Sampling of Select Incidents Across N.Y State in 2017: Manhattan: Swastika spray-painted on a synagogue’s front doors (October); Swastikas drawn on subway car doors (December); A swastika was carved into seat on a subway car (August); A Jewish woman’s mezuzah was ripped from her doorpost, smashed and strewn across the floor (May and October); A woman discovered a Star
On January 12th, 2018 schools in the Greater Capital District of Upstate New York attended the 14th annual Students Together Opposing Prejudice (STOP) conference; hosted by Siena College and facilitated by the Anti-Defamation League. All together 240 students and 40 Educators from 30 schools were in attendance. The STOP conference is held in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This month we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most important moral voices of the civil rights movement. We must remember Dr. King’s work every day, but especially today, as we witness a rising tide of hate and normalization of racism and bigotry. We know that tackling the hard issues at home takes partners from all faiths
On December 26, 2017 at City Hall, ADL New York Associate Director Melanie Robbins spoke at an interfaith press conference in support of our partner Sheikh Musa Drammeh, co-founder of the Islamic Leadership School and Muslim Community Report. At the conference, Sheikh called on leadership and especially the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) to formally adopt the #stemdup initiative (a
The National Youth Leadership Mission uses the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as an educational tool to provide a substantive and effective program to help students apply the important lessons of the Holocaust to modern-day issues of bigotry and hate. In November 2017, a diverse group of high school students from across the country who demonstrated leadership potential, interest in addressing
