FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together
- FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together
FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together, is a Canadian human rights activist group which opposes antisemitism. It was founded in 2005 and describes itself as "a coalition of non-Jewish Canadian community and business leaders dedicated to speaking out against humanity's oldest hatred." [ [http://www.unb.ca/donations/unbfutures/documents/ComperFinal-L.pdf University of New Brunswick website] ; [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2006/24/c7494.html CNW Group web site] ]
FAST was founded by Elizabeth Comper and Tony Comper. The organization is unique in that its leadership is largely non-Jewish. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/08/15/fighting-antisemitism-050815.html CBC news story] "Non-Jewish executives band together to fight anti-Semitism", August 15, 2005]
FAST sponsors "Choose Your Voice: Antisemitism in Canada", a series of lesson plans and documentation for students in Grades 6, 7 and 8 produced by the Canadian Jewish Congress. [National Post story "Non-Jewish group to fight anti-Semitism: Coalition founded by ceo: FAST to create teaching tool against bigotry", dated June 17, 2005 ( [http://www.cjc.ca/template.php?action=itn&Story=1359 Reproduced on CJC website] )]
References
:("See also [http://www.fightingantisemitism.com/fast_related.html FAST: Related Reading] Press coverage of FAST and its founders").
External links
* [http://www.fightingantisemitism.com/ FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together]
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