"Driving the news: The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) tells Axios that the unity dinners will begin mid-September in New Orleans, bringing students together from Tulane, Xavier, Dillard and Loyola universities. Dinners will then continue in Baltimore, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston as part of a 14-city tour. The effort will invite students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as well as from schools like Rice, Temple and the University of Houston."
""We're watching what people are saying and hearing on social media...and you can see a significant rise and normalization of tropes and hate speech," FCAS President Adam Katz told Axios. Katz said the unity dinners are a "powerful intervention" against hate and battles against stereotypes that need to be confronted before they fester and evolve into something dangerous. "It's been, frankly, so inspiring and so powerful," Katz said of previous unity dinners before the launch of the new tour."
"State of play: Hate crimes in the United States last year hit their second-largest total since the FBI started keeping data, the agency said this week. The numbers show that anti-Jewish hate crimes are still near or around record levels, analyst Brian Levin told Axios. Liberal and conservative-leaning organizations have been at odds over how to fight antisemitism on college campuses."
Unity dinners will begin mid-September in New Orleans and will bring students from Tulane, Xavier, Dillard and Loyola together. The dinners will continue across a 14-city tour including Baltimore, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston. The effort will invite students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities as well as institutions such as Rice, Temple and the University of Houston. Events aim to rebuild historical bonds between Black and Jewish communities that predate the Civil Rights Movement. Conversations will address anti-Black racism, antisemitism and campus misunderstandings. Hillel International and the UNCF will partner on the initiative amid rising hate-crime data.
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