OUR PROGRAMMING
We're dedicated to supporting anti-discrimination work and helping prevent, intervene, and support those who have experience hate crimes/incidents. This initiative is a combined effort across all of OCAPICA's programming and services. OCAPICA is the Orange County and Inland Empire regional lead for the California Department of Social Services' Stop the Hate initiative, partnering with 24 organizations to provide direct services, prevention services and intervention services for victims and survivors of hate crimes/incidents.
OCAPICA supports anti-discrimination work through:
OCAPICA supports anti-discrimination work through:
- Uplifting and building capacity for grassroots and community-based organizations
- Survivor / victims assistance, navigation, and crisis counseling
- Racial/cultural trauma healing workshops and support groups
- Trainings and education on anti-discrimination work
- Cultural competency trainings for providers working with marginalized communities
- Educational workshops for self and community empowerment to prevent hate crimes/incidents
- Outreach and education on reporting and importance of data
- Youth and community development to build a stronger network against hate
- Advocacy and policy change to invest in systemic anti-discrimination work
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- If you have experienced a hate crime or hate incident, here are resources for reporting hate crimes/incidents.
- The California Department of Justice has tools and resources to aid and assist local, state, and federal law enforcement authorities in the investigation of possible hate crimes, including the identification, arrest, prosecution, and conviction of the perpetrators of those crimes. See more here.