Sarri Singer
Sarri Singer is an American activist who founded and directs Strength to Strength, an organization that supports survivors of terrorist attacks.
Background
Singer was born and grew up in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, where she graduated from Lakewood High School.Lewis, Colin. [https://issuu.com/the-jewish-journal/docs/aug_2013 "My Journey"], The Jewish Journal, August 2013. Accessed December 30, 2024. "Sarri Singer was born and raised in Lakewood, New Jersey, attended Lakewood Hebrew Day, and graduated from Lakewood High School." Her father is New Jersey State Senator Robert Singer.
Career
Singer worked in an office two blocks from the World Trade Center until the 9/11 attack but overslept that morning and was not present during the attack.{{cite web | title=Sarri Singer, Victim of Terror, Founder of Strength to Strength | website=Hadassah Story | date=2024-12-20 | url=https://www.hadassah.org/story/sarri-singer-victim-of-terror-founder-of-strength-to-strength | access-date=2024-12-25}}
In 2003, Singer was injured in a suicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem, resulting in a two-week hospitalization. The attack killed 17 people. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.{{cite web |last=Clifford |first=Stephanie |last2=Silver-Greenberg |first2=Jessica |date=2014-08-14 |title=Terrorism Trial of Mideast Bank Worries the Financial World |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/nyregion/anti-terrorism-trial-of-arab-bank-worries-financial-world.html?_r=0 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=The New York Times}} The 18-year-old suicide bomber had been recruited and radicalized by Hamas.{{cite web | title=‘They tried to murder me.’ Hamas terror attack survivor says nothing has changed in 20 years | website=News 12 - Default | date=2023-10-11 | url=https://newjersey.news12.com/they-tried-to-murder-me-hamas-terror-attack-survivor-says-nothing-has | access-date=2024-12-25}}
Singer co-founded One Heart Global, which brought teen survivors of terror attacks from five countries to New York in 2011.{{cite web | last=Haberman | first=Clyde | title=At Ground Zero, Young Terror Victims From 5 Nations | website=The New York Times | date=2011-04-01 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/nyregion/01nyc.html?_r=0 | access-date=2024-12-25}}{{cite web | last=Hickey | first=Kate | title=Northern Ireland teens share their tales of terrorism in New York | website=IrishCentral.com | date=2011-04-04 | url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/northern-ireland-teens-share-their-tales-of-terrorism-in-new-york-119172979-237736521 | access-date=2024-12-25}} In 2012, Singer founded Strength to Strength. The organization has supported victims of terrorist attacks in Oklahoma City, Boston, Northern Ireland, France, Israel, Algeria, Iraq,{{cite web | last=Carino | first=Jerry | title=Strength to Strength support group for terrorism victims founded | website=Asbury Park Press NJ | date=2021-09-21 | url=https://www.app.com/story/news/local/how-we-live/2021/09/21/beyond-911-lakewood-woman-support-group-terrorism-victims-strength-to-strength/8417291002/ | access-date=2024-12-25}} Spain, Uganda, Kenya, Liberia, and Argentina.{{cite web | last=Hoffman | first=Gil | last2=Palmer | first2=Joanne | title=Terror victim boards first J’lem bus in nine years | website=New Jersey Jewish News | date=2012-07-25 | url=https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/terror-victim-boards-first-jlem-bus-in-nine-years/#.UIfK403Mh8E | access-date=2024-12-25}} The nonprofit provides free services to survivors, their families, and victims' relatives, focusing on peer-to-peer support through retreats, social gatherings, speakers, and self-defense classes.{{cite web | last=Hurt | first=Suzanne | title=Road to recovering: Survivors of 9/11, Oklahoma City terror attacks share their stories | website=San Bernardino Sun | date=2017-11-17 | url=https://www.sbsun.com/2017/11/17/road-to-recovering-survivors-of-sept-11-oklahoma-city-terror-attacks-share-their-stories/ | access-date=2024-12-26}}
In 2013, Singer expressed concerns about Israel's plan to release 100 Palestinian prisoners convicted of terrorism.{{cite web |last=Chabin |first=Michele |date=2013-07-29 |title=U.S., Israeli families upset over prisoner release |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/29/israel-palestinian-prisoner-release/2596447/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=USA TODAY}}
In 2016, Singer testified before the national security subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, advocating for prosecution of perpetrators of terrorist attacks against Americans abroad.{{cite web | title=Written Testimony for Sarri Singer, Director of “Strength to Strength” a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization | url=https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-2-2-Written-Testimoney-for-Sarri-Singer1.pdf | access-date=2024-12-25}}
Singer was named a special adviser to the UK National Emergencies Trust, a charity founded to respond to UK disasters after the Manchester Arena bombing, and the Westminster Bridge and London Bridge attacks.{{cite web |title=Meet the National Emergencies Trust’s Special Advisors |url=https://nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk/meet-our-special-advisors/ |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=National Emergencies Trust}}
References
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External links
- [https://sarrisinger.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.stosglobal.org/ Strength to Strength website]
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Activists from New Jersey
Category:Lakewood High School (New Jersey) alumni
Category:People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey