December 22, 2011

Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness (Condensed Version, 27 minutes)

Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness is a documentary about a town coming together to take action after anti-immigrant violence devastates the community.

December 21, 2011

Not In Our Town: Class Actions (Pre-Order)

This promo features scenes from an upcoming PBS special about three stories of students and their communities standing together to stop hate and bullying.

September 21, 2011

Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness

July 15, 2011

Staging a Response to Hate

After transgender teen Gwen Araujo is killed by local youth in the Silicon Valley suburb of Newark, the town's residents and civic leaders must acknowledge and deal with this brutal and preventable crime. Through their local high school production of The Laramie Project, the students and Newark residents begin to see parallels in their own community.

This is an excerpt of Not In Our Town Northern California: When Hate Happens Here.

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December 6, 2010

Embracing the Dream: Celebrating Martin Luther King's Legacy in America Today

On Jan. 17, 2011, Not In Our Town will honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy by doing what we do best: Sharing the real-life stories of people who are applying Dr. King’s principles today.

February 4, 2010

Not In Our Town Northern California: Redding, CA

This excerpt of "Not In Our Town Northern California: When Hate Happens Here" details the story of the family of Gary Matson, who was murdered with his partner, Winfield Mowder, in their Redding, California, home by white supremacists. The two brothers, Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams, confessed to killing the couple July 1, 1999, because they were gay, and were also responsible for the 1999 Sacramento synagogue bombings. (3:16)

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January 8, 2010

Reversing Vandalism

Reversing Vandalism chronicles the library's search for the book vandal, and the librarians' decision to offer the damaged books to artists as materials for creative expression and community healing.

This is an excerpt of Not In Our Town Northern California: When Hate Happens Here.

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December 14, 2009

Not In Our Town: Billings, Montana

An excerpt of the critically acclaimed PBS special that sparked a national movement against hate and intolerance tells the uplifting story of how the residents of Billings, Montana, joined together when their neighbors were threatened by white supremacists. Townspeople of all races and religions swiftly moved into action. Religious and community leaders, labor union volunteers, law enforcement, the local newspapers and concerned individuals stood united and spoke loudly for a hate-free community, proclaiming in no uncertain terms "Not In Our Town!"

October 23, 2009

After Cross Burning - A Town Marches Together

An excerpt from Not In Our Town Northern California, after a cross burning struck fear into a family, the community marches to lend their support. When an African-American resident of the small Northern California town of Anderson woke one winter morning in 2004 to an 8-foot-tall burning cross on her lawn, neighbors, city and church leaders quickly organized in support of her and her young family. (5:33)

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October 23, 2009

A City Unites After Synagogue Arsons