ADL New England Hosts Annual Essex County Law and Education Day in Salem

Anti-Defamation League New England will host its annual Essex County Law and Education Day Breakfast, this year’s Keynote speaker will be MA Attorney General Maura T. Healey. The event will focus on Hate Speech in the Age of Social Media. This year’s breakfast sponsors include Boston Private Bank + Trust Company, Davio’s, Eastern Bank, Rudolph Friedmann, and North Shore Bank.

ADL New England’s Annual Essex County Law and Education Day brings together legal, education, law enforcement and interfaith leaders to explore issues related to hate and bullying in our schools and this year will specifically target cyber hate in the age of social media. While the Internet’s capacity to improve the world is boundless, it is also used by some to transmit anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim bigotry, racism, homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia and other forms of hate, prejudice and bigotry. Today, when social media is as much a part of daily life as face-to-face interactions, especially among youth, effective ways to confront online hatred, and to educate about its dangers, are particularly important.

WHO: Keynote speaker: Maura T. Healey, Massachusetts Attorney General

Community service award honorees:

Chief Robert Picariello, Marblehead Police Department

Assistant Principal Lytania Mackey, Swampscott High School

WHEN: Thursday, June 4th

7:30am-9:00am

WHERE: Kernwood Country Club

1 Kernwood Street

Salem, MA 01970

COST: Tickets are $36 per guest and can be purchased online at: lawandedbreakfast.eventbrite.com

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.