ADL: We are Indeed Better Together

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 depends on volunteer engagement, commitment to protect the “… delivering workshops working relationships with rights of all Americans regardless educators, coalition partners, of their race, religion, national to educators and and law enforcement, and of origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The students about course financial support from the community. Our ADL Action premise behind ADL’s work is that the Jewish community, indeed recognizing how their Committee provides opportunities for volunteers to lead and join local any minority or marginalized own experiences initiatives furthering ADL’s broad community, is only safe if all such communities are safe. impact the ways they mission. We welcome you to contact our office to learn more about that ADL accomplishes our work perceive others. We committee and its current efforts. through a network of 27 If you are an educator or parent regional offices, including our advocate for the civil interested in bringing programs office in Santa Barbara, that serve as “boots on the ground” rights of minority addressing bias, hate symbols, bullying, or Holocaust education connecting local communities to ADL’s mission. Founded in and marginalized to your school, we are happy to provide more information. If your 2001, the ADL Santa Barbara/ groups, and we share organization would like to learn Tri-Counties regional office serves Santa Barbara, Ventura, information about more about ADL’s work, we can provide a presentation. If you and San Luis Obispo counties. extremist groups with have experienced, witnessed, We respond to bias and hate or learned of a hate incident incidents in schools, workplaces, law enforcement.” in our area, we encourage you houses of worship – anywhere to report the incident via ADL’s in the community that hate 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 Jewish and larger communities in our tri-counties experiences impact the ways they perceive others. We region, and we welcome your participation. advocate for the civil rights of minority and marginalized groups, and we share information about extremist groups We are indeed better together!