How we fight antisemitism now: a panel on safety, solidarity, and winning our future

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From Congress to college campuses to our communities, efforts to fight antisemitism are present and urgent. If you’re feeling frustrated, scared, or alone, this event is an opportunity to learn and connect.

You’ll hear stories about Jews and allies joining together across difference to fight antisemitism and all forms of oppression, strategies for building coalitions that strengthen the multiracial democracy we need to keep all of us safe, what’s at stake as we head into November, and how you can take action now.

Come learn from experts and organizers on safety, solidarity, and winning our future, with:

Ben Lorber & Shane Burley, authors of the book Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism
Maya Berry, Executive Director of Arab American Institute
Graie Hagans, Chief Vision Officer at Bend the Arc
Rachèl Laforest, Chief Campaigns Officer at Bend the Arc

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September 26, 2024 at 6:30pm EDT
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Zoom

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✨ Our panel ✨

	Ben Lorber is Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates, a social movement think tank, where he studies and publishes on antisemitism and white nationalism. He previously worked as national campus organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace, supporting justice-driven young Jewish communities across the country, and has written extensively on antisemitism, Israel/Palestine and Jewish identity.
	Shane Burley is known for his work on the far-right and left-wing social movements. He is the author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It (AK Press, 2017) and Why We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse (AK Press, 2021), and editor of the anthology ¡No pasarán!: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis (AK Press, 2022).
	Maya Berry is Executive Director of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a non-profit, nonpartisan, national civil rights advocacy organization founded to nurture and encourage direct participation in our political and civic life to mobilize a strong, educated, and empowered Arab American community. She also serves as the Co-Chair of the Hate Crime Task Force at the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights and on the board of Public Citizen.
	Rachel LaForest is Bend the Arc's Chief Program Officer. Her movement portfolio includes work as the Director of the Retail Action Project (RAP), a worker center which organizes primarily low-income retail and grocery workers of color around workplace and community issues; Executive Director of Right to the City Alliance (RTTC), a national alliance fighting the ill-effects of gentrification; and Organizing Director of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100.
	Graie Hagans is the Chief Vision Officer at Bend the Arc where he supports American Jews to build a thriving multiracial democracy. He designs political education curriculum for thousands of activists, organizational leaders, and members of Congress and develops and leads trainings on antisemitism and anti-Black racism, the history of racial inequality in the US, and understanding how antisemitism animates white nationalist movements.