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Helping to Protect NGO Leaders and Staff:
ADL and National Urban League’s Community Solidarity & Safety Coalition (CSSC) recently hosted a two-part series to equip NGOs with the tools to prevent and respond to potential antisemitic or other hateful attacks against leadership and staff. Speakers included members of the ADL Center on Extremism, Security, CSSC and Legal teams, as well as representatives from the National Urban League and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
With strong participation from over 60 organizations representing Black, Latino, Jewish, LGBTQ+, interfaith and pro-democracy communities, the series highlighted the widespread need for actionable strategies to address today’s evolving threat landscape. The series covered topics of executive protection, facility and cyber security, crisis response and access to federal resources. Read more about CSSC.
Celebrating Jewish Identity and Culture:
May is Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM), an annual recognition and celebration of the history, achievements, contributions and culture of Jewish people in the U.S. ADL’s Education team has created a collection of new lesson plans and other resources for educators and families aimed at celebrating Jewish identity and culture. This work is even more important as antisemitism is increasingly affecting younger populations. The collection, called
Celebrating Jewish American Heritage: Lessons to Reflect and Connect, features six new lesson plans, six student-facing lessons, three short explanatory videos, an educator’s Q+A guide, a Table Talk parent/family discussion guide and a book roundup. Learn More.
Backgrounder: American Blackshirts Movement:
The American Blackshirts Movement (ABM) is a white supremacist group that formed in 2023. ADL analysts have identified, with a high degree of confidence, a member and likely leader of the group. ABM is primarily active in Texas, Florida and Georgia. The group is explicitly anti-immigrant, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+. ABM advocates for a modern, Christian “American fascism” across the United States. ABM espouses hardline antisemitic views and directs much of its vitriol at Jewish people and perceived “Zionist” control of American policy.
Read about this new hate group.
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