08/31/2017

Mayors Take Strong Pledge Against Extremism, Bigotry

Nearly 300 mayors nationwide have signed a written pledge agreeing to stand up to hate

Working with the Anti-Defamation League, more than 270 mayors nationwide, including many members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, have signed a written pledge agreeing to stand up to hate in their communities.

The recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month—and the ensuing outcry, seen in cities around the country since then—made it clear that city governments will be on the front lines when hate groups step into the public square. And hundreds of the country’s mayors are speaking up about that in a big way.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Conference of Mayors released “The Mayors’ Compact,” a joint statement in which the mayors pledge that they will strongly oppose any form of bigotry, hate, or extremism emerging in their cities.

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