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."[1]
FAST was founded by Elizabeth and Tony Comper. The organization is unique in that its leadership is largely non-Jewish.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ University of New Brunswick website; CNW Group web site
- ↑ CBC news story Non-Jewish executives band together to fight anti-Semitism, August 15, 2005
- ↑ 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 (Reproduced on CJC website)
- (See also FAST: Related Reading Press coverage of FAST and its founders).
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