5 Things to Know This Week in the Fight to Stop Hate

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5 Things to Know This Week in the Fight to Stop Hate

Submitted by Theresa Riley on April 10, 2021 - 8:50am

In our new weekly feature, we'll be sharing 5 headlines from the week that struck us as important. We hope you'll visit the original stories. Just click on the graphic and a link will take you there.

1. the Jabara-Heyer #NOHATEAct to prevent hate crimes HAS BEEN REINTRODUCED IN CONGRESS.

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Experts on extremism are warning about a troubling shift in the right-wing QAnon movement toward a new vein of conspiracy that blends anti-Chinese and anti-Jewish tropes with fears of vaccines and a global plot to take over the world.— THE LA TIMES

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3. #Neverforget Tuesday, April 7 was Yom Hashoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Across the country, Sikh gurdwaras are finding new ways to carry out a tradition as old as their religion. — Religion News Service

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5. Local NIOT Group member Mollie Ward wins Bloomington Ward 7 seat.

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[1] https://thehill.com/homenews/house/547450-bipartisan-lawmakers-call-for-action-an-anti-hate-crime-measures [2] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-23/qanon-conspiracy-evolves-new-world-order-china-jewish-people [3] https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/04/a-proclamation-on-days-of-remembrance-of-victims-of-the-holocaust-2021/ [4] https://religionnews.com/2020/06/26/from-farm-labor-to-food-trucks-sikhs-are-adapting-langar-to-serve-the-masses-during-a-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR3lELqMBpFfnLlsrQgWTsYKvCfEHmiQbfy9jAwoeX2bCgSbuF7lnlYNLzk [5] https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/your-local-election-hq/mollie-ward-wins-bloomington-ward-7-seat/ [6] http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=kq7cpeeab&p=oi&m=1103956636170&sit=qxnpl9rfb [7] http://www.niot.org/guide/quickstart