The SWC website shows their current campaign, “Stop the normalizing of antisemitism.”
What does leaving the symbol up for a month do? Much like the officer said about graffiti in general, it sends a message.
However, it is one we
Last week held Holocaust Remembrance Day. We are now in Black History Month. At a time when hate and apathy are rampant, we must remember that so too are kindness and love and progress. It seems timely to heed the warnings and guidance of those who experienced the worst in humanity and worked to make things better:
“There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today…they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters.” Simon Wiesenthal, 1980
“In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
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