Allison Padilla-Goodman is the Southern Regional Director for the Anti-Defamation League. She was kind enough to join the Mayor's Council Against Hate at our most recent public meeting in July, where she spoke about the state of hate across the south -- including some truly stunning statistics about the rise in white supremacist activity across Tennessee.

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Thanks to Will Davis the staff at WUTC-FM for their production assistance.