Fighting Hate and Extremism in the South: Meet Allison Padilla-Goodman of the Anti-Defamation League

On this episode, Allisaon Padilla-Goodman, Vice President of the Southern Division of the Anti-Defamation League joins me. As Vice President of the Southern Division, Allison Padilla-Goodman and her team work daily to fight antisemitism and all forms of hate in the Cleveland, Florida, South Central, Southeast and Washington, D.C. regional offices. 

In this episode we talk about:

1. Allison's origin story - you have to listen!  
2. Her early work in academia and as a community organizer and what that work taught her.
3. The term “othering” and what it has to do with hate and extremism.
4.  The Anti-Defamation League and how she first became involved.
5. The specific work ADL does in fighting extremism, policy, and education.
6.  How the ADL, like many groups working for social change, faces criticism. So we explore that and how she deals with it. We also talk about what she wants people to understand about the work ADL does.
7. What can people, specifically young people, can do in their own communities to address hate and extremism.

Allison's Bio:

Allison joined ADL in 2014 as the Regional Director of ADL’s New Orleans office after many years in academia. Her academic work focused on racial identities and othering. Most recently, she was the Regional Director of ADL’s Atlanta office. Prior to her work at ADL and in academia, Allison was a Senior Research Fellow in the premier Center for Service-Learning in Southeast Asia, worked in public education in New Orleans, and was a community organizer around public safety and culture. She received the Torch of Liberty Distinguished Service award by the ADL New Orleans Regional Board and has become an avid voice for fighting hate in the American South.

Allison earned a B.A. from Middlebury College, an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University, and a PhD in Sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center. 

Allison's Contact information:

• www.adl.org
• agoodman@adl.org
•  https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonpadillagoodman

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