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Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect

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Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect
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Established1959
Location1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor, NY 10019, U.S.
Coordinates40°42′48″N 74°00′35″W / 40.7133°N 74.0097°W / 40.7133; -74.0097
TypeSocial justice organization
DirectorSteven Goldstein
Websiteannefrank.com

Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, the independent U.S. national organization among Anne Frank organizations worldwide, aims to "address civil and human rights across America." Through educational programs and grassroots organizing, the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect "calls out prejudice, counters discrimination and advocates for the kinder and fairer world of which Anne Frank dreamed."[1]

Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect works to fight hatred of refugees and immigrants, as well as antisemitism, sexism, racism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, bias against the differently abled and any other hate that runs counter to the American promise of freedom .[1] The organization has been vocal in its opposition to the civil and human rights policies of President Trump.[2][3][4] The organization opposes President Trump's executive orders to ban Muslim refugees and to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border,[5] pointing out that Anne Frank and her family were refugees to whom the United States had refused entry.[6]

Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect is headquartered in New York City, and opened an additional office in Los Angeles in 2017. The organization conducts educational programs and community organizing across the entire United States.[1]

The organization's executive director is Steven Goldstein, a civil rights leader whose work has been the subject of two motion pictures, the 2007 Oscar-winning documentary Freeheld, and the 2015 full-length feature film of the same name.[7] Goldstein became executive director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect in 2016.[8]

History

Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect was founded in 1959 as the American Committee of the Anne Frank Foundation, with Anne's father Otto Frank among its founders.[9] The organization had been the American affiliate of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. In 1977, the organization became an independent organization, the Anne Frank Center, independent of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, and remaining independent of the Anne Frank Fonds in Amsterdam.[10] The organization, with its own Board of Directors, remains independent of the two European organizations to this day. In 2016, the organization changed its name from the Anne Frank Center to the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect to reflect its increased emphasis on civil and human rights.[11]

Expanded Mission

In 2016, when the organization renamed itself the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect to reflect its expanded civil and human rights missions, the organization closed its small public gallery in lower Manhattan, which attracted mainly New York visitors.[12] The organization replaced the gallery with an expansion of community-based programs across the United States.[13]

Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, though not part of the Anne Frank House or the Anne Frank Fonds, works with the House on traveling exhibitions that cover Anne's life and legacy.[14] The House creates the exhibits, after which the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect schedules them across the U.S. and provides teachers and related programming for an American audience.[15] Programs by the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect often incorporate contemporary social justice issues.[16]

2017 Holocaust Remembrance Day

In accordance with its mission to fight against prejudice, the organization's executive director, Steven Goldstein, responded to the Trump Administration's failure to mention the Jewish people in an important citation about the Holocaust.[17]

The President's sudden acknowledgment is a Band-Aid on the cancer of anti-Semitism that has infected his own administration. Trump's statement today is a pathetic asterisk of condescension after weeks in which he and his staff have committed grotesque acts and omissions reflecting anti-Semitism, yet day after day have refused to apologize and correct the record. Make no mistake: The anti-Semitism coming out of this administration is the worst we have ever seen from any administration. The White House repeatedly refused to mention Jews in its Holocaust remembrance, and had the audacity to take offense when the world pointed out the ramifications of Holocaust denial.

References

  1. ^ a b c Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect: About the Center [1], accessed on January 31, 2017.
  2. ^ Landler, Mark (2017-01-11). "Trump Under Fire for Invoking Nazis in Criticism of U.S. Intelligence". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Taylor, Adam (2017-01-26). "A charity set up by Anne Frank's father has become a fierce critic of Trump's plans for refugees". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ Bennett, Brian (2017-01-27). "Trump signs order to temporarily shut nation's door to most refugees and start 'extreme vetting'". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ Abbey-Lambertz, Kate (2017-01-25). "Anne Frank Center: Trump 'Is Driving Our Nation Off A Moral Cliff'". The Huffington Post.
  6. ^ Kristof, Nicholas (2016-08-25). "Anne Frank Today is a Syrian Girl". The New York Times.
  7. ^ King, Loren (2015-10-08). "For Ellen Page, 'Freeheld' 'Freeheld' film was an emancipation". Boston Globe. BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2017-02-01. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Sales, Ben (2016-06-14). "New head of Anne Frank Center wants a rights agenda as aggressive as he is". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  9. ^ "About the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect". annefrank.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  10. ^ "About the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect". annefrank.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  11. ^ Respect, Anne Frank Center for Mutual. "The Anne Frank Center USA renames itself the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect and names civil rights leader Steven Goldstein as new Executive Director". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  12. ^ "Traveling Exhibits". annefrank.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  13. ^ "Traveling Exhibits". annefrank.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  14. ^ "Traveling Exhibits". annefrank.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  15. ^ "Traveling Exhibits". annefrank.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  16. ^ Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect: Traveling Exhibits [2], accessed on January 31, 2017.
  17. ^ Krieg, Gregory (2017-02-21). "Anne Frank Center: Anti-Semitism has 'infected' Trump administration". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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