GFF has been partnering with the ADL’s Central Pacific Region since 2008 to support their local educational programs in the Bay Area. Our projects have supported various initiatives to combat all forms of hate and to secure justice and fair treatment for all.

• GFF provided financial support for an annual ADL Youth Leadership Summit in 2009-2011, a one-day conference which brought together high school students from around the Bay Area to meet with their peers and discuss issues of hate and prejudice in order to develop strategies to disrupt bias and be upstanders in their schools and communities..
• GFF sponsored A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® anti-bias trainings and workshops for students, teachers and staff at Bay Area public schools serving low-income communities. These interactive trainings gave students the skills they need to confront bias and discrimination and to interact across different cultures.
• In 2014, we joined ADL in celebrating the launch of their landmark No Place for Hate® Initiative in the Bay Area, with 21 participating schools in the first round and dozens more in each successive year. Since then, we have continued to support bringing this vital programming to improve school climate and bullying, to public schools in underserved communities. GFF underwrites the cost of student workshops and staff workshops for schools committed to becoming No Place for Hate.
• Most recently ADL partnered with Educators in the Central Valley to support the growth of a county-wide peer-mentoring program for middle school students.  With GFF support, they provided three days of training impacting over 50 youth leaders in schools throughout the district who are leading efforts to improve their school climate..