Hassan Aden says an effective police chief must focus not just on what’s going on in his department, but be transparent with those outside of it.
“In order to change the culture, they have to latch onto you, believe in you,” Aden said. “The reality is that a new chief has to remain apolitical, but be politically adept.”
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September 1, 2015 - 10:10am
Our globalized world allows communities of support to come together via online technology to speak up while also standing up to hate crimes, unfair laws, and bigotry against the LGBTQ community in their own towns and in countries across the world. Just as Not In Our Town focuses on community actions for change, individuals and groups across the world are using many creative ways to get heard from marches and other visible actions, to international boycotts and petitions.
August 24, 2015 - 5:06pm
San Francisco has been a bastion for gay rights and acceptance, famously charioted by Harvey Milk’s election to the city’s board of supervisors. Yet even 37 years after his assassination, 60 percent of all of San Francisco’s hate crimes are against gay men.
Sgt. Peter Shields of the San Francisco Police Department’s Special Investigation Division is tasked with investigating these and other hate crimes. He says the other common ones include violence against transgendered people and graffiti against whites, blacks, Jews, and other groups.
August 13, 2015 - 4:46pm
In light of the recent attack in Charleston, SC, there has been a great deal of conversation about the cultivation of racial hatred that led to the massacre where nine people lost their lives. In his article "No One Is Exempt From the Responsibility to Combat Hate," excerpted below, Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, the former Executive Director of the Interfaith Alliance, explains his understanding of hate cultivation as seen through the lens of religion. Read the full article here.
By Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy
August 12, 2015 - 10:10am
Although there remains a lot of discussion and resistance on the global level, the recognition that LGBT people do have human rights is on the rise. In the European Union, there is progress on employment rights, the recognition of same-sex marriage and even trans* rights. However, a notable laggard in this list is the right to education.