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September 16, 2021
Virtual Yom Kippur Event: Moving Beyond Hate -
Lessons from Billings, MT and Life in Pittsburgh, PA
The JCC of Greater Pittsburgh became a center for community response in the aftermath of the killing of eleven people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018. We are proud to co-host this event with The Center for Loving Kindness at the JCC.
Join us on Yom Kippur (Sept. 16, 2021) the holiest day of the Jewish year to reflect on the moral impact of responding to hatred in Billings, MT, Pittsburgh, and our country.
A brick thrown through the bedroom window of a six-year-old Jewish boy in 1993 in Billings, Montana, sounded an alarm for the increase in extremism and intolerance and inspired courage and solidarity from residents. In this live event, we'll hear from Margaret MacDonald, NIOT leader and former Montana State Senator who reflects on her 28 years of countering hate and the power of community-wide solidarity in responding to hate.
Date: Thursday, September 16 at 2:30-3:45 pm ET | 11:30 am-12:45 pm PT
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September 8, 2021
Teaching Our Young People About Racism:
Learn from History Coalition Public Launch
Across the country, the rampant spread of misinformation about how schools are teaching young people about the history and current manifestations of racism is fueling efforts to censor teachers, omit history, and ban conversations about racism in our classrooms. (This comes at a time when students and educators are also facing stress and division about how to overcome the pandemic.)
A concerted response is urgently needed, which is why Not In Our Town has become a founding member of the Learn from History Coalition, a broad-based bipartisan coalition made up of more than 20 leading organizations representing school system leaders, educators, parents, and students across America. The Learn from History Coalition's goals are straightforward:
- Educate parents and the public about what is actually taught in schools,
- Explain the vital importance of students learning thorough, accurate, and fact-based history and that racism is wrong, and
- Dramatize in an authentic, non-political, non-confrontational way through first person accounts the harm and cost of efforts to restrict what is taught in classrooms across the country.
The Learn from History Coalition, which includes the National School Boards Association, the AASA, The School Superintendents Association, the American Federation of Teachers, National Council for the Social Studies, and others, is apolitical and solely focused on facilitating broad-based, effective communication to shift the imbalanced and detrimental current narrative.
If you are an educator, a school board member, a parent or a student, join leaders from around the country for the formal launch on September 8 at 8 pm ET | 7 pm CT | 5 pm PT: Register
An example of the powerful resources and messages include powerful statements from school superintendents across the U.S. in this guide for action:
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Are You Ready for United Against Hate Week?
The week of November 14-20, 2021 has been designated United Against Hate Week. The campaign is designed to bring communities together to learn from each other, surface local concerns and seek solutions. We hope you will save the date and join us!
Here are 20 ideas for action during United Against Hate Week that you can take in your town!
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