We Are Many – United Against Hate
We are a non-partisan, non-profit, state-wide organization of common people who are urban and rural, spiritual and secular, seeking equal protection for all, united against hate, bigotry and racism
Our friends at the Goodman Community Center are hosting a special free event on Tuesday, November 7th. Join your neighbors for a screening of the film Dalya’s Other Country, a poignant story of a Muslim family displaced by the conflict in Syria. The screening will be accompanied by a community meal and a town hall discussion after the film.
More information and the full schedule of events can be found at the Goodman Community Center’s website.
Watch the trailer for Dalya’s Other Country.
Our own Masood Akhtar’s op-ed piece, featured in the Cap Times, calls on us all to take a part in speaking out against growing divisiveness and hate-based speech in our country. Nationalist rhetoric promoting fear and demonization of Muslims is fueling distrust and making our country less safe. Rather than singling out one group of people, we need to be singling out hate, violence, and intolerance wherever it is found.
“America is the best country on Earth and a role model for other countries. We all need to work together to protect this country from evil and keep it safe. We have to keep reminding people that it is not white America or black America or brown America. It is the United States of America. We can only keep America safe when we all speak with one voice against those who want to divide or even destroy this country.”
We Are Many – United Against Hate will hold a forum at the District #1 Old Schoolhouse (110 N. 2nd St) in Mt. Horeb on Thursday, August 3 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm.
This forum is a follow up to a “Letter to our Muslim Neighbors” that the Mount Vernon United Church of Christ (MVUCC), Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP) and the Linda and Gene Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability presented to leaders in the Muslim community in February 2016. This letter was signed by 400 people. Since then, these three groups were asked to serve as Advisory Board members to the newly formed group. “We are Many – United Against Hate” started by the Advisor to the Madison Muslim Community, Mr. Masood Akhtar. Our three groups participate as the Rural Education Subcommittee of United Against Hate. This will be our first of many educational forums for the local community.
We Are Many – United Against Hate board members Masood Akhtar and John Vaudreuil along with Sheikh Alhagie Jallow and Sarah Schlosser will serve as panelists at the event. This will be a chance for local residents to meet with and aks the panelists questions about their faith, correct misconceptions, and talk about ways we can help welcome our Muslim neighbors.
More details available on our Facebook Event page. We hope to see you there!
