A summary of Commission activities and initiatives for the month of January 2017.
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MEDIA ALERT January 25, 2017 CONTACT: Melissa Morgan, Director of Partnerships Phone: (714) 480-6582 Email: melissa@splash.ochumanrelations.org OC Human Relations to Honor OC Business for Embracing Diversity, Respect, and Inclusion in the Workplace on May 4 Seeking Nominations of Local Businesses and Corporations by 4pm, February 23 What: For 46 years, OC Human Relations has been honoring
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Because of rising hate crimes and incidents, Los Angeles-based Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ), has launched a website, Standagainsthatred.org, to help document, track and share hate-related experiences.
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Laguna Beach High School officials say they have taken disciplinary steps toward five students who they believe were involved in throwing a watermelon outside the home of a black student — an incident the victim’s parents have labeled a hate crime.
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In a survey of 50,000 teens, some 70 percent reported abusive behavior across months of a notably angry presidential campaign.
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Laguna Beach High School suspended five students this week in the wake of a racially motivated attack against another student even as administrators took steps to start discussions about diversity and inclusiveness, beginning with meetings this week with representatives from O.C. Human Relations.
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After seeing two swastikas in Pavilion Park, Jenna Gerstner reached out to Rabbi Rachel Kort at Temple Beth El in Aliso Viejo, who coordinated with leaders of the Orange County Islamic Foundation mosque and Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church in Rancho Santa Margarita. The result of the collaboration was “A Place for Every Family,” a multifaith gathering to show children to respond to hate with love and inclusion.
Read more →Dear Friends, Words have power. Witnessing public figures express prejudice on TV, radio, social media, and in newspapers is one of the worst things we would ever want our children to experience, especially during such an important moment in American history as the beginning of a new presidential era. Having any prominent individual espouse hateful rhetoric and scapegoat the most
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