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The Orange County Register, May 11, 2006 On an overcast afternoon, I walk onto the Anaheim campus of Western High School, a place that looks like an average, ordinary American high school.  I’m there to meet four teens who are anything but average and ordinary.   They’re part of a campus group called POND… click here for more

The OC Register, May 5, 2006 In a nation torn over such issues as illegal immigration, terrorism and pandemics there are people bridging the gaps between groups that may have trouble understanding each other… click here to read more    

OC Register, April 3, 2006 Fountain Valley High School’s BRIDGE Builder Club has come up with creative ways to promote unity, fight prejudice and bring students together.  They Club will be honored with a Human Relations Award… click here to read more  

The Fullerton Observer, February 15, 2006 Black History Month has its roots in historian Carter G. Woodson’s Negro History Week, which he designated in 1926, as the 2nd week in February to mark the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln… click here to read more

OCPC Magazine, July 15, 2005 Congratulations Mrs. Massi Alavi for her work in Connecting Iranian Seniors.  The OC Human Relations Commission hosted about 450 people and presented 12 awards.  That night was her night.  She was overwhelmed by the congratulations… click here to read more

In Focus, May 15, 2005 About 50 people attended a Business and Police Forum at Anaheim’s Brookhurst Community Centre.  It is one of a series of forums to educate the people of Anaheim sponsored by the Orange County Human Relations Commission, City of Anaheim, Anaheim Police Department, CAIR and others… click here to read more

The Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2005 Complaints of harassment and bigotry towards gays and lesbians in Orange County rose in 2004, continuing a trend that began in 2000, according to a report by the Orange County Human Relations Commission… click here to read more