In our nation’s schools, students who are Palestinian, Israeli, Jewish, Muslim, or perceived to be from the Mideast are feeling increasingly unsafe. Educators can help students and peers address Islamophobia and antisemitism in K-12 schools.
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December 14, 2023 - 1:07pm
Responding to Hate in a Time of Anguish and Division
October 17, 2023 - 9:51am
In this time of tremendous grief and rising hate, Not In Our Town shares this message of support for our Jewish neighbors posted by Not In Our Town Bowling Green, Ohio'
August 17, 2023 - 11:46am
August marks six years since the white supremacist violence and murder in Charlottesville, VA. The organizers of the rallies were successfully sued by Integrity First for America, and Heather Heyer’s killer was found guilty in federal court and sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges.
NIOT was honored to present our new film to the Charlottesville community and continue the discussion about community efforts to respond to hate.
August 6, 2023 - 12:39pm
Our team was in Pittsburgh in August as the trial of the killer at the Tree of Life concluded. On a personal level, I will never forget these August days and what we witnessed in the courtroom. I cannot imagine how the families and survivors have been able to endure this journey through the trial. They have shown tremendous courage and expressed their appreciation to the courts and the prosecution for seeking justice for them and their loved ones. We hope that the end of this part of the journey offers some relief. Patrice O'Neill
The families, survivors and community members who experienced the October 2018 massacre at Tree of Life synagogue have been in court for two months, listening to excruciatingly challenging testimony from witnesses recounting the brutal and calculated attack, experts who addressed the killer's motive, and defense witnesses who argued that the killer had a deeply troubled childhood, family and history of mental illness. (Editors note: NIOT does not further publicize the name of the man convicted of the attack.)