Decalogue, joined by the Cook County Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers Association, and Chicago Bar Association, hosted a press conference in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville. Following are the opening remarks of Decalogue President Mitchell Goldberg, with a link to the entire statement.
Thank you all for being here today. And thank you to Lee Zoldan, Loop Synagogue President, for your introductory remarks.
My name is Mitchell Goldberg, and I am the president of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers. I am also the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor who grew up in Germany, enduring the humiliations and pain of the rise of the Nazis in the 1930s.
Yesterday was the eclipse of the sun. Today we gather as a coalition of people willing to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, to say in one voice that we must work to eclipse bigotry and hate. Hate is an evil that all societies must confront. And they must confront it decisively.
This is not a political issue. This is not a party issue. This is an American issue.
Represented here today are the following organizations (in alphabetical order):
Alliance of Illinois Judges
American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
Arab American Bar Association of Illinois
Asian American Bar Association
Asian American Bar Association Law Foundation
Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago
Chicago Bar Association
Chicago Loop Synagogue
Chinese American Bar Association
Cook County Bar Association
Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Filipino American Lawyers Association
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
Illinois State Bar Association
Jewish Judges Association of Illinois
Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago
Muslim Bar Association of Chicago
National Employment Lawyers Association of Illinois
South Asian Bar Association
Read the entire statement here
Read statement from the President of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville
