A COMMUNITY OF DIFFERENCE^® offers social service workers, volunteers and staffs of community organizations - as well as civic leaders - skills and strategies to work together more effectively.

This program helps participants:

• Understand their own biases and how they affect their interactions with others

• Develop a common understanding about diversity

• Appreciate the need for respectful relations among diverse groups

• Develop concrete action plans for implementation

A COMMUNITY OF DIFFERENCE'S specially designed training program for law enforcement professionals (police cadets, experienced officers, and civilian personnel) helps:

• Develop awareness and skills for working within a highly pluralistic society

• Identify and report hate crimes

• Examine how anti-bias skills affect law enforcement work, especially regarding hate crimes

• Examine appropriate responses to on-the-job situations, using case studies and large and small discussion groups

For more information, or to find out how your local organizations and agencies can implement A COMMUNITY OF DIFFERENCE, contact your ADL Regional Office, ADL National Headquarters (212) 885-7700, or by E-mail.

Resources:

• Empowering Children in the Aftermath of Hate: A Guide for Educators and Parents

• Discussing Hate and Violence With Children (available in Spanish)

• 101 Ways To Combat Prejudice

• Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice