Thursday, August 3 marked 4 years since Patrick Crusius entered a Walmart store in El Paso and opened fire, killing 23 people. Just before he committed his crime, he posted a white supremacist manifesto, in which he railed against immigrants and talked about an urgent need to take action against them. While trying to make sense of what Crusius did
On Monday, July 10, 2023, ADL celebrates 110 years of fighting antisemitism, hatred and bigotry with Giving Day 2023, an opportunity for you to fund more anti-bias work and have your gift matched. Did you know that for 66 of those years, ADL has had a Southwest Regional Office dedicated to fighting hate in the southern part of Texas? Established
More than half of all Americans (52%) say they have experienced online hate or harassment in their lifetimes. Reports of hate and harassment increased by nearly every measure and within almost every demographic group in the last 12 months.
Eight synagogues in ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League’s) Southwest Region participated in the agency’s new Kulanu program this year, and ADL is hoping more synagogues will join next year. Kulanu, Hebrew for “all of us,” is an annual program dedicated to empowering congregations to address antisemitism and hate in their communities through education, community engagement, and advocacy. Congregations participating this year include
Thoughts from Mark Toubin, ADL Southwest Regional Director: Twenty-five years ago, on June 7, 1998, two avowed white supremacists and another man chained James Byrd, Jr. to a truck before dragging him for over three miles. For a mile and a half, Mr. Byrd remained conscious. His murder shocked the nation, particularly those who considered violent racism archaic, and eventually
