New Videos

Be Kind to Those You Hate

This week, FAIR is featuring two new videos with blues musician and anti-racism activist Daryl Davis. In the first video, Davis explains why we should be kind even to those you hate, because when we respond to hate with more hate, we merely perpetuate a toxic cycle. However, when we return negativity with kindness, we help instill the habit of kindness in others. 

In the second video, Davis shows how applying these principles in his own life helped break the cycle of hate, which ultimately caused over 200 Klansmen to denounce their racist beliefs and turn in their robes.

FAIR Legal Webinar

On October 7th, FAIR hosted a legal webinar titled “Civil Rights in Our K-12 Schools: Challenges and Options in the Era of Intolerance.” The webinar included FAIR Advisors and a panel of legal experts who discussed the legal avenues available for civil rights violations in schools and the options available to parents and guardians to advocate for civil liberties and tolerance. 

Panelists include FAIR’s Legal Network Managing Director Letitia Kim, FAIR Advisor Maud Maron, and litigator and trial lawyer Daniel Cragg. The panel is moderated by FAIR Advisor Ian Rowe.

View the full webinar here.

FAIR Mental Health Webinar

On September 22nd, FAIR hosted a mental health webinar titled “A Path Forward: Protecting Students’ Mental Health in a Divisive World.” The panel included former educator Paul Rossi and Dana Stangel-Plowe, the psychoanalyst, parent coach, and author Erica Komisar, LCSW, and healthcare expert Dr. Carrie Mendoza, MD, and Brooklyn Technical High School senior Daniel Idfresne.

Panelists discussed how ideologies that fixate on immutable traits contribute to childhood anxiety and depression, the ways human psychology is being manipulated to push illiberal ideas, the psychological impact of shaming and silencing speech, and much more.

View the full webinar here.

FAIR Spotlight

FAIR Spotlight is where we share the reasons our members give for supporting FAIR’s pro-human mission. If you would like to share your reasons for supporting FAIR, please do so by emailing [email protected].

Upcoming Events

TODAY: FAIR Educator Alliance

Teachers often feel isolated and alone in their schools, but FAIR is here for you! We will be holding weekly informal “happy hours” to share experiences and concerns and work on developing resources just for teachers. We’ll also be holding more formal monthly meetings to address issues based on your needs and interests.

Our introductory meeting is TODAY, October 14th, at 8:00pm EST. We hope to see you! For more information, contact [email protected]

Grassroots Training Workshops

Are you ready to be an effective advocate for pro-human values in your community? You know in your heart of hearts our common culture of fairness, understanding, and humanity requires you to be civically engaged and actively organizing and advocating in your community.

But how do you get started?

We’ve got you covered with the FAIR Grassroots Leader Training series.

Register now for the next 3-session series to learn practical tools for organizing your community, how to be a more effective advocate, and ways to create positive, bottom-up change in our culture and country. The 3 sessions include:

Grassroots Leader Session 1 | Bottom-Up Organizing

Grassroots Leader Session 2 | Finding Your Place At FAIR

Grassroots Leader Session 1 | Organizing Your Organizing

Register now for the next Grassroots Leader Training series.

The Omni-American Future

On October 24th and 25th, The American Sephardi Federation, the Jazz Leadership Project, and the Combat Antisemitism Movement are joining forces to fight Racism and Antisemitism with an online event featuring artists, thinkers, and musicians who will offer perspectives on a shared "Omni-American” future. FAIR is a sponsor for the event, and FAIR Advisor Thomas Chatterton-Williams as well as Pamela Paresky will be speaking at the event.

The term “Omni-American” is borrowed from the writings of Albert Murray, the great 20th century Black American thinker and writer who, together with his good friend and celebrated novelist, Ralph Ellison, extolled America’s pluralistic and “incontestably mulatto” culture.

By robustly critiquing racial essentialism and strongly emphasizing the power of culture instead of race, Murray and Ellison's writings strike at the root of ideologies that foster division, manipulation, and hatred, and ultimately develop into Antisemitism and Racism.

Register for the digital event here.