Stop the Hate

Celebrating socially responsible student upstanders committed to helping create a more positive, inclusive community.

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

Our favorite holiday is almost here... We can't wait to welcome everyone around the table this Passover. Check out this a video of kids trying traditional Passover foods to get you in the mood! https://t.co/b7AH75NY3z

[The City Club of CLE @TheCityClub]

Today, @IrshadManji is in conversation with @aoscruggs discussing her book on healing a polarized America. Follow #CityClub, or watch the forum live on our homepage at https://t.co/1N1RB4fiCn.

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

The top ten 2019 #StopTheHate essay contest finalists meet with Mayor Frank Jackson tonight. Thank you @cityofcleveland for supporting these student #upstanders! #cleveland #northeastohio #diversity #inclusion

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

Tune into @soundofideas on @WCPN now to hear #StopTheHate essay contest winners and finalists talk about their experiences with discrimination and how they are standing up and speaking out. #northeastohio #cleveland #studentvoices #bethechange

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

Good luck to these top 25 #StopTheHate essay contest finalists competing for $100,000 in scholarships and prizes through the @MaltzMuseum! So proud of these #student #upstanders! You’re all winners tonight!!!

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

All the student #upstanders wowed us during the #stopthehate photo & video shoot for the top 25 contest finalists. Thousands enter only one can take home the top $40k grand prize. Who will it be? Join us at the award ceremony to celebrate their voices!

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

The 2019 #StopTheHate finalists were announced! Congrats to all the participants for opening up & talking about what you would do to Stop the Hate. Join us for the award ceremony on March 14 at 6:30pm at Cleveland Museum of Art to see who wins! https://t.co/y2UZtwBZ0U

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

We are still feeling the energy from yesterday’s #StopTheHate Youth Sing Out @rockhall with @ClevelandROAM - Now students can enter to win the essay writing contest: https://t.co/mQ62OD8Edr

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

Students from International Newcomer Academy take the stage at @RockHall as part of @MaltzMuseum #StopTheHate Youth Sing Out. The original song penned with a teaching artist form @ClevelandROAM shared their own struggles as refugees & hope for a new life in America. Bravo!

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

Shaw High School kicks off the #StopTheHate Youth Sing Out competition at @rockhall with teaching artists from @ClevelandROAM

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

#StopTheHate essay writing contest is underway! 6-12th graders in Northeast Ohio: send us your words on how you are standing up to hate for a chance to win big! https://t.co/KwQnD7Pscl

[Maltz Museum @MaltzMuseum]

Yesterday’s tragedy is a reminder that we must never stop working to build the kind of inclusive society in which all people of all faiths and backgrounds are valued and respected. Our thoughts and prayers are with the community of Pittsburgh.

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

“The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.” Trailblazing actress and activist Ruby Dee was born #OTD in 1924. Download this poster and share with your students! https://t.co/VM9W8KURyM

[Facing History @facinghistory]

We are sickened and angry at today’s murders in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue. Facing History and Ourselves calls on all of us to stand together to push back the forces of hate and uphold our commitment to the dignity of human life.

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

11 people are dead after an anti-Semitic gunman opened fire at #TreeOfLifeSynagogue in Pittsburgh. Use the resources in this edition of The Moment to talk to your students about how hate takes hold and what they can do to fight it. https://t.co/w5m1UQBD5K

[ADL @ADL]

UPDATE: Our experts collected background on the shooter in today's vicious #antiSemitic #hate crime, who regularly espoused vile #antiSemitism & white supremacist rhetoric online. This is now likely the deadliest attack against Jews in the US. More: https://t.co/WVSrhOao9v

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

"It shouldn't be scary to be who you are," Kaysen said. "I mean, maybe a little bit at first. But it's way happier this way. Trust me."
#StopTheHate

[NPR @NPR]

Kaysen, a young transgender boy, and his mother reflect on what he once called the happiest moment in his life:

"Jan. 16, 2015, 8:45 p.m.," he tells his mom. "You bought me boxer pants." https://t.co/CgUCD4LUOe

[Stop the Hate @stopthehateUS]

"When they pass by, they will see a plaque in his honor. They will see that this is a church that has learned from the example of violence that we need to stand and be counted as among those who work for justice and the full embrace of all God's children." https://t.co/WSzHURhqOB

[Washington National Cathedral @WNCathedral]

The first openly gay bishop to be consecrated @BishopGRobinson welcomes the body of #MatthewShepard home. "Gently rest in this place."

[Washington National Cathedral @WNCathedral]

Cathedral stone carver Sean Callahan prepares the memorial tablet for #MatthewShepard ahead of Friday's interment at @WNCathedral.

If you can't be at the service, join us online at https://t.co/OETHxyfWZ8