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Following the horrific firebomb attack last weekend targeting a group of Jewish Americans in Boulder, Colorado, Mayor Aaron Brockett, in partnership with the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), is convening an emergency regional summit this Monday, June 9, responding to the alarming rise in antisemitic violence.
The Boulder attack and the murder only days earlier of a young couple outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., are part of a disturbing national and global pattern fueled by growing radicalization, misinformation, and hostility.
The Boulder Emergency Summit: Confronting Antisemitism in Our Region will bring together leading decisionmakers from across the Mountain West and Great Plains to devise strategies and coordinate decisive action to secure and nurture Jewish life. The event, running from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Boulder, will call for urgent regional cooperation to confront extremism before it escalates further.
“The Boulder Emergency Summit is a line in the sand,” said Lisa Katz, Chief Government Affairs Officer at the Combat Antisemitism Movement. “We are gathering in the wake of terror — with representatives from every level of government standing shoulder to shoulder — not just to condemn antisemitism, but to confront it with action. This is a moment of moral reckoning. We cannot wait for more Jewish lives to be threatened or lost. Together, we are sending a clear and urgent message: hate will not go unanswered, and the safety, dignity, and future of Jewish Americans must be protected — now and always.”
Mayor Brockett and CAM initiated this rapid-response summit to bring together municipal and state leaders, law enforcement, educators, faith leaders, and community stakeholders from Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The summit will provide practical tools, regional partnerships, and policy frameworks to develop a coordinated, multi-level response to the wave of antisemitism and hate-fueled violence threatening Jewish communities across the United States.
Media is invited to attend and cover this event, with pre-registration required. For more information, please contact: CAM@redbanyan.com
