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October 28, 2009: Exciting day
for human rights — President Obama signed The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd
Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law today.:  Safe Schools
Coalition’s Gabi and Alec Clayton and Marsha Botzer were at the White House for
the reception following the signing. Essay by Beth Reis with photos from the
event.
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/HateCrimesActSigning.html

 

 

If
students are to become the leaders of our world, rather than its bullies, they
need to be helped to understand the enormity of the continuum on which
bias-based bullying falls. As young people reach high school, especially, they
need to know the history of hatred
and inhumanity and they need to understand, as current events unfold all over
the world, that such inhumanity continues. Most important, they need to
discover that there are things each individual can do to respond to bias
crimes and hatred.

HATE CRIME:
„Should it be considered a crime?: a 4-LESSON SEQUENCE – CURRENT
EVENTS – “ Two Illinois high school students went to court on May 16,
2007 accused of committing a hate crime at school. The incident is
explained in a May 17, 2007 CBS article headlined „Girls
Charged With Hate Crime For Anti-Gay Fliers.“ The article is a
valuable teaching tool, especially because of the balanced way it was
written. The Safe Schools Coalition’s 4-lesson sequence is based on this
article. A current events lesson for grades 8-12.

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/HateCrimeLessonPlan-May18-2007-2.pdf (pdf format)



Listen to: „William’s Song – Five Great Big
Guys“
(4:43)

by Steve Schalchlin – on
The Bonus Round
Sessions (2000)

http://www.bonusround.com/

This is also posted on our Music
on the Safe Schools Coalition Website resource page.






 50 Under 30:
Masculinity and the War on America’s Youth

(pdf format) –
human rights report that documents a murderous tide of under-reported violence
that is claiming the lives of gender non-conforming youth and young adults ages
30 and under, and the dangerous indifference of law enforcement authorities,
policy-makers and mainstream media.

http://iambecauseweare.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/50u30.pdf

(pdf format)

Assault
on Gay America: The Life and Death of Billy Jack Gaither:
web site examines Gaither’s murder and the perspectives of psychologists,
religious scholars, and geneticists and other scientists, from PBS (Public
Broadcasting System):  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault


Reform hate crime reporting. Every victim counts. www.tolerance.org/evc/ЂњCrimes
of hate, conspiracy of silence: Torture and ill-treatment based on sexual
identityќ: This
report is available online from Amnesty International’s worldwide campaign
against torture. It contributes to growing international efforts to end
violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engACT400162001?OpenDocument&of=THEMES\SEXUAL+ORIENTATION;
or en Español: http://www.edai.org/centro/tortura/crimenes.htm

Families
United Against Hate: a nonprofit grassroots
organization created by and for families and survivors of hate motivated
violence, in collaboration with other individuals and organizations.
Provides long-term emotional support and technical assistance to families.
Also, FUAH’s web site has an excellent page stating their position on national
hate crime legislation: http://www.fuah.org/federal_legislation.html; Email: [email protected];
Web site: http://www.fuah.org  

HATE CRIME.NET:
an international
service, assists survivors and their families worldwide. HATE-CRIME.NET
volunteers from all over the world receive immediate e-mail notifications
about reported hate crimes. Volunteers then offer their help by sending
letters of support directly to the victims — a tremendous opportunity for
linking victims with victim service agencies. The HATE-CRIME Network serves
all who are affected by intolerance, discrimination, and prejudice —
regardless of motivation or location – across the globe. (International)
HATE-CRIME Network:  http://www.HATE-CRIME.NET;
(U.S./North America) Hate Crime National Hotline: 800-616-HATE.

HateCrime.org:
web site created by political commentator and gay civil rights activist John
Aravosis includes links to web sites about GLBT victims of hate crimes
(including Matthew Shepard, Brandon Teena, Danny Overstreet, JR Warren, PFC
Barry Winchell) as well as an Action Center, Statistics Center, and more: http://www.hatecrime.org

Hate
Crimes:
web page of concrete tips for GLBT people about self-defense, safety, what to
expect after an assault and how to report a hate crime, from Community United
Against Violence:
http://www.xq.com/cuav/hatecr1.htm

HATE CRIME: „Should it
be considered a crime?: a 4-LESSON SEQUENCE Ђ“ CURRENT EVENTS – “ Two
Illinois high school students went to court on May 16, 2007 accused of
committing a hate crime at school. The incident is explained in a May 17,
2007 CBS article headlined „Girls
Charged With Hate Crime For Anti-Gay Fliers.“ The article is a
valuable teaching tool, especially because of the balanced way it was
written. The Safe Schools Coalition’s 4-lesson sequence is based on this
article. A current events lesson for grades 8-12.

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/HateCrimeLessonPlan-May18-2007-2.pdf



(pdf format)


Hate
Crimes, state laws:
details, state by state, about what the law says:

HateFilter„ў:
software to protect children by blocking web sites that, in the judgment
of the ADL, advocate hatred, bigotry or violence towards Jews or others on the
basis of, among other factors, their sexual orientation: http://www.adl.org/hate-patrol/info/default.htm

ЂњHomosexuals
– Victims of the Nazi EraЂќ:
a report from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/education/resource/hms/HomosBklt.pdf

New
York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project:
contains vitally important information about safe dating, surviving hate
crimes, and more: http://www.avp.org



Political
Research Associates (Fight the Right Site): organization monitors the
activities of extremist groups. Includes articles, bibliographies, links,
calendar listings: http://www.publiceye.org/index.htm

Responding to Hate at School: A guide for teachers, counselors and administrators from Teaching
Tolerance.  http://www.tolerance.org/pdf/rthas.pdf (pdf format)

„Responses to Bias-Based
Incidents“: a handout from Families United Against Hate
explaining victims‘ experiences in the days (weeks, months) following the
harassment or violence: http://www.fuah.org/responses-to-bias-incidents.pdf (pdf format)



Stop
Hate Crimes!:
web site from the Northern California Community Research Group at University
of California, Davis: http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/hate_crimes.html

What To Do When the Nazis Come to
Town: Local Responses to Nazi and Neo-Nazi Activities in Communities
(DRAFT – 04-29-08 version): by Marc Brenman, Executive Director, Washington
State Human Rights Commission. (Posted with permission.)

http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/WhatToDoWhenTheNazisComeToTown-byMarcBrenman-042908.pdf 

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