Show Your Town Where You Stand: A Call to Action in the Face of Hate

Members of the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington held an interfaith solidarity gathering at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum a day after the shooting of Stephen Johns. Photo: AP By: Patrice O’Neill Last week’s murder of Stephen T. Johns at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC was a call to action for all of us. James W. von Brunn, who had devoted many of his... [Read more]

Exclusive Video from Patchogue, New York

We’re pleased to share new video from our latest documentary in production in Patchogue, New York. After the killing last fall of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, the small Long Island community has been working to make the town a safer and more inclusive one. This spring, the local Unity Coalition group decided to use art and theater to celebrate these common values, and recruited Broadway... [Read more]

The Legacy of Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder

Gary Matson (left) and Winfield Mowder Editor’s Note: Ten years ago, on July 1, 1999, Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder, a gay couple from Redding, California, were murdered by white supremacists.  Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams confessed to killing the couple because they were gay. The two brothers were also responsible for the 1999 Sacramento synagogue arson attacks. The Working... [Read more]

Upstander In Action

By Emma Clune “I never thought they [would] bring it to my door. They can leave it in the streets, not to my house, a safe haven right here. I feel when go to sleep at night [I] have to keep looking out the window.” – Antonio Barnes Antonio Barnes and his family have lived in their house in Horn Lake, Mississippi, for fourteen years.  They awoke early one morning this May to a horrific... [Read more]

“Beyond Hatred” Premieres Tonight (6/30) on PBS

In 2002, 29-year-old François Chenu was brutally murdered by three skinheads in France, who had set out to “do an Arab,” but attacked and killed François after learning he was gay. Beyond Hatred, a documentary by Olivier Meyrou, tells the moving story of François’ parents, friends, and relatives as they struggle for justice in the face of profound loss and grief. The film premiers... [Read more]

Nettelhorst School Stands Together for Inclusion

Nettelhorst Elementary School in Chicago, IL By: Darius Kemp What would you do if you were pushed down? Hopefully, you would get back up. It is this basic philosophy of life that parents, teachers, and staff at Nettelhorst Elementary School in Chicago are teaching their students. The book “How to Walk to School” illustrates Nettelhorst’s transformation from an under-performing, struggling... [Read more]