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September 28, 2012 - 5:38pm
Light in the Darkness is on PBS’s Hispanic Heritage Month programming lineup, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.  Check your local TV listings for broadcast times, but also consider bringing the film home to your community. Nearly 200 communities nationwide have come together to watch Light in the Darkness and discuss issues relevant to their communities.  Hispanic Heritage Month is a wonderful opportunity to discuss the safety and inclusion of new immigrants to your town. When you host a screening, you also get access to our comprehensive Screening Kit, that includes a planning and discussion guide as well as press materials to get the word out. Sign up for a screening today. Preview the opening of Light in the Darkness, featuring narrator Alfre Woodard.  
September 27, 2012 - 5:14pm
That's why we talk. That's why we have dialogue: to learn about the things that we are unaware, they said. We all come from different backgrounds, and it takes a collective effort to weave a tapestry that paints an accurate portrait of our community.  By David Alexander, Staff Writer at the Times-Republican Sister Chris Feagan said people are like M&Ms: they come in a variety of colors, but they are all the same inside.
September 25, 2012 - 6:11pm
With Not In Our School, move into action for a safe, accepting and inclusive school. Six simple solutions:
September 25, 2012 - 12:37pm
If you've been following our Facebook page, you know we have been in Marshalltown, Iowa—twice! This city of 28,000 residents is taking a proactive stance to preventing hate and bullying, bringing the entire town together to say, "Not In Our Town." Here are some images from these exciting events in Marshalltown. Interested in starting your own Not In Our Town campaign? Find Marshalltown, Iowa resources in the Not In Our Town Action Kit to adapt for your community.
September 21, 2012 - 1:32pm
Harpreet Singh Saini is sworn in before testifying. Photo Credit: AP “I want to tell the gunman who took her from me: You may have been full of hate, but my mother was full of love,” said Harpreet Singh Saini, who lost his mother in the tragic hate crime killings at a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek Wisconsin on Aug. 5.