Seth Limmer
@sethlimmer.bsky.social
Director of Public Affairs, PERIL.
Founder, Repair Consulting.
Transformative change agent working for justice and peace.
Founder, Repair Consulting.
Transformative change agent working for justice and peace.
Today, no joke, is the first day of Second Chance Month.
Time to make sure people who have paid their debt to society get a clean slate for their future.
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Time to make sure people who have paid their debt to society get a clean slate for their future.
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Faith leaders: Millions of Illinoisans with criminal records deserve a clean slate
Illinois has a process for sealing certain records after individuals meet strict requirements. But the process is broken.
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April 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today, no joke, is the first day of Second Chance Month.
Time to make sure people who have paid their debt to society get a clean slate for their future.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/30/o...
Time to make sure people who have paid their debt to society get a clean slate for their future.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/30/o...
Our title, that captured the twisted nature of these times, was "Chains of Hope".
But we still hope these words bring hope.... and direction.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/o...
But we still hope these words bring hope.... and direction.
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Faith leaders: A text chain offers hope during these troubling times
We are all seeking solidarity to share our shock. We are digging deep into our relationships to find the strength to survive the federal crisis.
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March 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Our title, that captured the twisted nature of these times, was "Chains of Hope".
But we still hope these words bring hope.... and direction.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/o...
But we still hope these words bring hope.... and direction.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/o...
Proud to have the pulpit of the @chicagotribune.com together with my colleagues to share these important words about how we face this new era:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/26/o...
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Faith leaders: The religion of America’s empire forsakes the whole for the sake of the few
How do we respond to this dawning age of empire through a commitment to creation? We can start in our innermost circle, and radiate outward.
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January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Proud to have the pulpit of the @chicagotribune.com together with my colleagues to share these important words about how we face this new era:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/26/o...
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"Spiritual, national, religious mutation"
So proud to have a Reform Jewish leader, and MK, stand in Knessest and speak truth to power about Palestinian rights.
Please watch; the Hebrew is translated; the emotion doesn't need to be.
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So proud to have a Reform Jewish leader, and MK, stand in Knessest and speak truth to power about Palestinian rights.
Please watch; the Hebrew is translated; the emotion doesn't need to be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_v...
MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv: The Hanukkah Message We All Need to Hear This Year
YouTube video by Unxeptable
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December 30, 2024 at 3:36 PM
"Spiritual, national, religious mutation"
So proud to have a Reform Jewish leader, and MK, stand in Knessest and speak truth to power about Palestinian rights.
Please watch; the Hebrew is translated; the emotion doesn't need to be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_v...
So proud to have a Reform Jewish leader, and MK, stand in Knessest and speak truth to power about Palestinian rights.
Please watch; the Hebrew is translated; the emotion doesn't need to be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5_v...
Art inspires. The title of this brilliant piece?
Don’t confuse politeness with agreement.
Don’t confuse politeness with agreement.
December 29, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Art inspires. The title of this brilliant piece?
Don’t confuse politeness with agreement.
Don’t confuse politeness with agreement.
The end of 2024 is a time for both reflection and resolution. Here's a bit of both, Chicago-style, from me and my partners, Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, Father Michael Pfleger, and Rev. Otis Moss III.
www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/c...
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Faith leaders: Chicago’s investment in community safety will make a crucial difference
We were gratified to see a Chicago mayor introduce a 2025 budget investment of more than $100 million in community safety.
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December 23, 2024 at 3:25 PM
The end of 2024 is a time for both reflection and resolution. Here's a bit of both, Chicago-style, from me and my partners, Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, Father Michael Pfleger, and Rev. Otis Moss III.
www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/22/c...
“Only a confirmed extremist party can save Germany”, claims the President not-elect.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election
It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM
“Only a confirmed extremist party can save Germany”, claims the President not-elect.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/w...
Reposted by Seth Limmer
Watch the interview on @pbsnews.bsky.social here on our work in tracking rising #misogyny in our #schools
So pleased as always to talk with @lbarronlopez.bsky.social at @pbsnews.bsky.social tonight about rising misogyny & to have the chance to share @perilresearch.bsky.social & @splcenter.org’s new tool to understand & prevent gender- and sexuality-based bigotry:
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Researchers report stunning surge of misogyny in schools
It's been nearly three years since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and despite huge losses on both sides, there is no sign that Putin's war machine is letting up. Cotton is used to make g...
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December 11, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Watch the interview on @pbsnews.bsky.social here on our work in tracking rising #misogyny in our #schools
Always proud to work with the incredible team at PERIL. Always grateful for our partnership with SPLC.
Today, moreso.
Please check out our new resource on Gender- and Sexuality-Based Bigotry:
@milleridriss.bsky.social @regularpete.bsky.social @perilresearch.bsky.social @splcenter.org
Today, moreso.
Please check out our new resource on Gender- and Sexuality-Based Bigotry:
@milleridriss.bsky.social @regularpete.bsky.social @perilresearch.bsky.social @splcenter.org
Not Just a Joke: Understanding & Preventing Gender- & Sexuality-Based Bigotry - PERIL Research
perilresearch.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Always proud to work with the incredible team at PERIL. Always grateful for our partnership with SPLC.
Today, moreso.
Please check out our new resource on Gender- and Sexuality-Based Bigotry:
@milleridriss.bsky.social @regularpete.bsky.social @perilresearch.bsky.social @splcenter.org
Today, moreso.
