OC Human Relations recently hosted a viewing party featuring “100 Days After DACA”, a video created by OC Human Relations & Dustin Le Productions on the impact of the White House termination of the DACA program on Orange County residents. The feedback from the 100 people who attended was very positive!
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Open to all K-12 teachers, this class will help educators work more effectively with their students, and promote cultural, ethnic, and religious understanding in the classroom.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY English/Spanish Bilingual Community Organizer – Community Building Initiative Accepting Applications until December 30th at noon Send cover letter and resume to: Norma López at norma@ochumanrelations.org Preferred format for applications is pdf. The Community Building Initiative (CBI) is a three-year project with focus on resident-based capacity to determine and implement positive change in low income communities. This initiative is
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OC Human Relations brought together participants from two Community Building Initiative (CBI) sites. Residents of the Alameda-Brownwood-Catalina (ABC) neighborhood in West Anaheim visited their peers in the Oak View neighborhood in Huntington Beach. The purpose of the visit was to encourage the residents to share their knowledge and experiences between residents and to develop a network among CBI resident leaders across Orange County
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Over the course of two evenings in late July 2016, Joyce Sanchez and Norma López of OC Human Relations Community Building team, conducted a Restorative Circle Facilitator Training at the Islamic Society of Orange County. Its purpose was to train community leaders to lead Community Building/Healing circles in their respective communities in light of recent violent events in the United
Read more →No son verdes ni descargan rayos eléctricos de sus manos para ahuyentar el crimen, pero Victoria Hipólito, María Rosario Rubio y Deborah de la Cruz, son un trío de mujeres dispuestas a luchar por el bienestar de los niños y sus vecindarios.Las tres líderes del oeste de Anaheim, forman parte del Grupo de Padres en Acción, un agrupación de residentes que se enfoca en mejorar la calidad de vida de la comunidad a través de juntas comunitarias, limpiezas, caminatas por la paz y el reclutamiento de vecinos para hacer el cambio.
Read more →After their Flashlight Walk on March 2, residents of the Alameda-Brownwood-Catalina (ABC) community, located in West Anaheim, told OC Human Relations community organizer, Norma Lopez, how happy they were that the walk had been organized and how important it was for other residents to see a crowd of their neighbors walk through the streets at night without fear. In the
Read more →The Ku Klux Klan is back to delivering a bitter message with a sweet confection. In January, on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the KKK left fliers promoting the white supremacist organization around a Santa Ana neighborhood. Each flier was tucked in a plastic bag along with a rock and candy. Now, Fullerton police are investigating KKK fliers, also packaged with candy, found in two neighborhoods on Sunday.
Read more →There are a number of trainings offered by OC Human Relations staff coming up over the next few months. In March there are two advanced mediation workshops for volunteers and interns already working with an Orange County Dispute Resolution Program. April marks the start of the next 32 hour Basic Mediation Training, which is open to the public. In June a
Read more →On September 11, 2014 the Orange County Human Relations Commission convened its members at The Center OC, a nonprofit organization in Santa Ana that provides support for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) communities in Orange County. At the request of the Chair, Ken Inouye, the Commission went to The Center OC to conduct a Listening Session focused on members of
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OC Human Relations now has a new name. We are Groundswell!
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