Student Union, Hillel, in observance of the tragic Israel-Hamas war. Outside on the patio, attendees formed a large circle. Candles and tealights were distributed and glowed solemnly in the dusk light. Gil Klein-Cohen, Chico State Hillel’s President, led the crowd in two prayers: one.