Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced the appointment of Danielle Nava, a member of CAHRO’s Board of Directors to the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission.
To read the announcement: http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:wl/ze7pzanwmhlzgt/10ev2x7pzj8lc1v/daid/10evozqw9x0my9h?_c=d|ze7pzanwmhlzgt|10evozqw9x0my9h&_ce=1331826272.34edb37b03e73a46f203c4746b592ee0
A piece by one of CAHRO’s board members, Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-levin-jd/joy-and-sorrow-as-one-ama_b_1272011.html
The number of anti-Latino hate crimes surged statewide in 2010, according to a state attorney general’s office report…..
http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20110812-report-anti-latino-hate-crimes-surge.ece
From The Press-Enterprise, Aug. 11, 2011
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By Booth Gunter with Brian Levin
On Sept. 8, 2009, Najibullah Zazi a car in Colorado and drove to New York City, where he had spent his childhood. His visit was no social occasion. For two months, he had been buying chemicals from beauty supply stores so that he could make triacetone triperoxide, a highly explosive
One of my most enduring memories of the Oklahoma City Bombing, which occurred fifteen years ago today, is not even about the bombing or the day itself, but the murderer. How incredibly average and unremarkable the bomber looked, I thought to myself as I sat yards away from Timothy McVeigh in a Federal District Court
On the tenth anniversary of the worst domestic terrorist attack in the United States’ history the Orange County Human Relations Commission offers condolences to the families and friends of the victims who were wounded or died in those attacks, and to the first responders who gave their lives trying to save lives in the aftermath
This annual report on hate crime is an important indicator of inter- group relations in Orange County. There are many factors that can influence the number of these bias related crimes including turmoil in the world, uncertainty about the economy, changing demographics, community standards and fear.
The OC Human Relations Commission focuses its energy on assisting
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This is a difficult arena. It is very difficult for an organization to have credibility with both the community of people who believe they are mistreated by law enforcement and the police themselves unless a great deal of preparation occurs prior to an incident occurring.