AUTHOR
John Evans
John Evans has written for theater and the big screen. His essays, fiction and poetry have appeared in several publications on the East and West Coasts.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
“Hate or discrimination of one community can be used to target other communities. And you can’t talk about hate crime without talking about the importance of education.”
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Frank Wolf and David Curry, after many decades of advocating for human rights and religious freedom, will now be officially empowered to monitor violations globally.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
East met with West, Muslims conferred with Jews, Democrats sat with Republicans, and all were in agreement that international religious freedom has something to do with each of us.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
“One of the greatest gifts you can give someone is to make them feel they are being seen and are being heard.”
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
“If someone’s going to hate on Muslims they’re also going to hate on Jews. We need to stick together. The more we stick together, the greater this union we call America is.”
RELIGIOUS LITERACY
It is hard to be suspicious of something that has no mystery about it. It is difficult to hate from close-up.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
“Unprecedented” is the word the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) used to describe the global refugee situation in this year’s annual report.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, like so many members of the AAPI community itself, had to wait far too long to be recognized. As a result America has had to wait—and suffer—too. But it’s never too late to make up for lost time.
INCLUSION & RESPECT
“Protecting children from bullying and other forms of violence at school is not just an ethical imperative or a laudable aim of education policy: it is a question of human rights.”
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
As Chairperson Maenza said, “The scope and scale of the violations are disheartening, but it makes us all the more determined.”
