SAN DIEGO – Beginning today, U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman, together with network and law enforcement leaders, will take part in a statewide United Against Hate (UAH) Week campaign.

The week of Nov. 14-21 is a call for neighborhood civic motion to prevent the detest and biases that pose a risky hazard to the protection and civility of our neighborhoods, cities and cities. The UAH marketing campaign, which emerged from a poster marketing campaign with the aid of using Bay Area Cities, has unfold to extra than 2 hundred groups.  San Diego will take part for the primary time this year. 

Inspired with the aid of using a hit campaigns in previous years at some point of California, the U.S. Attorney’s workplace, thru its leadership function chairing the San Diego Regional Anti-Hate Crime Coalition, has collaborated with a couple of companions to release per week of effective messages and numerous occasions designed to empower neighborhood citizens and groups to face towards racism and alter the direction of developing intolerance.

“When law enforcement, network leaders and citizens paintings collectively towards hate, we will repair respect, include the power of variety and construct inclusive and equitable groups for all,” Grossman stated.

Dozens of organizations, civic/law enforcement leaders and companies have signed on as supporters. Scheduled occasions consist of a social media/Twitter typhoon on November 15th; numerous unfastened National Conflict Resolution Center webinars on “The Art of Inclusive Communication” and the “Bystander Challenge;” schooling with the aid of using the District Attorney’s Office on hate crimes and sufferer sources for prone groups; an Antisemitism and Bias Seminar provided with the aid of using Anti-Defamation League; and a rite honoring the winners of a school-primarily based totally essay/poster contest, backed with the aid of using the U.S. Attorney’s workplace and the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association Foundation. In addition, the County of San Diego and City of San Diego are anticipated to byskip proclamations affirming this week “United Against Hate Week” in San Diego. 

The complete calendar of occasions may be accessed at: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/united-towards-hate.

“Hate Crimes are the very best precedence of the FBI’s Civil Rights software because of the devastating effect they have got on households and groups” stated Stacey Moy, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Field Office. “We will continually work with our law enforcement and personal quarter companions to train our groups approximately those violations even as persevering with to research and save you violent incidents inspired with the aid of using hate or bias. We additionally urge the general public to file any suspected hate crimes to the FBI and neighborhood law enforcement.”

“I stand united towards hate along the committed group on the DA’s workplace, our numerous groups and law enforcement,” stated San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan. “Hate-fueled crimes that focus on human beings primarily based totally on their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender or incapacity harms the sufferer and additionally spreads worry at some point of the network. We will now no longer tolerate this, that’s why prosecuting hate crimes is a concern for the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office. In combatting hate crimes, we almost tripled the range of hate crime instances we’ve got prosecuted in latest years, we blanketed sufferers harmed with the aid of using hate and we expanded get admission to to reporting hate incidents on line.”

“The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department does now no longer tolerate any acts of hate in our groups,” stated Sheriff Anthony Ray. “We are proud to sign up for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in addition to our law enforcement and network companions, in selling a message of cohesion and inclusion.”

Members of the general public are recommended to file hate incidents and hate crimes to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-CALL-FBI or on line at https://tips.fbi.gov/. Please name 911 in case you want emergency assistance.