The Orange County Human Relations Commission reported 61 hate crimes, a drop of 21% from the year before. But crimes involving sexual orientation nearly doubled. By Mike Anton, Los Angeles TimesMay 23, 2013, 12:05 a.m. The number of reported hate crimes in Orange County fell by 21% last year, even though such crimes based on sexual orientation almost doubled, according
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Posted: Friday, May 24, 2013 12:52 pm | Updated: 9:05 pm, Fri May 24, 2013. By ADAM ELMAHREK | While the overall number of reported hate crimes in Orange County has dropped since last year, hate crimes committed against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents has been rising, according to the Orange County Human Relations Commission’s annual hate crime report
Read more →In the summer of 2012 OC Human Relations engaged a multi-generational group of Latino residents in a community-based project called “El Bajio to San Clemente: An Inter-Generational Exploration of a Cultural Journey.” Residents spent the summer telling the collective story of how almost an entire village migrated from El Bajio, Mexico to San Clemente, including the challenges and struggles of
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Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 10:39 am | Updated: 10:45 am, Thu May 16, 2013. By RUSTY KENNEDY When Kelly Thomas lay dying in the street, it was a wake-up call that we need to set aside some of our animosities, let go of some of our suspicions and come together to do a better job of protecting this vulnerable
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It’s always exciting to be in the room when old stereotypes are proven wrong. That’s what happened last month when 17 parents from Sycamore Jr. High in Anaheim graduated from OC Human Relations’ Parent Leadership Institute (PLI). These parents spent 6 weeks attending workshops on understanding the school system, graduation requirements, parent rights and responsibilities and how to partner with
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27.01.13: The Commission held a listening session to hear more of the experiences of African-American’s living in Orange County.
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On Saturday, December 8, OC Human Relations Commission, along with Christ Our Redeemer AME Church, West Coast Christian Tabernacle, New Spirit Baptist Church, OC NAACP, Dr. Thomas Parham, and the Thurgood Marshall Bar Association invited African-American community members to share their stories, challenges, and celebrations of living in Orange County. The “Listening Session” was prompted by the experiences of an
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In December we hosted the first in a series of Listening Sessions with members of Orange County’s African-American community in response to the story of a family who left Orange County, feeling forced out by hate.
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A Buddhist temple in a Westminster neighborhood has some residents grousing about increased traffic and other annoyances. By Lauren Williams, Los Angeles Times December 30, 2012 ‘There’s no question where you’re confronted with something you don’t understand or are unfamiliar with, you’re uncomfortable.’ – Rusty Kennedy, executive director Orange County Human Relations Commission The sound of chanting echoed through the
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On Saturday, December 8, OC Human Relations Commission, along with Christ Our Redeemer AME Church, West Coast Christian Tabernacle, New Spirit Baptist Church, OC NAACP, Dr. Thomas Parham, and the Thurgood Marshall Bar Association invited African-American community members to share their stories, challenges, and celebrations of living in Orange County. The “Listening Session” was prompted by the experiences of an
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OC Human Relations now has a new name. We are Groundswell!
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