Orange County Human Relations Commission
MISSION: Seek out the causes of tension and conflict, discrimination and intolerance, and eliminate those causes
Monthly Summary of Activities: February 2017
Police‐Community Relations
Police Community Reconciliation Program: On 2/7, 2/9, 2/15, and 2/28 – Commission staff met with APD’s Internal Affairs, OCSD-Chiefs and TPD’s chief to introduce new staff, review protocols for PCRP and Hate Crime reporting.
OC LGBTQ Policing Partnership: On 2/7, Commission staff attended the OC LGBTQ Policing Partnership meeting.
Police-Community Dialogues: On 2/7, 2/9, & 2/21 staff conducted listening sessions between 20 Santa Ana residents and 6 service area organizations including Santa Ana PD to strengthen collaborative work and enhance cultural awareness, safety, and quality of life concerns in neighborhood.
Intergroup Relations
Hate Free OC Campaign
Hate Crime & Incidents Identified in February:
- On 2/8, staff responded to the victim of a Hate Crime – referral received from OC Sherriff’s Department.
- On 2/10, staff continued to support local high school in their response to a hate crime.
- On 2/11, staff responded to a hate crime of vandalism.
- On 2/23, staff responded to a hate incident at a local high school.
Community Outreach & Presentations:
- On 2/15, Commission Director attended Los Amigos meeting to introduce herself & share #HateFreeOC campaign.
- On 2/15, staff offered a Hate Crime prevention presentation to 25 parents at Huntington Beach High.
- On 2/16, Commission Director facilitated a planning meeting with OCIN director to identify speakers and moderators for the OCIN forum series.
- On 2/17, staff facilitated a debrief for Not in Our Town film on Hate in Laguna Woods
Commission Director One-on-Ones: Commission Director One-on-Ones: Commission Director met with Chief Hamel, Rabbi Steinberg and Becky Esparza this month.
Community Building and Training
Orange Coast College: On 2/22, in collaboration with OC Human Relations Council, Commission staff met with
Orange Coast College administrators to plan a community building program in order to repair ongoing school club
tensions.
Community Health Assessment: On 2/23, Commission Director participated in St. Jude Medical Ctr Community
Health Needs Assessment Focus Group.
Implicit Bias Training: On 2/21, staff provided Implicit Bias training at the Anaheim Union High School District to 40 administrative staff.
