Amy Spitalnick is the Executive Director of Integrity First for America, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that specializes in filing legal challenges against the leaders of white supremacist movements and other hate groups. Amy has over a decade of experience in this world, having worked for a number of federal, state, and local campaigns and advocacy efforts. She most recently served as Communications Director and Senior Policy Advisor to New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood and was previously an advisor in New York City Mayor’s Office and Communications Director in the New York State Senate.

IFA is perhaps best known right now for the involvement in Sines v Kessler, the lawsuit filed by a coalition of Charlottesville community members against the Nazis and white supremacists responsible for the violence that took place there in August 2017. Read more about all of their projects and ongoing litigation at their website and keep up with them on Twitter.

Writings referenced in this episode:
Anti-Semitic attackers aren't lone wolves. They're a group hiding in plain sight. CNN.com, April 29, 2019.
Why the El Paso shooter isn’t being charged with terrorism. Vox.com, August 8, 2019.
Charlottesville's white supremacists are being targeted by a law that took down the KKK. Think.NBCNews.com, August 12, 2019.

The Scanner is a production of the Mayor's Council Against Hate and the American Diversity Report.