news from the Southern Poverty Law Center
Last Updated: June 12th, 2011
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the ri commission on prejudice and bias is very much alive and well and active in RI!!!
we join you in our outrage about the young lives taken due to bullying and hate and self-hate- please see referenced link and feel free to share your feedback:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/39698614#39698614
councilperson joel burn, of texas
our Hate Crime and Civil Rights Training and Education Program continues to be busier than ever!
some of what we have been up to includes:
- re-introducing our hate crime bill (for the 3rd year) to include the category “gender identification and/or expression”
- civil rights teams in middle schools throughout Providence
- we are part of an exciting collaborative working on peace and the arts in education
- we continue to be RI’s source for all law enforcement for hate crime/civil rights violations trainings through out the State; this would not exist without the full participation and support of the RI Attorney General’s office
- we will be co-producing an annual seminar with the RWU School of Justice Studies, this year with school resource officers- and MUCH MORE!!!!