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 Anti-Hate Campaign The Anti-Hate Campaign was launched in January 2010 to help students become more aware of their diverse surroundings and how their actions impact their environment.  This campaign encourages students to take personal responsibility to educate themselves and those around them.    The South Dakota State University Anti-Hate Campaign is partially a campaign and partially a task force.  The campaign is comprised of SDSU students who make a pledge to themselves that they will be intolerant to hate on our campus.  Also, they make a pledge that they will speak out against hate; silence sends a message of acceptance.  Each student has the choice to become involved.  Students can become apart of the Anti-Hate Campaign by signing the pledge card, receiving and wearing their Anti-Hate button, and signing our Anti-Hate banner.  The other half of the Anti-Hate Campaign is the task force, which is a group of people working to promote unity and understanding throughout the campus.  The task force is put in to action to move forward and help create a community of acceptance and tolerance here at SDSU.  The SDSU Anti-Hate Campaign promotes and supports programs and activities that match the campaign’s mission.   

AWARE-LA is part of a national effort led by white antiracists across the country. The campaign we have launched locally is called: Building a U.S. for all of Us: We Draw the Line at Hate! This effort stands for a progressive antiracist vision and against the growing right-wing racist movement in this country. We believe it is the responsibility of white people to organize a visible and active majority of white people who stand against racism and for justice. We believe in a U.S. for All of Us , where the majority of our budget does not go towards military spending and wars, but instead is used to invest in the health of our country by rebuilding our education system, creating green jobs and green technology, and by providing services critical to our security such as healthcare and unemployment assistance.

Covenant House joins the YWCA in its national day to "Stand Against Racism" with a lively open competition featuring top Charleston poets. We'll hear from Spoken Word artists who speak from the heart about race, love, dreams, self-respect, politics and everything that makes today's world a fascinating, complex place. "True artists, writers and performers," describes Amy Weintraub, Covenant House Director.  "They are the voices of the next generation: If Langston Hughes or Virginia Woolf was alive today... this is what they'd sound like." Experience a casual atmosphere with snacks. Grace the mic yourself or simply enjoy the poetry and fun-loving atmosphere. This is definitely a food-for-your-soul event of the spring, so get your fill now! To find out more about Poetry Slams, in general, click here. RSVP on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Charleston-WV/Covenant-House/44253858085?v=app_2344061033&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=287865486880&index=1

I wrote an email to the head of the Head-Royce Middle school, urging her to connect with NIOT.  Head-Royce is a K-12 school across the street from the cathedral, so she has influence over a lot of young adults in the neighborhood.  My wife and I have previously approached her to connect with NIOT, and it seems more urgent now that a hate crime has happened across the street.