Please join us on February 23, from 5 – 8pm for a virtual (via Zoom) screening of the documentary, Healing From Hate. Healing from Hate is a film that examines the root causes of hate group activity through the bold work of those battling intolerance on the front lines. The film follows former hate-group members in their work to de-radicalize
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County of Orange Celebrates 50 Years of Human Relations Commission and Increases Funding to Stop Hate Orange County, CA – December 17, 2021 The Orange County Board of Supervisors celebrated 50 years of work of the Human Relations Commission on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at a presentation before their regular meeting. The Commission was founded in 1971 to seek out
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Norma López(714) 480-6594 | norma@splash.ochumanrelations.org Orange County Human Relations Commission condemns xenophobia and White Supremacist propaganda displayed at public meetings and places (December 9, 2021) Covid-19 continues to plague our country and so is the vitriol against our communities of color particularly Asian Americans. Nobody is immune or safe from being a target of hate. It has
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The Orange County Human Relations Commission will release its 2020 Orange County Hate Crime Report online Sept 17 at 9am. Residents are invited to attend by registering – you will be provided with a zoom link once registered.
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In response to the hate-speech, threats and intimidation that have been directed at OC Public Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau and OC Supervisor Katrina Foley and their families, the Orange County Human Relations Commission issued the following statement of solidarity. Download a PDF of the Commission’s statement Report a Hate Crime
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We’re recruiting for a Speakers Bureau. Its members will educates and inform the public about OC Human Relations and about the impact of hate on the individual and the community. The bureau will made up of OC community members who have been impacted by a hate crime or hate incident. Members of the Bureau will have the opportunity to serve
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Join Orange County Human Relations (OCHR) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) for a five-part, free online training that will offer tools and resources for how to combat online extremism. Using modules developed as part of UC Irvine’s Confronting Digital Extremism initiative, UCI is partnering with OCHR to provide an interactive training for the community. With the increase in violence against Asian-Americans and Pacific
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The County of Orange and Orange County (OC) Human Relations Commission are inviting the public to participate in Addressing Race-Based Hate Together, a series of virtual stakeholder input meetings focused on racism in the Orange County community. These meetings are in response to the OC Board of Supervisors unanimously approving resolutions to stand in solidarity to denounce all hate crimes
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After a spate of hate activity, including white nationalist leafletting, and attacks targeting Asian Americans OC Human Relations Council is asking local organizations and leaders to sign a statement of solidarity. So far, the statement has over 170 signatories.
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