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