ADL's Involvement in Boston CVE Programs (Boston Public Schools)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

Background: reports by the US Attorney's Office District of Massachusetts and RAND Corporation, as well as public records obtained by the Muslim Justice League, list the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as an official partner* in three Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs developed and implemented in Boston and Massachusetts, also known as "Youth and Police Initiative Plus (YPIP)", "New Freedoms Intervention", "Empower Peace" (with its campaign "Online4Good"), as well as a 2015 Greater Boston framework for CVE. Also listed as partners in these programs are numerous public entities beholden to state and national public records laws, including Boston Public Schools, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Boston Police Department, Cambridge Police Department, FEMA, Massachusetts Department of Correction, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security of Massachusetts, US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Office of Grants and Research. I request records detailing the nature, extent, and results of ADL's involvement in regards to these programs and any and all other similar ones, as follows:

*[Links: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-ma/pages/attachments/2015/02/18/framework.pdf
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR2600/RR2647/RAND_RR2647.pdf
https://www.muslimjusticeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MA-PEACE-Project-FFY17-Q2-report-3-31-17-final-5.pdf
https://www.muslimjusticeleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MA-PEACE-Project-FFY17-Q3-report-6.26.17-10.pdf]

1) Any and all records or documents created with, mentioning, provided by/to, or otherwise involving the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) including but not limited to grants, scholarships, fellowships, contracts, MOUs, reports, emails (to, from, cc’ing, or bcc’ing email addresses with the domain “@adl.org” including but not limited to “mgarlick@adl.org”, “rtrestan@adl.org”, "pfogelman@adl.org", and “osegal@adl.org”), presentations, slides, transactions, training materials, consultations, curricula, etc., for the sake of preventing:
-“violent extremism”
-“terrorism”
-“radicalization”
-“incitement”
-“hate speech”
-“hate crimes”
[from January 1st, 2015 to August 5th, 2020 (or most current date of record fulfillment)]

2) Any and all records or documents created with/by, mentioning, provided by/to, or otherwise involving the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) including but not limited to grants, scholarships, fellowships, contracts, MOUs, reports, emails (to, from, cc’ing, or bcc’ing email addresses with the domain “@adl.org” including but not limited to “mgarlick@adl.org”, “rtrestan@adl.org”, “ejarvis@adl.org”, "pfogelman@adl.org", and “osegal@adl.org”), presentations, slides, transactions, training materials, consultations, curricula, etc., regarding any and all of the following programs:
-“Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE)
-“Preventing Violent Extremism” (PVE)
-“Black Identity Extremism” (BIE)
-“Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention” (TVTP)
-“Youth and Police Initiative Plus” (YPIP)
-“Youth and Police Initiative” (YPI)
-“New Freedoms Intervention”
-“Developing Resilience to Violent Extremism”
-"Empower Peace"
-"Online4Good"
[from January 1st, 2015 to August 5th, 2020 (or most current date of record fulfillment)]

3) Any and all records or documents created with/by, mentioning, provided by/to, or otherwise involving the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) including but not limited to grants, scholarships, fellowships, contracts, MOUs, reports, emails (to, from, cc’ing, or bcc’ing email addresses with the domain “@adl.org” including but not limited to “mgarlick@adl.org”, “rtrestan@adl.org”, “ejarvis@adl.org”, "pfogelman@adl.org", and “osegal@adl.org”), presentations, slides, transactions, training materials, consultations, curricula, etc., regarding the PLANNING FOR and/or DEVELOPMENT of any and all of the following programs:
-“Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE)
-“Preventing Violent Extremism” (PVE)
-“Black Identity Extremism” (BIE)
-“Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention” (TVTP)
-“Youth and Police Initiative Plus” (YPIP)
-“Youth and Police Initiative” (YPI)
-“New Freedoms Intervention”
-“Developing Resilience to Violent Extremism”
-"Empower Peace"
-"Online4Good"
[from January 1st, 2013 to December 31st, 2016]

4) Any and all correspondences with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) (email addresses with the domain “@adl.org”, including but not limited to “mgarlick@adl.org”, “rtrestan@adl.org”, “ejarvis@adl.org”, "pfogelman@adl.org", and “osegal@adl.org”) also addressed to, or mentioning, cc’ing, or bcc’ing any and all of the following INDIVIDUALS or ORGANIZATIONS:
“Police Foundation”; “North American Family Institute” (NAFI); “Somali Community and Cultural Association” (SCCA); “Slonky”; “Boston Children’s Hospital”; “Empower Peace”; “Parents for Peace”; “Deeqo Jibril”; “James Bueerman”; “Jane Dorsey”; “Frank Straub”; “Jay Paris”; “William B. Evans”; “Carmen M. Ortiz”; “Brandy Donini-Melanson”; “Jennifer Maconochie”; “Julie Grieco”; “Rebecca Benson”; “Joyce Iwashita”; “Brett Cowell”; “Lorena Sobhi”; “Jeffrey Brownell”; “Patrick McMurray”; “Kevin Stanton”; “Daniel Bennett”; “Rhiana Kohl”; and "Richard Rendon"
[from January 1st, 2015 to August 5th, 2020 (or most current date of record fulfillment)]