Please check out our new resource on Gender- and Sexuality-Based Bigotry:
@milleridriss.bsky.social @regularpete.bsky.social @perilresearch.bsky.social @splcenter.org
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Join us in making a difference in 2025! Your most generous financial gift will help us continue this critical work and make a lasting impact. #GivingTuesday2024
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December 3, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Join us in making a difference in 2025! Your most generous financial gift will help us continue this critical work and make a lasting impact. #GivingTuesday2024
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Chicago leaders: please, let's make sure we put this on our list for the Holidays. Let's make a serious and concerted effort to reduce gun violence in our city, and let's make sure our Mayor and City Hall don't shirk their responsibilities:
www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/o...
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Faith leaders: Chicago must invest in preventing the loss of life to gun violence
The time has arrived for Chicago to pass an ordinance to establish an Office of Gun Violence Reduction.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Chicago leaders: please, let's make sure we put this on our list for the Holidays. Let's make a serious and concerted effort to reduce gun violence in our city, and let's make sure our Mayor and City Hall don't shirk their responsibilities:
www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/01/o...
Christopher Wray has it right:
“There’s a right way and a wrong way to express your views in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way,” he said.
Extremist terrorism is terrorism, regardless of which extreme.
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“There’s a right way and a wrong way to express your views in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way,” he said.
Extremist terrorism is terrorism, regardless of which extreme.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Fugitive on FBI most-wanted list arrested in U.K. after more than 20 years
Daniel Andreas San Diego is accused of bombing two companies in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003 and has been labeled a “domestic terrorist” by the FBI.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Christopher Wray has it right:
“There’s a right way and a wrong way to express your views in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way,” he said.
Extremist terrorism is terrorism, regardless of which extreme.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“There’s a right way and a wrong way to express your views in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way,” he said.
Extremist terrorism is terrorism, regardless of which extreme.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“A glaring reminder of how dangerously easy it is to accept bigotry when we are emotionally exhausted and politically overwhelmed”.
And important reminder to work through the difficulty of this moment from the OG Emcee, Joel Grey:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
And important reminder to work through the difficulty of this moment from the OG Emcee, Joel Grey:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
Opinion | Joel Grey: ‘Cabaret’ Was a Warning. It’s Time to Heed It.
Much has changed since the show debuted on Broadway in 1966, but it’s what hasn’t changed that should worry us.
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November 25, 2024 at 2:24 PM
“A glaring reminder of how dangerously easy it is to accept bigotry when we are emotionally exhausted and politically overwhelmed”.
And important reminder to work through the difficulty of this moment from the OG Emcee, Joel Grey:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
And important reminder to work through the difficulty of this moment from the OG Emcee, Joel Grey:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/o...
Important essay--yes, in Teen Vogue!!--to understand the Manosphere and its manipulations.
www.teenvogue.com/story/how-th...
@milleridriss.bsky.social @perilresearch.bsky.social
www.teenvogue.com/story/how-th...
@milleridriss.bsky.social @perilresearch.bsky.social
Two Men Explain How They Left the Manosphere — and Why Some Never Will
There's no one clear path, but it is possible.
www.teenvogue.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Important essay--yes, in Teen Vogue!!--to understand the Manosphere and its manipulations.
www.teenvogue.com/story/how-th...
@milleridriss.bsky.social @perilresearch.bsky.social
www.teenvogue.com/story/how-th...
@milleridriss.bsky.social @perilresearch.bsky.social
"In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, social media was replete with reactionary misogynistic hate and vitriol."
Important read!
gnet-research.org/2024/11/20/t...
Important read!
gnet-research.org/2024/11/20/t...
The Trump Manosphere: Reactionary Male Supremacy, Misogyny and Accelerationist Violence in the Post-Election Era - GNET
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November 20, 2024 at 3:24 PM
"In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, social media was replete with reactionary misogynistic hate and vitriol."
Important read!
gnet-research.org/2024/11/20/t...
Important read!
gnet-research.org/2024/11/20/t...
Honored to learn from Judy and Dennis Shepard, who lost their son Matthew to hate in 1998.
Gratitude to our Department of Justice for convening people to honor the 15th anniversary of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Sadly, needed today as much as ever.
Gratitude to our Department of Justice for convening people to honor the 15th anniversary of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Sadly, needed today as much as ever.
November 19, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Honored to learn from Judy and Dennis Shepard, who lost their son Matthew to hate in 1998.
Gratitude to our Department of Justice for convening people to honor the 15th anniversary of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Sadly, needed today as much as ever.
Gratitude to our Department of Justice for convening people to honor the 15th anniversary of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Sadly, needed today as much as ever.
Reposted by Seth Limmer
#GivingTuesday2024 occurs December 3, but we are making our ask early due to urgency. 1/2
Donate here: giving.american.edu/page/32378/d...
#antiextremism #antihate
Donate here: giving.american.edu/page/32378/d...
#antiextremism #antihate
November 19, 2024 at 5:10 PM
#GivingTuesday2024 occurs December 3, but we are making our ask early due to urgency. 1/2
Donate here: giving.american.edu/page/32378/d...
#antiextremism #antihate
Donate here: giving.american.edu/page/32378/d...
#antiextremism #antihate
Alas, not an isolated incident, but an organized and dangerous campaign:
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Biden condemns neo-Nazi march in streets of Ohio’s capital
The president, Ohio’s governor and Columbus’s mayor have all spoken out against the incident, in which people clad in black waved flags with swastikas.
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November 19, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Alas, not an isolated incident, but an organized and dangerous campaign:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
Glad for the reporting here.
Must get to the truth of this important matter:
apnews.com/article/trum...
Must get to the truth of this important matter:
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible 'Insider Threat'
Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member.
apnews.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Glad for the reporting here.
Must get to the truth of this important matter:
apnews.com/article/trum...
Must get to the truth of this important matter:
apnews.com/article/trum...