The Alarming Rise in White Supremacy and Nationalism: Its Roots and Remedies
Eric Ward, 2021 Civil Courage Prize Winner, in conversation with Gara LaMarche
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Eric K. Ward,
Executive Director, Western States Center
A nationally-recognized expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence,and preserving inclusive democracy, Eric brings over 30 years of leadership in community organizing andphilanthropy to his roles as Western States Center’s Executive Director and Senior Fellow with SouthernPoverty Law Center and Race Forward. Since Eric took the helm in 2017, Western States Center hasbecome a national hub for innovative responses to white nationalism, antisemitism, and structuralinequality, towards a world where everyone can live, love, work, and worship free from bigotry and fear.In his 30+ year civil rights career, Eric has worked with community groups, government and businessleaders, human rights advocates, and philanthropy as an organizer, director, program officer, consultant,and board member. Currently Co-Chair for The Proteus Fund, Eric is a member of the Pop CultureCollaborative’s Pluralist Visionaries Program and the recipient of the Peabody-Facebook Futures MediaAward. Eric is in high demand as a speaker and media source, and is the author of multiple writtenworks credited with key narrative shifts, including “Skin in the Game: How Antisemitism Animates WhiteNationalism.” He has been quoted in The New Yorker, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, WashingtonPost, ESPN, NPR, BBC, Rolling Stone and numerous other media outlets, and regularly publishes onMedium and The Oregon Way blog. Eric is working on a forthcoming documentary about whiteness andrace in America and is an aspiring singer-songwriter under the name of Bulldog Shadow.
Gara LaMarche
Senior Fellow at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at CCNY and a Senior Adviser to The Raben Group.
He was previously President of the Democracy Alliance, a network of donors dedicated to building the U.S. progressive movement, President and CEO of Atlantic Philanthropies and Vice President and Director of U.S. Programs for the Open Society Foundations, and held senior leadership positions at Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union.
