No Hate Here event, this Saturday

(I saw this email via mail forwarding from someone who received it. Sponsors include HSU's Bias Response Team, Eureka Chapter of the NAACP, Temple Beth El, Humboldt County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, and the Critical Race, Gender and Sexualities Studies Department at HSU. For more information, email biasresponse@humboldt.edu or call (707) 826-4949. )

We* are writing to invite you to participate this Saturday, October 22nd, in a public event, titled “No Hate Here.” This event will provide a space for a community response to the murder of local resident Reginald Alan Clark, 53, an African American, October 4, 2011 and Cody Myers in Oregon. Both were killed by white supremacists who were later arrested on their way to Sacramento to “kill more Jews.” These murders, as we know, are part of a broader, although often ignored, pattern of bias and hate-based ideas, discrimination and violence in our local, national and global community.

“No Hate Here” will allow people to express their fears and concerns, as well as share tools with other community members for empowerment, safety, and the strengthening of community. By coming together we can demonstrate our common dedication to creating and living in a community (and a world) built on compassion, nonviolence and justice.

“No Hate Here” will be held Saturday night, October 22nd, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
We will start with a candle-light vigil and then move inside for a community discussion
Location: Boys & Girls Club, Corner of Harris and J Street.

We know that the ideal situation would be to plan with a longer time horizon so that we may bring as many people together to organize the event as possible; however, given the importance of having an event in a timely manner, we hope you will forgive us, and join us this weekend and in planning further actions. *If you would like to contribute to the event this weekend, please contact us at biasresponse@humboldt.edu or 826-4949.
*(HSU's Bias Response Team, Eureka Chapter of the NAACP, Temple Beth El, Humboldt County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, and the Critical Race, Gender and Sexualities Studies Department at HSU)

Jennifer Eichstedt
Bias Response Coordinator
Professor of Sociology
Co-Editor of the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations