We are delighted that longtime government watchdog and democracy reform advocate Mike McCabe has accepted our invitation to become the first executive director of We Are Many-United Against Hate. It's amazing what We Are Many-United Against Hate already has achieved as an all-volunteer operation, but we know we need to build organizational infrastructure and capacity if our movement is going to continue to grow and prosper. Mike has the skills, the passion and the commitment to our mission to help us do that.

We Are Many-United Against Hate’s efforts are being recognized nationally. The FBI director recently gave founder and president Masood Akhtar the agency's Community Leadership Award. Masood's efforts also were saluted by the Southern Poverty Law Center with a Certificate of Appreciation for his contributions to the ongoing fight against hatred and intolerance in America. His name was added to the Wall of Tolerance in Montgomery, Alabama to provide inspiration to all those who choose to take a stand against hatred. It's amazing what We Are Many-United Against Hate already has achieved as an all-volunteer operation.

What makes We Are Many-United Against Hate unique and special is that we don’t just express righteous indignation after each new eruption of hate-fueled violence and condemn the perpetrators from afar. We work to overpower hate one act of common decency at a time. When Baraboo high school students were photographed making a Nazi salute, We Are Many-United Against Hate went to Baraboo to help organize a community-wide response. Masood repeatedly traveled to Baraboo to plan actions with the superintendent, high school principal, mayor and other community leaders.

Two other leaders of We Are Many-United Against Hate — one a former white supremacist organizer and the other an ex-police officer whose father was killed in the mass shooting at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek in 2012 — made powerful joint presentations as part of a "Baraboo Acts" series aimed at promoting healing, consciousness raising, reconciliation and redemption.

This is a shining example of We Are Many-United Against Hate's approach. But it is just one example. In repeated instances in communities far from Baraboo, the same kinds of interventions are made. Sometimes it's done in the schools. Other times in community forums. Even one-on-one counseling and mentoring.

Overpowering hate one act of common decency at a time.

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