Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Rally in Fremont, CA in response to the Trump administration attacks on immigrants and refugees, especially the tearing apart of families. Dr. Harry Edwards spoke. (His speech is available on YouTube under the title: Fremont "Families Belong Together" 6/30/2018 rally.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

These images were taken at Pathways to Prevention:A Symposium on Building Resilience to Hate, hosted by The International Interfaith Research Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, on Thursday, January 25, 2024. We Are Many-United Against Hate participated in the event.

Vik Joshi, of the Interfaith Lab, moderated the third panel - Evidence-Based Engagements of Success and Unity. This panel featured Emelia Kay Thelemann, of Platteville (WI) High School), a student ambassador with We Are Many - United Against Hate; three students from Project Belonging at Princeton High School; and Masood Akhtar, founder and president of We Are Many-United Against Hate.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Bay Area Leaders Announce United Against Hate Week

“Hateful rhetoric is abundant throughout our community,” said Jesse Arreguín, mayor of the City of Berkeley. After Charlottesville, “my office felt something needed to be done, something positive to bring the community together...against the hate and the divisiveness and bigotry.”

Learn more about United Against Hate Week (Nov. 11-18, 2018) and the press conference at unitedagainsthateweek.org.

Credit: United Against Hate Week, unitedagainsthateweek.org

Bay Area Leaders Announce United Against Hate Week

Learn more about United Against Hate Week (Nov. 11-18, 2018) and the press conference at unitedagainsthateweek.org

Credit: United Against Hate Week, unitedagainsthateweek.org

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Bay Area Leaders Announce United Against Hate Week

Not In Our Town cofounder and Executive Director Patrice O'Neill speaks about the planning for United Against Hate Week.

“For 20 years we have been documenting and telling the story of people standing up to hate around the country, and for the most part, we didn’t focus on our own Bay Area,” said Patrice O'Neill, a leader of Not In Our Town, the Oakland-based facilitating organization supporting UAH Week. “But it is ridiculous to think anyone is immune.”

Learn more about United Against Hate Week (Nov. 11-18, 2018) and the press conference at unitedagainsthateweek.org

Credit: United Against Hate Week, unitedagainsthateweek.org

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

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Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

These images were taken at Pathways to Prevention:A Symposium on Building Resilience to Hate, hosted by The International Interfaith Research Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, on Thursday, January 25, 2024. We Are Many-United Against Hate participated in the event.

Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Executive Director of The International Interfaith Research Lab, moderated the panel on - Resilience to Hate: Storytelling as a Portal to Prevention.

This focused on Stranger at the Gate, nominated for best short documentary at the 2023 Oscars. The panel included Joshua Seftel, director of the film, and peace advocates Richard A. McKinney and Bibi Bahrami, both honorary board members of We are Many - United Against Hate, who were subjects of the documentary.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

San Francisco Screening of "Light in the Darkness" at Harvey Milk Center on Oct. 9, 2018 as part of the Bay Area Stands United Against Hate activities.

Learn more about United Against Hate Week (November 11-18, 2018) at unitedagainsthateweek.org.

Credit: United Against Hate Week, unitedagainsthateweek.org

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

These images were taken at Pathways to Prevention:A Symposium on Building Resilience to Hate, hosted by The International Interfaith Research Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, on Thursday, January 25, 2024. We Are Many-United Against Hate participated in the event.

Vik Joshi, of the Interfaith Lab, moderated the third panel - Evidence-Based Engagements of Success and Unity. This panel featured Emelia Kay Thelemann, of Platteville (WI) High School), a student ambassador with We Are Many - United Against Hate; three students from Project Belonging at Princeton High School; and Masood Akhtar, founder and president of We Are Many-United Against Hate.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

These images were taken at Pathways to Prevention:A Symposium on Building Resilience to Hate, hosted by The International Interfaith Research Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, on Thursday, January 25, 2024. We Are Many-United Against Hate participated in the event.

Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Executive Director of The International Interfaith Research Lab, moderated the panel on - Resilience to Hate: Storytelling as a Portal to Prevention.

This focused on Stranger at the Gate, nominated for best short documentary at the 2023 Oscars. The panel included Joshua Seftel, director of the film, and peace advocates Richard A. McKinney and Bibi Bahrami, both honorary board members of We are Many - United Against Hate, who were subjects of the documentary.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

These images were taken at Pathways to Prevention:A Symposium on Building Resilience to Hate, hosted by The International Interfaith Research Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, on Thursday, January 25, 2024. We Are Many-United Against Hate participated in the event.

Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Executive Director of The International Interfaith Research Lab, moderated the panel on - Resilience to Hate: Storytelling as a Portal to Prevention.

This focused on Stranger at the Gate, nominated for best short documentary at the 2023 Oscars. The panel included Joshua Seftel, director of the film, and peace advocates Richard A. McKinney and Bibi Bahrami, both honorary board members of We are Many - United Against Hate, who were subjects of the documentary.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.

Community members at the press conference announcing the Bay Area Stands United Against Hate Week planning.

Learn more about United Against Hate Week (Nov. 11-18, 2018) and the press conference at unitedagainsthateweek.org.

Credit: United Against Hate Week, unitedagainsthateweek.org

Nearly 400 students from more than 20 Wisconsin high schools gathered Wednesday, February 28 at McFarland High School for the inaugural Youth Unity Summit, to learn about and develop strategies for combating hate and hate-motivated violence in their schools. The theme of the summit is Unity Through Engagement.

The summit is sponsored by We Are Many-United Against Hate (WAM-UAH) and Wisconsin Humanities, and facilitated by WAM-UAH's student ambassadors. Students viewed the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary Stranger at the Gate, followed by a discussion with the film's title subject, Richard "Mac" McKinney, a Marine and Army veteran who had planned to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but ended up becoming a Muslim and serving as president of the mosque. The discussion also included Chris Buckley, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, whose hatred of Muslims led him to a leadership role in the Georgia White Knights of the KKK. McKinney and Buckley talked about their personal transformations away from hate.

Students also participated in training on how to confront hate and collaborate on developing strategies to bring back to their schools and communities.

Images by Kerry G. Hill, 2024. © All rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission.