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Take Action
Use the links below to learn about ways you can take action.
- ADL: Take Action The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) is a non-governmental organization that uses comprehensive approaches to fighting hate and securing justice, including countering cyberhate, anti-bias education and law enforcement training. They have many informative resources and training programs that help in the fight against Anti-Semitism, Racism, and hate in all forms.
- NAPAWF Take Action The NAPAWF (National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum) works to build a movement for social, political, and structural change for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls. They work to create a safer, more just world for Asian Pacific American Women and their communities and have resources for you to help them reach their goals.
- UHRP Take Action The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) promotes the rights of the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim peoples in East Turkistan (referred to by the Chinese government as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) through research-based advocacy.
- Support LGBTQ+ Rights and the passage of the Equality Act in the United States Congress:
- Read about the Equality Act at the Human Rights Campaign website.
- Rep. Schneider voted for the Equality Act and helped the House pass it in March of 2021. Both Senator Duckworth and Senator Durbin have signed on as co-sponsors of the Senate bill as well. You can write to thank all of them for their support of this legislation. In addition, since the Senate version of the bill is in the Judiciary Committee and Senator Durbin is chair of that committee, you can urge him to take up the matter in committee so that it moves along toward passage in the Senate. Contact Representative Schneider, contact Senator Duckworth, and/or contact Senator Durbin.
- GLSEN Take Action
- The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition asks us to urge our elected officials (Rep. Schneider, Sen. Duckworth & Sen. Durbin) to support pending legislation “THE TRUTH AND HEALING COMMISSION ON INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL POLICIES IN THE U.S. ACT” (H.R.5444 AND S.2907). UPDATE: Rep. Schneider sent us a letter in response to our plea from 2022, and he supported the bill, as did Sen. Durbin, but neither was passed by Congress.
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In January 2023, the IL Holocaust Museum sent us an alert & call for action concerning a red flag for genocide in Artsakh, Azerbeijian.
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Senator Durbin 202.224.2152 (or submit letter online)
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Senator Duckworth (202) 224-2854 (or submit letter online)
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Rep. Schneider (202) 225-0837 (or submit letter online) - Rep. Schneider has cosponsored H.Res.108
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Learn How To Be An Upstander
The image above is four steps from Learning for Justice from their Speak Up At School guide.
Check out these resources as well:
- the 5 D's of Bystander Intervention from Right To Be
- Bystander Intervention Trainings from Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ)
Advice from Holocaust Survivors
The above YouTube clip is from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In it, Holocaust survivors who volunteer at the Museum remind us of our responsibility in the face of hate. Closed-captioning on YouTube is enabled for this clip.
Also check out Keeping Voices Alive - This project was started by Samantha Feinberg (DHS Class of 2022) in an effort to remember and honor survivors of the Holocaust. In an effort to keep survivors' memories alive and educate future generations, Keeping Voice Alive has asked survivors to share some words of wisdom and what they would like future generations to know.
