Anti-Hate Violence Networks: The Beginning of a
Human Relations Movement?

In September, the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance National Symposium on "The Changing Face of Hate" provided a historic opportunity for people in California working to prevent and respond to bigoted violence to begin opening direct lines of communication.  Although there was insufficient time for indepth presentations, the recognition that there were people working towards accomplishing similar goals in Sacramento, San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, Santa Clara County, the Monterey Peninsula, the Central Valley, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Orange County, and San Diego created the exciting seed of an idea that what was going on just might be the beginning of a path where all people can march together toward a better future.

• CAHRO was urged to arrange for another meeting where representatives of established, new, and developing networks could design strategies to:
• establish systemwide school policies and activities to prevent and respond to hate violence;
• expand the use of police and school protocols to ensure community networks receive reports of hate violence that may be precursors of intergroup conflicts even though they may not meet technical or constitutional standards of a hate crime; and
• explore strategies to support the continuation of community networks.

CAHRO staff, consultants and volunteers are available to assist communities develop networks in most areas of California.  Organizers are working under contract with CAHRO in California from Sonoma County to the Oregon border, in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and in the Central Valley.  Staff is working in Santa Clara and Monterey Counties, and a Board Member/volunteer is working in the Inland Empire and Ventura County.