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Dear John,
As an ADL supporter, you are all too familiar with the rising threat of extremism. As the head of our Center on Extremism (COE), I have a unique perspective on these threats.
On December 28, I was celebrating the holidays with my family in upstate New York. At 11 pm, texts and emails from ADL co-workers started pouring in about a horrific stabbing attack at a Hanukkah party in Monsey, New York.
I drove home, arriving at 4 am to field more texts and emails and to gather more information. By 8 am, I was talking to Jake Tapper on CNN, sharing ADL’s perspective. This was the first of several news appearances I made that day to make sure that accurate information about the anti-Semitic attack was being made widely available.
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Our sharing of what we knew was very public. But, behind the scenes, the COE team was doing what we do best: aiding law enforcement by leveraging our research to provide them with critical insights, and supporting and bringing updates to a shaken Jewish community that had already seen so much violence in December.
This kind of rapid response is what we did following the rampage in Jersey City in mid-December and a few months before that, after the shooting spree in El Paso, Texas. It is what we've done more times than we care to count...
2020 Trends in Fighting Hate
We fully expect 2020 to be equally demanding; here are a few trends we’re watching and sharing with you and the rest of the ADL community to keep an eye on, so you are prepared to speak out in your community and online.
Forums and message boards: As we face a new decade, the COE team is investing heavily in making sense of the surging volume of hate we are seeing on various social media platforms. Because even as each attack highlights a different extremist ideology, they often share a common theme: the normalization and weaponization of hate online.
The 2020 elections: We expect communities to be further polarized in an election cycle that promises to be divisive. We've learned that fighting hate and extremism can be made more difficult by a tense, fractured social climate.
The real-world danger of online hate: As always, we are involved in dozens of law enforcement investigations, many of which may come to light in 2020 as we continue to track the online trails of extremists and provide actionable intelligence to law enforcement before it spills over into physical violence.
We’ve learned a lot in the nearly four years since Unite the Right shattered the peace in Charlottesville. We understand the landscape of extremism better than ever before, and we are doing the hard work to expose hate before it wreaks havoc on our communities.
You Can Take Action with COE
But without your support, our critical, lifesaving work just isn't as effective. Here are three ways you can help ADL fight hate today:
1. If you experience, or witness, an incident of hatred or bigotry,
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report it directly to ADL so we can investigate it. Please report appropriate issues to your local law enforcement as well.
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Sign and share ADL’s petition urging immediate passage of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, which requires federal law enforcement agencies to regularly assess domestic terrorism threats and provide training and resources to assist local law enforcement.
3. Get the information you need to speak out against incidents in your community through ADL’s interactive
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H.E.A.T. map and our new
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Tracker of Anti-Semitic Incidents.
We have a long road ahead of us, and we need your help to light the way forward.
Sincerely,
Oren Segal
VP of Center on Extremism
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