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“How do people become haters? They often don’t even know who it is they hate. Hate Jews? They’ve never met a Jewish person. Hate Blacks? They’ve never had a conversation with an African American. Immigrants? Same. They’re just striking out. Angry and lacking any meaning and purpose in their own lives, they’re bent on destroying others. “

Our friend Christina Leimer shares what she learned about how hate groups get started and grow and what we can do as individuals and communities to help dismantle these kinds of groups.

Read her full account at ussocialconscience.org

Hundreds of people gathered at Monona Terrace on Sunday, Dec. 10th to hear a powerful, inspirational message from Pardeep Kaleka and Arno Michaelis, both advisory board members of We Are Many – United Against Hate and founders of Serve2Unite. Their stories began in very different places, but were brought together in the aftermath of the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, WI in 2012. Together they shared with Madison an incredible story of heartbreak, forgiveness, compassion, and resolve.

Video coverage of the event was provided by Madison City Channel and is available for you see for yourself this powerful message, using the links below:

The entire 2 1/2 hour program is available here or use the links below to jump to specific parts of the event:

• Arno’s address to the audience
• “Waking in Oak Creek” – Documentary about the Oak Creek Sikh Temple community shared with the audience
• Pardeep’s address to the audience
• Audience Q & A moderated by Dee Hall from The Wisconsin Center For Investigative Journalism

“I was very happy to be a small part of this outstanding event. I stayed throughout as I found not only the presentations, videos and the Q & A very compelling and personally meaningful. I was happy to join Mike Basford, Chair Democratic Party of Dane County and you on stage showing our joint support for this outstanding program. Looking forward to future discussions.”
– Dave Glomp, Chair Public Relations, Republican Party of Dane County.

It’s only one week until our free, open to the public forum ‘Moving Past Hate’. We hope that you will join us at Monona Terrace on Sunday, Dec. 10th at 1:30pm. This event has garnered a tremendous amount of support throughout Dane county and is creating a lot of positive energy, bringing folks from all walks of life together to stand up against hate in our community. (More details on the event are available at our Facebook event page)

Our founder and organizer of this event was interviewed along with a number of our sponsors, contributors, and participating guests on Neil Heinen’s show “For The Record”. If you’re interested to learn a bit more about this event and what United Against Hate is all about, we highly recommend checking out this video.

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