b'IMPACT:KEEPING THE STORYSpotlight: Sam PondSam Pond, a member of USC Shoah Foundations NextAntisemitism Through Testimony program. Because of Generation Council, has been a firm advocate for thea recent surge of antisemitism, the message and mission Institute since being introduced to its work almost 15of the Countering Antisemitism Through Testimony years ago by Board of Concilors Chair Steve Cozen.initiative are more vital than ever, as targeted outreach and USC Shoah Foundation serves as a bulwark, a stopgap,the use of testimony from those who have suffered from protecting against the erosion caused by genocide andcontemporary acts of antisemitism can help audiences antisemitism, Pond said, discussing his draw to thelearn the impact of hatred and develop methods to fight Institutes work. People dont really understand howthis threat. As Pond explained, We are finding out how to insidious antisemitism is. Its growing worldwide,do more than just react to these events after they happen, especially in the West. and instead prevent them from happening in the first Pond shared his passion for the Institutes work at aplace.June fundraising event in Philadelphia for the Countering New Worldwide CommunitySociety: Antisemitism and Sports at Fordham University Examining Antisemitism andand supported the exhibition Victims of Nazism at FC Sports Through Testimony Bayern Munich at Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, pictured below.FC Bayern Munich, Chelsea FC, New England Revolution and other sports teams are working to better understand and address institutionalized discrimination within the communities reached by professional sports. Testimony on the subject is personalizing these histories in a promising new facet of engagement: the Institute participated in the Global Symposium on Sports and 10 2019 ANNUAL REPORT'