5) Any and all records or documents created with/by, mentioning, provided by/to, or otherwise involving the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) including but not limited to grants, scholarships, fellowships, contracts, MOUs, reports, emails (to, from, cc’ing, or bcc’ing email addresses with the domain “@adl.org”, including but not limited to “mgarlick@adl.org”, “rtrestan@adl.org”, “ejarvis@adl.org”, "pfogelman@adl.org", and “osegal@adl.org”), presentations, slides, transactions, training materials, consultations, curricula, etc., regarding DATA or INFORMATION SHARING, including but not limited to data or information about:
-“hate”
-“hate speech”
-“hate crimes”
-“terrorism”
-“extremism”
-“violent extremism”
-“radicalization”
-“incitement”
[from January 1st, 2015 to August 5th, 2020 (or most current date of record fulfillment)]

6) Any and all correspondences with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) (email addresses with the domain “@adl.org”, including but not limited to “mgarlick@adl.org”, “rtrestan@adl.org”, “ejarvis@adl.org”, "pfogelman@adl.org", and “osegal@adl.org”) with any and all of the KEYWORDS/SEARCH TERMS:
“violent extremism”; “Israel”; “Israel/Palestine”; “Palestine”; "Palestinian"; “radicalization”; “deradicalization”; “Preventing Violent Extremism”; “PVE”; “Countering Violent Extremism”; “CVE”; “BDS"; ; “lone wolf”; “hate speech”; “hate crime”; “parental engagement”; “parent engagement”; “risk factor”; “indicator”; “interfaith”; "curriculum"; “incitement”; "curricula"; “threat analysis”; "threat assessment"; “risk assessment”; “intervention”; "prevention; “Islam”; “Muslim”; “gang”; “anti-gang”; “scenario-based”; “community resilience”; “refugee”; “jihad”; “jihadi”; “jihadist”; “violence prevention”; “convert”; “trusted community partners”; “mental health”; “substance abuse”; "trafficking"; "sex trafficking"; “suicide”; “bullying”; “radical views”; “extremist”; “extremism”; “violent extremist”; “safe spaces”; “dialog promotion”; “aggression”; “new Muslim”; “prison”; “reentry”; “re-entry”; “counseling”; “counselor”; "counsel”; “clinic”; “mentor”; “mentorship”; “terrorism”; “terrorist”; “crisis intervention”; “counter-narrative”; “anti-Semitism”; “antisemitism”; “Zionism”; “Zionist”; “anti-Zionism”; "anti-Zionist”; “anti-Israel”; “Incidence Response”; “Incident Response”; “prison dawah”; “terrorism ideologies”; “warning signs”; “civil rights”; “civil liberties”; “community education”; “train-the-trainer”; “ISIS”; “Islamic State”; “al-Qaeda”; “Islamist”; “cartel”; “migrant”; “community expert”; “material support”; “recruitment”; “harassment”; “hotline”; “anti-bullying”; “online safety”; “early prevention”; “Somali”; “Somalia”; “Al Shabaab”; “Roxbury”; “Al Shabab”; “trust-building”; “ideology-based”; “community liaison”; “maximum security”; “displaced aggression”; “displacement of aggression”; “Department Disciplinary Unit”; “outpatient”; “behavioral health”; “community-based treatment”; “Boston Marathon”; “community resilience”; “information sharing”; “peer-to-peer”; “ case management”; “DDU”; “administrative segregation”; “gang affiliation”; “recidivism”; “COMPAS”; “Orientation & Motivational Enhancement”; “Community Orientation”; “New Freedom”; “A. R. Phoenix Resources, Inc.”; “outpatient behavioral health treatment”; “pro-social”; “peer mentoring”; “contingency management”; "Online4Good"
[from January 1st, 2015 to August 5th, 2020 (or most current date of record fulfillment)]

For the purposes of this request, “records” includes but is not limited to any paper or electronic information, reports, evaluations, memoranda, correspondence, letters, emails, charts, graphs, flyers, meeting agendas and minutes, training materials, diagrams, forms, DVDs, tapes, CDs, notes or other similar materials. If the requested records are stored in electronic format, we ask that they be produced in electronic format.

For the purposes of this request, “correspondences” includes but is not limited to any and all letters, emails, call transcriptions, meeting notes, and any and all other forms of paper and electronic communications sent to, received from, cc’ing and bcc’ing the Anti-Defamation League and any member of the Anti-Defamation League. If the requested records are stored in electronic format, we ask that they be produced in electronic format.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Brown