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Invitation to CAHRO Virtual Convening on May 17: RESPONDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT CRITICAL INCIDENTS

By Carmen Chandler| 2023-05-05T10:17:18+00:00 May 5th, 2023|Uncategorized|

California Association of Human Relations Organizations invites you to “Responding to Law Enforcement Critical Incidents” virtual convening on May 17, 2023, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Join our subject-matter experts as they share promising practices and tools. Connect and learn from other CAHRO members.

To register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeG1xnOa4Hc7u4FVcMLMgZQhz4wqnZMR8oXhQzaRjYi9IUEJg/viewform

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California Legislation Bills 2023

By Carmen Chandler| 2023-05-05T10:06:49+00:00 May 5th, 2023|Conflict Resolution, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+, Police & Community, Uncategorized|

May 2, 2023

Ann Noel, CAHRO Legislative Liaison

Here are the legislative bills that CAHRO is tracking this year.

Note: to track a bill’s progress, utilize the California Legislature’s excellent website, which gives you information of the latest version of any bill, how it amends current

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Invitation to First Virtual Commission on the State of Hate (Commission) Community Forum

By Carmen Chandler| 2023-05-02T11:48:42+00:00 May 2nd, 2023|Uncategorized|

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CAHRO Resource Guides

By Carmen Chandler| 2023-04-07T13:48:01+00:00 April 7th, 2023|Uncategorized|

Below is a list of CAHRO’s Resource Guides for HRCs. As new guides are developed, they will be added to this list.

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Responding to Law Enforcement Critical Incidents: A Resource Guide for HRCs

By Carmen Chandler| 2023-05-17T13:44:13+00:00 April 7th, 2023|Conflict Resolution, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

This guide is written for Commissioners or anyone working with a Human Relations Commission, Human Rights Commission, or any other similar human relations body that has a responsibility in responding to a human relations crisis after a law enforcement critical incident where there have been allegations of excessive use of force, and where

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Responding to Hate: A Resource Guide for HRCs

By Carmen Chandler| 2023-03-03T10:54:30+00:00 March 3rd, 2023|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

This guide is written for Commissioners or anyone working with a Human Relations Commission, Human Rights Commission, or any other similar human relations body that has a responsibility in responding to hate. As a commission or body representing a city government, you have both a responsibility and a unique opportunity to take specific

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Information about 2022 California Legislation

By Carmen Chandler| 2022-08-24T10:11:48+00:00 August 5th, 2022|Education, Extremism, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

This legislative session CAHRO tracked seven bills dealing with harassment or hate crimes, summarized below. In mid-August, it’s make or break it time for bills for this legislative session – bills needed to pass out of appropriations by August 12, and now might get last minute amendments before being passed or not passed by the

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Orange County Human Relations Council’s kNOw Hate campaign

By Carmen Chandler| 2020-07-01T16:04:45+00:00 July 1st, 2020|Conflict Resolution, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

kNOwHATE is an education and awareness campaign created by OC Human Relations to promote the importance of diversity and eliminate prejudice, intolerance and discrimination.

Here’s the link to the campaign.

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LA County Commission on Human Relations releases “Redefining Policing with Our Community” Report

By Carmen Chandler| 2020-07-01T16:02:56+00:00 July 1st, 2020|Conflict Resolution, Police & Community|

The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations has released “Redefining Policing with Our Community,” an extensive report on policing and human relations in LA County with 34 recommendations for change. It seeks to “build a new normal that prioritizes human dignity and repairs the damage done by discriminatory

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Southern California heavily targeted in 120% increase in white supremacist propaganda in U.S.

By Carmen Chandler| 2020-02-17T09:27:10+00:00 February 17th, 2020|Extremism, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations|

White supremacist propaganda heavily targeted the Inland Empire and Southern California as a whole in 2019, according to an annual report released by the Anti-Defamation League.

In communities across the nation, the distribution of white supremacist propaganda — in the form of flyers, leaflets, stickers and banners — reached an all-time high in the United States

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