Deborah Levine is Editor-in-Chief of the American Diversity Report, an award-winning author of 14 books, and was recently named a “Diversity and Inclusion Trailblazer” by Forbes Magazine.  She writes a regular column for the Chattanooga Times Free Press about issues of diversity and social justice, and she is the founder of the DuPage /Chicago Interfaith Resource Network and the Southeast Women’s Council on Diversity. We’re very proud that she’s also a founding steering committee member of the Mayor’s Council Against Hate.

Deborah’s latest book, which she wrote with Marc Brenman, is called “When Hate Groups March Down Main Street.” Every single page of this book is teeming with ideas and suggestions and strategies that people in cities and towns all over American can use to combat hate and violent extremism at the local level. The book is clearly inspired by the terrible events in Charlottesville that took place in 2017, but as Deborah and Marc make clear, there is plenty to be concerned about in cities of all sizes, everywhere in the country right now, but also plenty of reasons to be hopeful. Their book is a resource manual that’s meant to be put into action by people who want to reclaim a sense of safety and civility in our country right now and its release could not be more timely.

Referenced in this episode:

"When Hate Groups March Down Main Street: Engaging A Community Response." Rowman & Littlefield.
"When Hate Comes to Your Town," by David Grinberg. Democracy Guardian, November 7, 2019.
Council Against Hate + Mainx24: "When Hate Groups March Down Main Street" release party, December 7, 2019.