Real change—in our communities, our schools, and people’s everyday lives—takes work: engaging stakeholders, building empathy, sparking discussion, soliciting testimony, forging networks, and fostering partnerships across lines that too often divide. This is the work of Not In Our Town.
Over 250,000 people become targets of hate every year. Most of these crimes are violent, and the vast majority go unreported. In our nation’s schools, one-third of all students report being bullied. Real change—in our communities, our schools, and people’s everyday lives—takes work: engaging stakeholders, building empathy, sparking discussion, soliciting testimony, forging networks, and fostering partnerships across lines that too often divide.