About New Yorkers Against Religion-Based Bigotry

By "religion-based bigotry," we mean both (1) bigotry against people because of their religion and (2) bigotry rooted in or excused by religion, e.g. bigotry against gays.

NYARBB is in process of formation. NYARBB has existed as a concept and as a Meetup site since early 2007. However, serious outreach and organizing have begun only in September 2008.

Most of the former contents of this "About Us" page have been moved to the About NYARBB page on the main NYARBB site. Here is a table of contents for that page:

• What is NYARBB?
  
• What is religion-based bigotry?
  
• What kinds of religion-based bigotry does NYARBB make a point of opposing?
  
• Our central over-arching concerns
  
• What is NYARBB doing that's different from other anti-bigotry groups?
  
• NYARBB projects
  
• NYARBB task forces
  
• Our general approach
  

Below is a list of NYARBB's current ongoing projects:

• Know Your Enemy Project
  
• Project Against Grand Conspiracy Ideology
  

Below is a list of projects that will be intermittently active, depending on circumstances:

• Project Against Local Bigotry
  
• Project on U.S. Foreign Policy
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Below is a list of NYARBB task forces now in formation:

• Committee for Dialogue Amongst the Bugaboos of the Religious Right Wing
  
• Committee for 9/11 Accountability
  
• Committee Against Satanic Panics
  

(All the above task forces are described on the NYARBB task forces page.)

Below are some positions taken by NYARBB, on various issues:

• NYARBB's position against “Illuminati” claims
  
• NYARBB's position on "conspiracy theories"
  
• NYARBB's position on 9/11
  
• NYARBB's position against both Islamism and anti-Muslim bigotry
  

(For more NYARBB positions, see the About NYARBB page.)

And we've put together some large and unique collections of links to online resources on grand conspiracy ideology and on 9/11.

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Feedback about this page, or about the About NYARBB page on the main site, should be posted as a comment beneath this post on the NYARBB blog.