Stop The Hate Training For Trainers

September 26 through 28, 2011 - West Coast Program In Napa Valley, California
March 19 through 21, 2012 - East Coast Program In Charlotte, North Carolina

The Stop The Hate Train The Trainer Program supports colleges and universities in preventing and combating bias and hate crimes on campus as well as fostering the development of community. The program allows top administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty and students to learn new innovative tools to take action on hate crimes and bias-motivated violence issues on his/her campus. The only resource of it's kind specifically for college campuses, the Stop The Hate 250+ page premiere training manual and three day, 18-20 hour Train The Trainer program was developed in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League, Association of College Unions International, Campus Pride, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Wilbron Institute, Matthew Shepard Foundation, Napa Valley College Criminal Justice Training Center and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence.

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My first blog for Campus Pride focused on the aftermath of an alleged anti-gay incident at Emory University that made the national news.  In that blog, I opined  that leaders at Emory and on other campuses across the country should try to figure out ways to have something positive come from an unfortunate event on campus.

After receiving feedback about the article, I thought that a follow-up “post” might be helpful to outline some ideas  about what campus leaders could do on campus to help decrease (or, ideally, eliminate) anti-LGBT harassment and bullying on campus.  As an aside, some feedback noted that I had omitted the “Q” in LGBT-Q in my first blog.  True, I did omit the “Q,” representing those on campus (and everywhere) who may be questioning their own sexual orientation or identify as queer.  For this and future blogs, I will add the “Q.”  My apologies to those who fall into the “Q” segment within the LGBTQ world (which I suspect may have included many of us at some point in our lives).

I noted previously that anti-gay animus is hard to detect, as only the actor who takes action against an LGBTQ individual or group truly knows whether his/her action was based on anti-gay feelings or beliefs.  But, for a moment, let’s put aside that issue since the determination of animus is “post-action”  and, instead, we should focus attention on what campus leaders can do “pre-action,” i.e., to prevent the occurrence of negative events on campus.  More campus energy should be spent on preventing harassment and bullying, rather than attempting to determine (post-action) why it occurred.  Newly introduced federal legislation, if passed, may require such energy.

In thinking about preventive action, I offer the following three ideas after the jump...

Did you know that, according to last year's FBI crime statistics, college campuses are among the third most common location for a hate crime to occur? Did you also know that race is the most common bias motivation in reported hate crimes? You can learn more about hate crimes and bias incidents and how to be active in preventing hate crimes on your campus by attending one of our upcoming Stop the Hate Training for Trainers programs.

The Stop the Hate Training for Trainers program is a 3-day intensive course that includes twelve different learning modules. Attendees are involved in a wide variety of learning activities and exercises designed to prepare them to work actively on their campus to prevent hate and bias incidents. Each participant receives a training manual with over 250 pages of content and learning activities contributed by our educational partners. In addition, participants who complete the 3-day program receive a certificate and exclusive access to the Stop the Hate Action Center, an online resource with even more instructional materials.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION

Stop the Hate - East Coast: December 6 through 8, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina
Stop the Hate - West Coast: March 31 through April 2, 2010 in Napa, California

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If you are interested in bringing Stop the Hate to your campus, we offer two different ways to host a program. Learn more by visiting our website at www.stophate.org