Mountain View leaders are brainstorming ways to get ahead of hate crimes. More than 40 civic and community leaders met March, 25, 2009, to discuss strategies for building an inclusive community. City leaders in attendance included the mayor and vice mayor, two city council members, the police chief, and superintendent of schools. The meeting, convened by former Mountain View Human Relations Commission members Alicia Crank and Chris Burley, was planned even before recent hate incidents [1] occurred in the community.

Patrice O’Neill presented  an excerpt from the film Not In Our Town Northern California and a proposal for a Not In Our Town project in Mountain View that would incorporate neighborhood discussions. Check out the story about the event in the San Jose Mercury News [2].