How can young people help lead a movement to fight hate in their schools and communities?
That question is being answered in Pittsburgh as 25 schools across Allegheny County adopt year-long action plans for students to address hate and foster belonging.
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October 18, 2024 - 12:14pm
Highlights From United Against Hate Week 2024
July 19, 2024 - 11:31am
A ceremony to celebrate the groundbreaking for a new building on the site of a center to remember the victims and understand antisemitism. This powerful gathering of Pittsburgh, PA, and national leaders was a signal of the resilience of the Tree of Life congregation and community. Speakers included Wolf Blitzer, Gov. Josh Shapiro, and First Gentleman Doug Emhoff. NIOT leader Patrice O’Neill joined the community to celebrate the groundbreaking.
July 15, 2024 - 2:17pm
Our country was fundamentally changed sixty years ago this month when Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, finally prohibiting discrimination and granting fundamental rights to Black people. As Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke noted in her remarks, the passage of this fundamental shift in federal law granting basic rights to all Americans was not a foregone conclusion, and many believed it may not be possible at the time. After 75 days of filibuster and negotiation in Congress, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964.
NIOT leader Patrice O’Neill was invited to a ceremony commemorating the Civil Rights Act on July 9 and the following day to celebrate the 1964 founding of the Department of Justice Community Relations Service. At the event, Director Justin Lock awarded NIOT a Community Friend of CRS Award.
June 13, 2024 - 10:43am
The Charleston church shooting on June 17, 2015, claimed the lives of nine individuals, prompting national reflection on the need to confront hate, as commemorated in New Scenes from Charleston: The Days After