JUSTICE AND FAIR TREATMENT TO ALL Founded in 1913, ADL’s timeless mission
with law enforcement. We also help high school and
has always been to stop the defamation of the Jewish people
college students recognize and react when criticism of
and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. ADL emerged
Israel crosses the line from legitimacy to anti-Semitism.
as one of the most formidable anti-hate organizations in
Our presence as a regional office
the U.S. because of its ironclad commitment to protect the rights of all Americans regardless of their race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The premise behind ADL’s work is that the Jewish community, indeed any minority or marginalized community, is only safe if all such communities are safe. ADL accomplishes our work through a network of 27 regional offices, including our office in Santa Barbara, that serve as “boots on the ground” connecting local communities to ADL’s mission. Founded in 2001, the ADL Santa Barbara/ Tri-Counties regional office serves Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties. We respond to bias and hate incidents in schools, workplaces, houses of worship – anywhere
“ … delivering workshops to educators and students about recognizing how their own experiences impact the ways they perceive others. We advocate for the civil rights of minority and marginalized groups, and we share information about extremist groups with law enforcement.”
in the community that hate
depends on volunteer engagement, working relationships with educators, coalition partners, and law enforcement, and of course financial support from the community. Our ADL Action Committee provides opportunities for volunteers to lead and join local initiatives furthering ADL’s broad mission. We welcome you to contact our office to learn more about that committee and its current efforts. If you are an educator or parent interested in bringing programs addressing bias, hate symbols, bullying, or Holocaust education to your school, we are happy to provide more information. If your organization would like to learn more about ADL’s work, we can provide a presentation. If you have experienced, witnessed, or learned of a hate incident in our area, we encourage you to report the incident via ADL’s website, adl.org, so we can track
happens. We much prefer, however, to prevent such
such incidents and respond as appropriate.
incidents and work to do so by delivering workshops to
We are proud to be an active contributor to the
educators and students about recognizing how their own experiences impact the ways they perceive others. We advocate for the civil rights of minority and marginalized groups, and we share information about extremist groups
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Jewish and larger communities in our tri-counties region, and we welcome your participation.
We are indeed better together!
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