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Homegrown Hate & Domestic Terrorism- Nationwide ZOOM Discussion

August 19, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

REGISTER HERE: https://www.united-against-hate.org/event/
Hosted by We are Many: United Against Hate

Please join us on Wednesday, August 19th at 3:00pm CST for our national webinar, “Homegrown Hate & Domestic Terrorism”.

We have invited two national subject matter experts, plus you will hear personal and real life stories from a victim of hate crime and a former white nationalist. John Stofflet from NBC 15 will be moderating the event.

Agenda

Moderator: John Stofflet, NBC 15 News, Madison, Wisconsin

3:00 pm Welcoming remarks & Purpose – Masood Akhtar, Founder/President, UAH

3:10 pm Interactive Panel Discussion

  • Professor Brian Levin, California State University, San Bernardino,
    Expert – Hate Crimes
  • Toshiana Northington
    Hate Crime Victim
  • Daryl Johnson, Owner, DT Analytics Expert
    Domestic Terrorism
  • Derek Barsaleau
    Former White Nationalist

4:00 pm Audience (Q&A)

4:25 pm Call to Action

4:30 pm Adjourn

HOSTED BY: WE ARE MANY: UNITED AGAINST HATE

OUR MISSION STATEMENT: We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of common people—urban and rural, spiritual and secular—seeking equal protection for all, united against hate, bigotry, and racism.

CONTACT: Masood Akhtar,

JOIN MOVEMENT: https://www.united-against-hate.org/join/

DONATIONS: united-against-hate.org/donate

SPONSORS:

• Madison Magazine
• WISC-TV3
• Scholz Nonprofit Law LLC
• Jessica & Jim Doyle
• McFarland School District
• Madison Area Technical College
• Office of Dane County District Attorney
• Amber Indian Cuisine
• NBC 15
• WKOW
• Freedom from Religion Foundation
• Door Engineering
• Linda and Gene Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability
• Muslim Youth Association
• Forward Community Investments
• Jewish Community Relations Council of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation
• Paul and Margaret Summerside
• Summerleigh Associates
• The Tamara D. Grigsby Office for Equity and Inclusion

BIOS:

JOHN STOFFLET
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism, John Stofflet anchors NBC15 News in Madison at 5, 6, 9 & 10. A 25-time Emmy Award winner, and two-time Regional Edward R.Murrow Award winner, Stofflet has traveled on assignment to more than 40 countries and to all 7 continents. He has interviewed everyone from President Barack Obama one-on-one at the White House, to actors like George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Stofflet has reported for stations in Madison and Seattle, and has worked nationally as a special correspondent for Nat Geo Channel and as a host on HGTV.

PROFESSOR BRIAN LEVIN
Criminologist and civil rights attorney Brian Levin is a professor of criminal justice and found- ing director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. He is the 2020 recipient of the annual Wang Family Excellence Award for outstanding scholarship in the entire CSU system – the largest in the nation. Previously, Professor Levin served as Associate Director-Legal Affairs of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Klanwatch / Militia Task Force in Montgomery, Al.; as a corporate litigator and a New York City Police Officer in the 1980s. Mr. Levin is a graduate of Stanford Law School, where he was awarded the Block Civil Liberties Award. He received his bachelor’s degree with multiple honors in American History from the University of Pennsylvania.A prominent analyst on hate and extremism worldwide, Levin has presented influential Supreme Court briefs and Congressional testimony and is frequently interviewed on TV and in newspapers. He has also given presentations to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Anti-Semitism, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, among others.

DARYL JOHNSON
Daryl Johnson is one of the foremost experts on domestic extremist groups in the US. Beginning his career as a civilian in the US Army, Johnson has held a number of government positions, most recently as senior analyst at the Department of Homeland Security. He is currently the founder of DT Analytics, a private consulting firm for law enforcement. He is also regularly cited, featured, or quoted in media covering domestic extremist groups in the US, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, National Public Radio, MSNBC, CNN, and NBC Nightly News, among many others. He is the author of “Hateland: A Long, Hard Look at America’s Extremist Heart” (Prometheus Books, 2019) and “Right-Wing Resurgence: How a Domestic Terrorism Threat Is Being Ignored” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012). Johnson is also a freelance writer for various media and civil rights organizations. In 2012, he testified before the
Senate Judiciary Committee on hate crimes and the threat of domestic extremism.

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Date:
August 19, 2020
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3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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