CCCED is pleased to release the report on our recent ‘Responding to Hate’ forum available here to download and viewable in our resource library.
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Posted in Hate Crime, News on Aug 16th, 2010
This hate crime awareness video was produced by the Nassau County Police Department (New York) and targets youth and hate crime. It is powerful and graphic, but gets the message across. http://www.pjads.com/ncpd-hatevideo.htm
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Posted in All posts, Events, March 21st, News on Mar 20th, 2010
March 21st: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination On March 21, 1960, around 7,000 anti-apartheid demonstrators assembled to march to the Sharpeville police station in South Africa. They gathered to peacefully protest the law that required all black Africans to carry a Pass Book, which enabled the government to restrict and monitor their [...]
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Please join CCCED in drafting a community response toward eliminating discrimination in the Calgary community. CCCED Community Forum on ‘The Courage to Stand Together Against Discrimination’ Monday March 22nd 4:00-7:00pm FCJ Centre, 219 – 19the Ave SW (parking in back) Guest Speaker: Sandy Dore Refreshments Provided This Forum is a follow-up to the ‘Responding to [...]
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To mark International Human Rights Day, occurring tomorrow December 10, 2009, the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee (AHCC) have just issued a media release for their new guide, Hate Crimes: What you should know and what you can do! For Immediate Release, December 10, 2009: In support of International Human Rights Day whose aim is to [...]
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Following last week’s ‘Calgary says NO to Hate‘ (held after swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were spray painted on the Calgary Holocaust War Memorial and the Calgary Jewish Centre – CTV video coverage of the rally here) I wanted to post two resource tools that address hate crime in Alberta, its prevalence — and, most importantly, [...]
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In conjunction with the Government of Alberta, and community organizations, CCCED spoke last week at the ‘Calgary says NO to Hate’ rally, which was organized to raise awareness about discrimination and hate crimes and what we can do in the community to stop this. Here is the transcript of CCCED’s speech at the rally: Hate [...]
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