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KPCC Public Radio, May 2, 2011 Orange County interfaith leaders are throwing their support behind the Orange County Human Relations Commission for its decision to give an award to a local imam. The award presentation is in Anaheim Thursday night and its organizers expect protests outside…click here to read more

Fountain Valley Patch, May 23, 2011 The Los Amigos Human Relations campus organization of Los Amigos High School was a recipient of the Distinguished School Award given by the Orange County Human Relations Commission for its “Educate to Empower” campaign…click here to read more

Voice of OC, March 17, 2011 The Orange County Human Relations Commission issued a statement Wednesday calling for a “return to civility” in the wake of a controversial February protest outside of a Muslim charity event in Yorba Linda.  Parts of the protest can be seen in a video put together by the Council on American-Islamic Relations that went viral

Fountain Valley Patch, February 18, 2011 Students gave their undivided attention to speaker Robert Diaz as he addressed domestic violence through a powerful presentation inside Los Amigos High School Little Theater last week.  Diaz, a community educational speaker of Human Options, told personal stories, causing students to gasp, sit on the edge of their seats in silence and anticipation, and

OC Weekly, January 18, 2011 “Kill the Cathlics” was sprayed onto Saint Boniface Catholic Church at 120 N. Janss St., Anaheim, and threatening hate speech against Asians and African-Americans was scrawled outside the Orange County Housing Authority at 1170 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. That graffiti was discovered on Jan. 11, and now authorities have disclosed even more hate speech was discovered

Fullerton Observer, December 2010 Over 550 students and educators from 28  Orange County Junior High and High Schools attended OC Human Relations BRIDGES youth conference at UC Irvine.  The program brings students together to explore issues of identity and culture, develop their leadership skills and to be exposed to examples of successful youth activism…click here to read more

The Daily Pilot, December 8, 2010 One person can make a difference. You just have to believe in yourself, be patient, put in many hours of work, and, sometimes — just sometimes — search far and wide for Spanish translators. That was the message delivered to students at Corona del Mar High School on Tuesday by M.C. Sungaila, a graduate