Communal Responsibility: Being an Ally to Our Immigrant Neighbors: A Yom Kippur Discussion with Emilio De Torre, American Civil Liberties Union
Emilio De Torre, Director of Community Engagement for the American Civil Liberties Union in Wisconsin, will tie together the Yom Kippur message of communal responsibility to the immigration crisis, focusing on the importance of allyship and showing up for other communities.
Emilio De Torre has been the Director of Youth and Programs at the ACLU of Wisconsin since 2006. He is the former Director of Education Services at Madison Square Boys & Girls Clubs where he supervised education, social development and technology programs for 12,000 young people at eight Boys & Girls Clubs in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan and Queens. He previously served as a New York City public school teacher and a camp director and has consulted on education, social media, technology, diversity and inclusion, youth outreach and program design nationally for many groups. Emilio serves on the Board of Directors for Milwaukee Public Theatre and is the loving father of three children.