The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region is pleased to announce that its 2018 Annual Meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 13 at 7 pm in Denver. Featured speaker Christian Picciolini is an Emmy Award-winning director and producer, a published author, TEDx speaker, global peace advocate, and a reformed extremist. The meeting will also feature the investiture of Melinda Quiat as Regional Board Chair.
After leaving the white supremacist skinhead movement he helped build in America during the 1980s and 90s, Christian earned a degree in international relations from DePaul University. He launched Goldmill Group, a global media and counter-extremism consulting firm. In 2016, he won an Emmy Award for his role in producing an anti-hate advertising campaign aimed at helping people disengage from violent extremist groups. His life since leaving the white supremacist movement over two decades ago has been dedicated to helping others counter racism and extremism by founding such organizations as Life After Hate and ExitUSA. Christian has spoken all over the world, sharing his unique and extensive knowledge, teaching all who are willing to learn about building greater peace through empathy and compassion. His involvement in the early American skinhead movement is chronicled in his memoir WHITE AMERICAN YOUTH: My Descent into America’s Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out (Hachette Books, 2018).
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