Our friends at the COR AME Church are organizing a Difficult Dialogues in Divine Dwellings series. The first takes place Monday, February 26, 2018, 7pm, at COR Church, 45 Tesla, Irvine, CA 92618.
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The staff of OC Weekly have compiled a thought-provoking and provocative month-by-month overview of hate and discrimination related events (both negative and positive) that occured in Orange County last year.
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The Mediation Program Coordinator supervises a small staff and volunteers that provide community and court-based conflict resolution services, educational workshops and mediation training at a variety of locations throughout the county.
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On Tuesday night, Dec. 12, Jewish communities in Southern California lit a menorah to celebrate the first night of the eight-day Hanukkah celebration. This millennia-old tale has not only stood the test of time, but has grown in relevance to Jews in America during a year when anti-Semitic incidents have increased by 67 percent and neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville, Va., during a summer rally chanting “Jews will not replace us.”
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Don’t be fooled by California’s increasing diversity. Racial and ethnic inequity remains a key problem and a potential barrier to future growth, according to Race Counts, a new Web tool that measures racial and ethnic disparities in the state’s 58 counties.
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Call for Nominations: Orange County heroes wanted. OC Human Relations is seeking nominations of individuals, law enforcement, businesses, and community organizations that have made lasting contributions to human relations in Orange County.
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On Dec. 20, CEO Rusty Kennedy will hand over the reins of OC Human Relations, the nonprofit he has shepherded for the last 20 years, to Alison Edwards, who has worked beside Kennedy at the organization for about 19 of those years. “During these years, I’ve been both vilified and celebrated,” Kennedy said. “But the one thing I can say with confidence is I’ve never been through uninteresting times.”
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Los Angeles County saw a surge in reported hate crimes last year linked to white supremacists, with a wave of incidents targeting Jews, Muslims and African Americans, according to a study released November 16, 2017.
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Rusty Kennedy, a fixture for four decades in Orange County’s human relations services, announced Wednesday he will retire as chief executive of OC Human Relations next month. Deputy Director Alison Edwards will succeed Kennedy on Jan. 1. Kennedy’s last day on the job will be Dec. 22 when the offices will close for the holidays.
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In November 2017, teachers at South Jr. High School in Anaheim got together to take the #HateFreeOC pledge. Take a look at the video below, and then, if you haven’t already done so, take the pledge yourself!!
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