Help Stop Hate: Supporting Individuals and Communities
Monday, April 28, 2025
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Online (Zoom)
Librarians play a special role in supporting people affected by hate, including both victims and people at risk of becoming perpetrators of hate, extremism, and targeted violence.
This session will describe the state of hate in Illinois; share about Help Stop Hate, a new helpline and telephone service that provides confidential support for people and communities affected by hate; and consider some ways that empowered professionals can intervene for good.
All ILA Noon Network webinars are free. Registration for all live webinars is limited to Illinois libraries.
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About the Speaker
Elana G. Kahn is Executive Director of the Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes within the Illinois Department of Human Rights. As part of a career dedicated to community building, interfaith and intergroup relations, and public communication, she has experience in various modalities of conflict resolution, facilitation, and strategic communication.
She currently serves as Board Chair of Tikkun B’Yachad: Repairing Together, a youth program focused on intercommunal relations and previously served as board chair of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee and the American Jewish Press Association. Other board service includes the following: Lux Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology; Community Coalition for Quality Policing; and We are Many: United Against Hate.
She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Emerson College and a master’s degree from Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership.
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