By Claudia Rowe, THE SEATTLE TIMES, February 2015 SEATTLE — After a decade in classrooms, cheering on young people and believing in their progress, David Levine’s faith finally wilted. Three of his top students had walked into the front office at Big Picture High School reeking of marijuana at the precise moment a donor stopped by with a $1,000 grant
Read more →The Ku Klux Klan is back to delivering a bitter message with a sweet confection. In January, on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the KKK left fliers promoting the white supremacist organization around a Santa Ana neighborhood. Each flier was tucked in a plastic bag along with a rock and candy. Now, Fullerton police are investigating KKK fliers, also packaged with candy, found in two neighborhoods on Sunday.
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Members of OC Human Relations Commission and staff attended a prayer vigil in memory of the nine people killed in a suspected hate crime in South Carolina.
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OC Human Relations is very proud of the 17 students from 8 different high schools who recently graduated from the BRIDGES Program’s Orange County Youth Organizers. Graduates attended eight Orange County high schools – Newport Harbor, Fountain Valley, Loara, Mission Viejo, Huntington Beach, Magnolia, Cypress and Savanna.
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Mayor Nguyen, a graduate of OC Human Relations’ Dispute Resolution Program, urges the Governor to help unlock the civic and economic potential of California’s diverse immigrant communities.
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ACT Anaheim grant to help support the work of the BRIDGES Program in four high schools and middle schools in the highest-need areas of Anaheim.
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We’re very proud to announce that Joyce Sanchez, one of our wonderful BRIDGES School Inter-group Relations program team members, recently received a “Friend of South” award from South Jr. High School. The award read “For serving the students, staff and community of South Jr. High School.” Congratulations, Joyce, a very well deserved award!
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The Irvine Police Department is looking into a report of a racially charged flier left in an elevator of Toscana Apartments, a residential complex near the UC Irvine campus. Rusty Kennedy, executive director of Orange County Human Relations, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating prejudice, intolerance and discrimination within the community, says he characterizes this act as a “troubling and racist message meant to ferment animosity and racial prejudice.”
Read more →Rusty Kennedy, chief executive of the nonprofit OC Human Relations, was featured on the “Immigration and Community Engagement” panel at Chapman University’s “Breaking Borders” conference. Kennedy, who has worked on immigration issues for more than 40 years, said the current system keeps undocumented immigrants in the country without voice or representation.
Read more →OC Human Relations will honor PIMCO, U.S. Bank and Union Bank at the AWARDS 44 celebration for their passion to help the community and going far beyond to embrace diversity. The event is slated for Thursday, May 7 at The Grove of Anaheim. The nonprofit celebration is presented by SoCalGas, with honorary chair, Keith Swayne.
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