Differing between Conflict Resolution and Inter-group Conflict

By | August 19th, 2011|Conflict Resolution|

Conflict resolution is a broad term covering any process by which a dispute between two or more parties is resolved.  The term encompasses everything from cooperative decision-making to all-out war.  CAHRO’s interest and expertise is focused on intergroup conflict prevention and resolution in the community and in the schools.  CAHRO does not address conflicts between

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LGBT Resources

By | August 19th, 2011|LGBTQ+|

The California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO) actively promotes full equality for members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community, and the end of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in California and throughout the United States.

Additionally, CAHRO supports marriage equality for all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender, and specifically

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Civilian Review

By | August 19th, 2011|Police & Community|

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 unless a great deal of preparation occurs prior to an incident that sparks the conflict.

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Hate Crime Reporting

By | August 19th, 2011|Hate Crimes|

Hate crime reporting was originally instituted to provide communities with an early warning sign of intergroup tensions.

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FREEDOM FROM FEAR: Ending California’s Hate Violence Epidemic

By | August 19th, 2011|Hate Crimes|

Final Report of the Lieutenant Governor’s Commission on the Prevention of Hate Violence

At its most fundamental level, hate violence is an aggressive expression of hatred against another person or group of people simply because of who and what they are. But an act does not have to be criminal to be an act of hate;

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Rethinking Violence Against Women As Hate Crimes

By | August 18th, 2011|Hate Crimes|

California and federal laws have made major advances in addressing the persisitant prtoblem of hate crimes in the last twenty years, enacting legislation to track hate crimes at both the federal and state level, enhancing penalties when crimes are motivated by bias, and training local and federal law enforcement to detect and prevent hate crimes. Yet, these heartening advances against hate crimes have not included gender-based crimes Neither federal nor California statutes covering statistics on hate crimes include gender as one of the bases. And ,the California law providing penalty enhancements for hate crimes also does not include gender.

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