'Community Response' to Islamic Center threat
Editor,
On Monday, November 28, 2016, it was reported that The Islamic Center of Savannah received horrible, hateful threats over the weekend.
This is NOT okay. This is not who we are and it is unacceptable. We should never tolerate or excuse these actions, especially in our diverse community.
Say this again and again. Say it loud. Say it every time you can. Do not let hate be normalized. Amplify the voices of those who do not tolerate hate, discrimination, threats. Amplify those who say no to cowardice. No to racism. No to hate.
Say yes to standing beside your neighbor.
Say yes to choosing love over hate.
Say yes to disrupting and ending this type of behavior.
Stand by your neighbor. The people of the Islamic Center of Savannah are our family —and no one hurts our family.
We are the beloved community. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.
Emergent Savannah
A full list of signatories follows:.
Fred Nadelman
Jane and Bill Hoffman
AL Addington
Amy Schindler
Karen Abato, ATR-BC, LCAT
Ylana Abbott, Solidarity in Savannah
Ibrahim Abdul-Malik
Dr. Danielle Alexander
Mary Alpern
The Reverend Guillermo Arboleda, St. Matthews Church
Nicole Baker
Kyle Ballantine and John Pollock
Mike Banta, Chatham County Democratic Committee
Latasha Barnes, Save Our Youth
Kelley and Patrick Best
Sam Beetler II
Rev. Eric Beene
Kelly Blackmarr Carlile
Pastor Andy Blair, Tapestry Church
Raine Blunk & Greg Hornak, QuoLab
Charles Breazeale, Armstrong State GSA Vice President
Rabbi Rachael Bregman, Temple Beth Tefilloh
Tia Brightwell, Kayton-Frazier Resident Advocate
Bridget L. Browne
Eric Brown
Janet Buelow, Armstrong State University professor
Jennifer T. Graham, Shelter From the Rain Inc. Betsy Bull, Emergent Savannah
Jolene Byrne, President, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools
Mehmet Caglayan - Blue Voyage Productions
John Cary
Jim Casey
Miriam Center, Daughters of Destiny
Melanie Chaffin-Poeling
The Reverend Michael Chaney, St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Ellen Cheng
Rev. Lauren Colwell, First Baptist Church Savannah
Lisa A. Costello, Professor
Deborah Crane - Progressive Activist, M.O.R.E
Jan Cunningham
Atom Davis
Phillip Davis, The Indigos
Adam Dean
Melissa DeLynn, Rev., Healer, Yogi, Business Owner
Leia Devine
Suzanne Donovan
Reverend Lynn A. Drake, Wesley Oak UMC
Dare Dukes, Executive Director, Deep Center
Rev. Jan Durham, Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church
Elizabeth L. Dykes, Savannah Friends Meeting
Steve, Kristy, and Luke Edenfield of Savannah
Susan Earl
Brooks Easterling
Emily Eisenhart,Center for Addiction Recovery
Rick Ellison, Issues, Chatham County Democratic Committee
Marisol Estrada, Savannah Undocumented Youth Alliance Louise Frazier, CCDC
Kathleen M. Fritz
SuAnne Fu, SCAD professor
Nancy Fullbright
Denise German
Kayla Goggin, Art Rise Savannah
Michael Granado, Savannah Technical College
Phoenix Godwin, Savannah Comrades
Rabbi Robert Haas, Congregation Mickve Israel
Michelle Haberland
Matt Haddock, IATSE Local 320
Margaret Hall
Dr. Jenni Halpin
The Reverend Candace Hardnett & Erika Hardnett, Agape Empowerment Ministries
Molly Hayden
Ginger Heidel
Rev. Billy Hester, Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church
Cheri Hester
Elizabeth Hodges
Danny and Melanie Holland
Amanda J. Hollowell
Corey Houlihan, Ink & Bones Clothing Co.
