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New Scholarship Program for GLBT Law Enforcement Students

For Immediate Release

The Out To Protect Scholarship Program is now accepting applications for a $500 scholarship to be awarded in June 2010. Qualified applicants can submit an application online on the Out to Protect website at www.outtoprotect.org. To qualify for one of our scholarships, you must be attending a basic law enforcement academy within the United States and demonstrate being able to meet the following criteria:

  • Identify as gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, or a straight ally and be "out" to your family, friends, and peers at the academy or law enforcement agency.
  • Be a recognized role model by your peers and supervisors.
  • Demonstrate use of the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics as a guide for decision making.
  • Demonstrate being able to graduate from your law enforcement training program.
  • A basic law enforcement academy includes training programs for local, state, or federal law enforcement provided by a law enforcement agency, college, or university. The deadline to submit an application for this scholarship is midnight on May 31, 2010.

The Out To Protect Scholarship Program was created in March 2009 to create a greater awareness of the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender professionals working in law enforcement and to support those pursuing a law enforcement career.This scholarship is being funded entirely by private donations from law enforcement officers and private citizens who believe in supporting the future of law enforcement.

Please forward this information to anyone you know who might be qualified to receive a scholarship. If you are affiliated with a law enforcement agency, please forward this message to your local training academy.

Do Hate Crime Laws Prevent Hate Crimes From Being Committed?

Today the FBI released the 2008 hate crime statistics that reflect the number of hate crimes reported in 2008. These statistics only reflect those hate crimes reported by law enforcement agencies to the FBI. Since this reporting program is completely voluntary, there is no way to know how close the numbers are to the actual number of hate crimes that occurred during 2008. Be that as it may, the number of hate crimes reported to the FBI last year increased by 2%. Race was still the most common bias motivation, followed by religion and then sexual orientation. The home was the most common location for a hate crime to occur, followed by roadways and highways. School campuses remain the third most common place for a hate crime to occur.

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In contrast, California saw a slight decrease in reported hate crimes (law enforcement agencies are required to report hate crimes to the California Department of Justice who is responsible for tracking hate crime trends). However, hate crimes committed against Jews increased 37% and hate crimes committed against homosexuals increased 16%.

Last month, President Obama signed into law an expansive federal hate crime bill that added sexual orientation, gender identity, and disabilities to the list of those identity groups protected by federal hate crime law. In addition, the law defines a hate crime as any crime of violence (not just those involving Constitutionally protected activities) motivated by the victim’s actual or perceived race, color, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. But will this bill, that took more than 12 years go get signed into law, really prevent hate crimes from happening? The answer is no.

Stop The Hate Comes to the Carolinas for Three Day Training to Fight Bias & Hate Crimes at Colleges & Universities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Press Contact:
Campus Pride
Phone: 704-277-6710
Email: info@campuspride.org

(Charlotte, N.C. -- November 4, 2009) Stop the Hate, a national bias and hate crime prevention program for colleges and universities, announces the dates for its upcoming Stop The Hate Train The Trainer program. The three-day training will begin on Thursday, Dec. 3at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 2:30 p.m., hosted on the campus of the University of North Carolina Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C. Registration is open until November 26, 2009 with early-bird special discounts at http://www.stophate.org/events.html

Bias incidents and hate crimes are a prevalent, growing issue at colleges and universities across the United States – even the Carolinas. The organization cites these select headlines from North Carolina and South Carolina over the last three years to name a few.

May 16, 2007: The death of Sean Kennedy, a gay young man, who was brutally killed outside a bar after being called “Faggot.”

November 5, 2008: The epitaphs scrawled on a tunnel wall on campus: "Let's shoot that (N-word) in the head," and "Hang Obama by a noose.”

September 14, 2009: A rock with a letter attached threatening a gay student with death threats saying “You don't deserve life like the rest of the world. It's bad enough without all the gay crap pulling people down. It's sick, unnatural and death is almost too good for you. Almost."

Stop The Hate Now Accepting Invitations To Host Programs For The 2009/2010 School Year

icon_sth.jpg Stop the Hate will once again present our 3-day training for trainers program at two locations across the country. The east coast program will be held December 3 through 5, 2009 at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte, North Carolina. The west coast program will be held March 29 through 31, 2010 at the Criminal Justice Training Center at Napa Valley College. Both programs are now open for registration and offer discounts for those who register early. According to the 2007 hate crime statistics complied by the FBI, school campuses continue to be the third most common place for hate crimes to occur. The Stop the Hate program is a unique and intensive program designed specifically for school leaders, administrators, faculty, staff, and students to prevent hate crimes and bias incidents on college campuses. Participants learn how to conduct workshops designed to raise awareness about hate crimes and bias incidents and how to develop effective strategies to prevent such incidents from happening in the first place. Stop the Hate is proud to have as educational partners the Southern Poverty Law Center, Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, Anti Defamation League, Matthew Shepard Foundation, Wilbron Institute, and the Napa Valley College Criminal Justice Training Center. To learn more about Stop the Hate or to find out more about how to bring a program to your campus, call Greg Miraglia, National Program Coordinator, at 707-333-8353, or visit our website at www.stophate.org
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