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ADL Virtual Program: Understanding Hate & Reporting Hate Incidents & Crimes

Please join ADL for a virtual educational program on January 19 to learn about how to better understand hate incidents and crimes, best practices for reporting, and free speech versus hate speech. Speakers will include: Detective Beth Wareing, Bias Crimes Coordinator, Seattle Police Department, Will Dreher, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington, and Beth

Stand With Israel

In the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist invasion of Israel when more than 1,400 Israelis were murdered and over 230 children, women and men were kidnapped and taken hostage in Gaza, there has been a shocking increase in antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world. Stay informed and take action.

POWER CONNECT- FIGHTING HATE TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GSBA

Join us Thursday July 27 at 4:30pm at our July Power Connect: Fighting Hate Together, in partnership with GSBA! We believe that it is essential for marginalized groups to come together and fight against all forms of discrimination, including homophobia, antisemitism, transphobia, racism, ableism, ageism, and more. Each of these forms of discrimination perpetuates inequality and prevents individuals from living

Online Hate and Harassment Reaches Record Highs, ADL Survey Finds

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.

Supreme Court Review 2023

Join ADL for our 24th Annual Supreme Court Review program presented virtually in partnership with the National Constitution Center. Distinguished legal scholars and Supreme Court analysts Erwin Chemerinsky, Miguel Estrada, Gregory G. Garre, Frederick Lawrence, and Dahlia Lithwick will discuss the important cases of the term including affirmative action, religious accommodation, social media regulation, and voting rights. They will also

NEWS

Press Release: ADL-Sponsored Hate and Bias Crimes Hotline Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Fennell Director of Communications lfennell@adl.org ADL-Sponsored Hate and Bias Crimes Hotline Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk The newly passed hate and bias incident hotline is a victim support and referral hotline that serves as a centralized mechanism to track and provide support to victims. Olympia, WA. March 1, 2024 … ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) Pacific

Press Release: ADL PNW Condemns Recent Seattle Bomb Threats

In the past week, we learned of bomb threats targeting Washington State and Idaho synagogues. In the Puget Sound alone, we learned about bomb threats to seven synagogues, from Bellingham to Seattle to Tacoma. These threats are part of nationwide threats of more than 200 reports of false bomb threats received at Jewish institutions this weekend. The threats were e-mailed

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Building Support: Seattle Prosecutor and Young Leader Zach Ferreira

Tell us more about yourself. What’s your connection to the Pacific Northwest and why do you choose to live here? I grew up and started my career in Montana. However, being a Jew and queer person, I knew I would never be fully welcomed in my home state. After my hometown’s city council voted down a proposal to consider a

Building Support: Board Member Joshua Burgin on Why He Supports ADL

Tell us more about yourself. What’s your connection to the Pacific Northwest, and why do you choose to live here? I was born and raised in Maryland, near what PNW locals call “the other Washington.” After majoring in Philosophy at Haverford College near Philadelphia, I knew I had to head west, where the tech action was. So, I faxed my

EVENTS

Volunteer with ADL: No Place For Hate Packing Party

Please join ADL Pacific Northwest for a No Place for Hate packing party on Sunday, January 7 from 3:30-5:00PM at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island (3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040). This family friendly volunteer opportunity for ages 5+ will involve a short program explaining ADL’s No Place for Hate anti-bias initiative followed by packing

ADL Virtual Program: Understanding Hate & Reporting Hate Incidents & Crimes

Please join ADL for a virtual educational program on January 19 to learn about how to better understand hate incidents and crimes, best practices for reporting, and free speech versus hate speech. Speakers will include: Detective Beth Wareing, Bias Crimes Coordinator, Seattle Police Department, Will Dreher, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington, and Beth