U.S. Department of Education: Office for Civil Rights
Federal office charged with ensuring equal access to education and promoting educational excellence throughout the nation through vigorous enforcement of civil rights.

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education:
Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program

Massachusetts Neighborhood Crime Watch Commission

PRIVATE/NON PROFIT RESOURCES

The Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Alabama, fights prejudice and discrimination through litigation and education. Among its most notable programs are the Intelligence Project, Teaching Tolerance, and Tolerance.org.

Anti-Defamation League
For more than 88 years the Anti-Defamation League has been a leader in the fight against anti-Semitism and bigotry, seeking to promote respect among diverse groups in America and the world.

Civilrights.org
Civilrights.org empowers the civil rights community in the emerging digital society through an online social justice network. Civilrights.org leverages communications technologies in the pursuit of equality and greater understanding and respect for difference.

Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves acts on the conviction that education in a democracy must be what Alexis de Tocqueville called “an apprenticeship in liberty.” Facing History helps students find meaning in the past and recognize the need for participation and responsible decision-making in civic society.

The National Conference of Community and Justice
The National Conference for Community and Justice, founded in 1927 as the National Conference of Christians and Jews, promotes understanding and respect among all races, religions, and cultures, through advocacy, conflict resolution, and education.

Erase the Hate
Erase the Hate is the USA Networks’ acclaimed public affairs initiative dedicated to combating hate and racism while promoting respect and understanding.

Simon Wiesenthal Center
The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust. The Center operates the acclaimed Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.

United Against Hate
Founded in the wake of the murders of James Byrd and Matthew Shepard, United Against Hate is a campaign of individuals and organizations that believe that a forceful, moral response to hate violence is required of us all.

HateWatch
Originally a Harvard University library guide called “A Guide to Hate Groups on the Internet”, HateWatch actively monitors and confronts bigots on the web.

The Prejudice Institute
2743 Maryland Ave. Baltimore, MD 21218
telephone: (410) 243-6987 email: prejinst@aol.com�

National Crime Prevention Center
NCPC helps people create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence and reducing opportunities for crime to occur.

Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
GLSEN is the leading national organization fighting to end anti-gay bias in K-12 schools. GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Artists Against Racism
Artists Against Racism reach out as role models to youth via T.V. and Radio Public Service Announcements (PSAs), logos on CD Jackets, benefit CDs and concerts, subway and outdoor billboards, school posters and videos, music magazines and newspaper ads, to prevent prejudice through education.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police
The International Association of Chiefs of Police is the world’s oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 19,000 members in over 100 different countries. This site features recommendations generated by the group’s 1998 Hate Crimes in America summit.

Center for the Prevention of School Violence
Students Against Violence Everywhere
S.A.V.E. chapters in schools are student-directed groups that emphasize and encourage an attitude of nonviolence. Through school and community events, students in high school, middle school, and elementary school promote nonviolent solutions to conflicts.

Matthew Shepard Foundation
The Matthew Shepard Foundation, created in memory of the gay Wyomingite and hate crime victim by his parents Dennis and Judy, strives to replace hate with understanding, acceptance and compassion. The Matthew Shepard Foundation supports diversity programs in education and helps youth organizations establish environments where young people can feel safe and be themselves.

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committe
The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is a non-sectarian civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage.

Anti-Asian Violence Network
This web site explores anti-Asian violence concerns, to further the search for solutions.

Local Resources

RI VIOLENCE PREVENTION NETWORK