Exploring equity, social justice and community safety with a humanistic lens
United for All partners are deeply disturbed by the rise in casual and overt antisemitism in local schools, online, and in our communities. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish community, and we recognize the deep-seated harm that is caused when antisemitism goes unchecked, dismissed, and underestimated as a form of discrimination. We condemn this …
I know the rise in anti-Semitism is not representative of our community here in Ottawa, but its happening and its outrageous, hurtful and wrong. All of us need to strongly condemn the rise in antisemitism and other forms of hate and intolerance in Canada. We are proud to partner with organisations representing Jewish community in …
Police-reported hate crime data from Statistics Canada shows that Jews remain Canada’s most targeted religious minority and the second-most targeted minority overall. Though less than one percent of the population, Jews were victims of 14 percent of all reported hate crimes in 2021. Even though not every hate crime can be investigated and prosecuted as …
“As a political scientist studying contemporary antisemitism and the current arguments about it, I believe this pattern stems from fundamental misunderstandings about what antisemitism is and how it works.”
Ontario government introducing Grade 6 Holocaust education requirement in 2023 History has shown us that genocide and other atrocities begin with hate. Hate begins with words and manifests itself in various forms. Hate speech and hate crimes are the product of ignorance and misunderstanding. The solution is education and awareness combined with promoting kindness, compassion …
It’s dawning on 2023, and we witness an anti-Semitic group hanging a banner from an L.A. overpass https://lnkd.in/eQKwqyzg Such outrageous efforts to fan the flames of hatred and bigotry at this age in human progress are unbelievable. With such troubling trends of rising hate in the 21st century, it seems like we are regressing on fast forward. …
The antidotes to prejudice: “‘I’m not going to hide. I’m not going to allow myself to disappear because I do want to challenge other good people to stand up and say no. You know, if you don’t know the other at all, it’s easy to believe all of the stereotypes, all of the rumors, all …
Like a real pyramid, the pyramid of hate must be build up from the bottom. The layers at the top of the pyramid require all the layers beneath it, or it will simply crumble to the ground. It takes large amounts of time and effort, and must be accepted by the society it is being …