LOS ANGELES - Today marks the start of the fourth annual United Against Hate Week, a national week of solidarity-building against hate and for diverse, inclusive and peaceful communities. Cities and towns across the nation are hosting discussions, events, art installations and more to stand united against hate, white supremacy, and other forms of extremism.
LA Civil Rights is participating in United Against Hate Week by leading and participating in a number of discussions, including "Solidarity Dividends" on Wednesday, November 17th and "A Future LA County Without Hate," sponsored by Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law and moderated by Dominique di Prima, on Thursday, November 18th. Click here to find a list of events.
This year's United Against Hate Week comes amidst rising violent hate crimes across the nation. A report released last week by the County of Los Angeles showed a 20% increase in reported hate crimes in 2020, driven largely by racially motivated attacks against African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, among others. According to data from the LAPD, hate crimes have been rising every year in Los Angeles since at least 2016, a 55% increase over the past five years. Click here to read the report.
LA Civil Rights has hosted over a dozen workshops, panels and trainings to prevent hate, as well as launched the city's largest anti-hate PSA campaign, LA For All. The campaign, featured on bus shelters, city parks, street banners and buses and trains, provides hate crime and hate incident reporting information in a number of languages. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
If you have seen or experienced hate in our city, please report it. You can call 211 or 311 as well as report to the Los Angeles Police Department. Click here to find more options at our Stop Hate Resource Hub.