Join Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) for a Teach-In on Effective Community Responses to Hate & White Supremacy, followed by an Interfaith Vigil, on Friday, August 10, 2018. The teach-in will be held from 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (doors open at 2:30 p.m.), followed by an interfaith vigil from 6:00 p.m. to approximately 7:15 p.m.

Reverend William J. Barber, II, president and lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, will deliver the keynote address, and Leonard Zeskind, Founder of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, will explain the current context of far-right organizing and vigilante violence.

The teach-in will feature a panel discussion, entitled “Developing Effective Responses to Eliminate Hate.” The panel will feature Dr. Wes Bellamy, Vice Mayor, Charlottesville, VA; Dr. Randy Blazak, Oregon Coalition Against Hate Crime; Lecia Brooks, Outreach Director, Southern Poverty Law Center; Monica Hopkins, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, D.C.; and Tony McAleer, Board Chair, Life After Hate.

Refreshments will be served throughout the teach-in and vigil.

WHEN: Friday, August 10th, 2018
Teach-In: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m (doors open at 2:30 p.m.)
Interfaith Vigil: 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. (approximately)

WHAT: Teach-In on Effective Community Responses to White Supremacy & Interfaith Vigil

WHERE: Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St NW , Washington, D.C. 20016

Parking available at Annunciation Church, 3810 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016

WHO: Reps. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Jamie Raskin will be joined by special guests from The Southern Poverty Law Center, the ACLU, and the Anti-Defamation League and Reverend William Barber

Please call Rep. Raskin’s D.C. office at 202-225-5341 with any questions.