The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been taking an innovative approach to addressing hate crimes by combining community policing, education, and media.
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January 22, 2015 - 5:00pm
Human rights organizations are hoping to build on the momentum of a recent resolution approved by the Whitefish City Council in Montana, which declared the city’s intention “to take a stance in support of diversity, inclusion of free speech, and freedom of assembly… and condemn ideologies, philosophies, and movements that deny a quality of human rights and opportunities,” as reported by the Whitefish Pilot.
January 16, 2015 - 2:32pm
Not In Our School: Strategies to Address Bullying and Intolerance by Creating Safe, Inclusive, and Accepting Schools, a 2-unit online course offered through the University of San Diego, gives educators and administrators tools for preventing and addressing bullying, and supporting a positive, identity-safe school climate.
January 13, 2015 - 3:56pm
An incredible piece of mail surprised Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi in the fall of 2012: a box of one thousand miniature paper cranes in assorted colors. They were sent from Norwood Junior High School as a show of support and compassion for the victims and town of Oak Creek, WI after the town was rocked by a shooting at the Oak Creek Sikh Temple.
January 8, 2015 - 7:04pm
The Not In Our Town Bloomington/Normal group will host a police and community dialogue later this month, aiming to raise conversation in the twin cities about police practices, procedures and policies.