Chelsea Jackson-Greene
Dr. Otis Johnson, Former Mayor of Savannah
James M. Jackson
Joe Johnson
Megan Jones
Julie Jordan
Rev. Susan Karlson and Alan Kindler
Michelle Kelly
Joan and Larry Dane-Kellogg
K. J. Kenner
Christina Ketron
Tricia Kilgore
Rob Kilgore
Trent Kissinger, teacher
Jeff Kirk
Carrie Lee Kitchen Tom Kohler
Shauna Kucera
James D. Lacoss
Jessica L. Lacoss
Antwan Lang, Southeast Regional Director for Young Democrats of Georgia
Melissa Laurents Smith
Kevin Lawver
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Mark Lebos, Strong Gym
Reverend Marilyn Leigh
Molly G. Lieberman, Loop It Up Savannah
Danielle Lilly, Chatham County Democratic Committee
Rudd Long
Shelley Lowther, business owner
Joshua Lowther, attorney
Natasha Marciana, Fred Wessels Resident Advocate
Jessica Mathis
Joel and Kathy Matulys
St.Claire Mars
Dede Mays
Kate McAlpine
William G McFadden
Jenny McCord, Faye Montgomery, Erin Roma and Chelsey Beck, Voices for Schools
Rubi McGrory
Rev. David H. Messner, Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah
Philly Meyers, Organize Savannah
Katherine Mills
Rev. Grady W. Mills, II, Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church
Kristopher Monroe, SMN Columnist, Historic Sites and Monuments Commission member
Rev. Alex T Moreschi, St. Thomas Episcopal Church & Common Grounds Savannah
Joanne Morton, Massive Events / Well FED Savannah
Nathan Mullins, Savannah State University instructor
The Rev. Deacon Geri Lee Nelson, St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Panhandle Slim
Courtnay Papy, Emergent Savannah
Aj Perez, Sulfur Studios
Cynthia Perkins, Lines on Paper ~ By Cynthia
Monica Phillips
Amy E. Potter
Abby Powell
Caroline Pritchard
Jane V. Rago
Stephanie Raines
JinHi Soucy Rand, Muse Arts Warehouse
Emily Randall
Katharine Rapkin
Allan Ratner, President, Savannah Jewish Federation
Elizabeth Rhaney
Tricia Richardson, Mixed Greens
Emily Richardson-Dion
Bill & Donne Rolfes
Amy Rolnick
Domenick and Erin Roma
Savannah Working Against Human Trafficking
Judy Saucerman
Delores R. Saxman
Helen D. Schandolph
Rachel Schwartz, Professor
Alicia Scott, Introspect Consulting Group
George Seaborough, President, Twickenham Neighborhood Association
Julie Shell
Yolandra G. Shipp, Academic Girls Empowering for Success
Cathy Skidmore-Hess
Daniel Skidmore-Hess
Marilyn Smith
Michelle Solomon
Chris Soucy
Alys Spillman
The Reverend Kelly Steele, Columba House
Joe Steffen, attorney
Kate Strain
Albert Strickland, Occupy Savannah
Barb & Tom Stuck
Step Up Savannah
Meredith Swinford, social worker
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Savannah Chapter
Les Taylor
K Wendy Teran-Bercovitz
Sarah E. Todd, Democratic Party of Georgia, Vice Chair of Congressional District Chairs and County Committees
Jason Thomas, Coastal Atheists and Secular Humanists (CASH)
Teresa Thornton Davis
Curtis Tucker, NGO volunteer for Syrian refugees
Autumn Van Gunten, Socially Yours Group
The Reverend Kevin Veitinger, The Foundery
Danielle Hughes Rose
John Voner, Urban Savannah Chamber of Commerce Inc.
Leslie Walsh
Vicki Weeks
Jennifer C. West
Anne Allen Westbrook
Julie Wilde, Musician and Educator
Linda Wilder-Bryan LB4 & After Foundation Inc
Eli E Wilkerson
Judy Williams Jenny Woodruff and Luke Higgins
Rev. Dale Worley, Unity of Savannah
Rev. Patricia Youngquist
Cathy and Gordon Webb
Shannon Willhite
Barbara Zinn
Neha Zaer, Baha'i
Sara Breyfogle
