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1. Government Agencies

Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

U.S. Department of Education

330 C Street SW

Washington, D.C. 20202

800/421-3481

www.ed.gov/offices/OCR

Through the field offices below, OCR

provides technical assistance and

resolves complaints of discrimination,

including harassment, based on race,

national origin, sex, disability, and age.

Eastern Division:

Office for Civil Rights, Boston Office

U.S. Department of Education

J. W. McCormack Post Office and

Courthouse, Room 222

Boston, MA 02109 4557

617/223-9662; FAX 617/223-9669

TDD 617/223-9695

E-mail: OCR_Boston@ed.gov

(Serving Connecticut, Maine,

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, Vermont)

Office for Civil Rights, New York Office

U.S. Department of Education

75 Park Place, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10007 2146

212/637-6466; FAX 212/264-3803

TDD 212/637-0478

E-mail: OCR_NewYork@ed.gov

(Serving New Jersey, New York,

Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)

Office for Civil Rights

Philadelphia Office

U.S. Department of Education

The Wanamaker Building

100 Penn Square East, Suite 515

Philadelphia, PA 19107

215/656-8541; FAX 215/656-8605

TDD 215/656-8604

E-mail: OCR_Philadelphia@ed.gov

(Serving, Delaware, Maryland,

Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

Southern Division:

Office for Civil Rights, Atlanta Office

U.S. Department of Education

61 Forsyth St. SW, Suite 19T70

Atlanta, GA 30303 3104

404/562-6350; FAX 404/562-6455

TDD 404/562-6454

E-mail: OCR_Atlanta@ed.gov

(Serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia,

South Carolina, Tennessee)

Office for Civil Rights, Dallas Office

U.S. Department of Education

1999 Bryan Street, Suite 2600

Dallas, TX 75201

214/880-2459; FAX 214/880-3082

TDD 214/880-2456

E-mail: OCR_Dallas@ed.gov

(Serving Arkansas, Louisiana,

Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas)

Office for Civil Rights, District of

Columbia Office

U.S. Department of Education

1100 Pa. Ave. NW, Rm. 316

P.O. Box 14620

Washington, D.C. 20044 4620

202/208-2545; FAX 202/208-7797

TDD 202/208-7741

E-mail: OCR@ed.gov

(Serving North Carolina, Virginia,

Washington, DC)

Midwestern Division:

Office for Civil Rights, Chicago Office

U.S. Department of Education

111 N. Canal Street, Suite 1053

Chicago, IL 60606 7204

312/886-8434; FAX 312/353-4888

TDD 312/353-2540

E-mail: OCR_Chicago@ed.gov

(Serving Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota,

Wisconsin)

Office for Civil Rights, Cleveland Office

U.S. Department of Education

600 Superior Avenue East

Bank One Center, Suite 750

Cleveland, OH 44114 2611

216/522-4970; FAX 216/522-2573

TDD 216/522-4944

OCR_Cleveland@ed.gov

(Serving Michigan, Ohio)

Office for Civil Rights

Kansas City Office

U.S. Department of Education

10220 North Executive Hills Boulevard

8th Floor

Kansas City, MO 64153 1367

816/880-4200; FAX 816/891-0644

TDD 816/891-0582

E-mail: OCR_KansasCity@ed.gov

(Serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)

Western Division:

Office for Civil Rights, Denver Office

U.S. Department of Education

Federal Building, Suite 310

1244 Speer Boulevard

Denver, CO 80204 3582

303/844-5695; FAX 303/844-4303

TDD 303/844-3417

E-mail: OCR_Denver@ed.gov

(Serving Arizona, Colorado, Montana,

New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)

Office for Civil Rights

San Francisco Office

U.S. Department of Education

Old Federal Building

50 United Nations Plaza, Room 239

San Francisco, CA 94102 4102

415/437-7700; FAX 415/437-7783

TDD 415/437-7786

E-mail: OCR_SanFrancisco@ed.gov

(Serving California)

Office for Civil Rights, Seattle Office

U.S. Department of Education

915 Second Avenue, Room 3310

Seattle, WA 98174 1099

206/220-7900; FAX 206/220-7887

TDD 206/220-7907

E-mail: OCR_Seattle@ed.gov

(Serving Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada,

Oregon, Washington, American Samoa,

Guam, the Pacific Region)

Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program

(SDFS)

400 Maryland Ave. SW

Washington, D.C. 20202

202/260-3954

www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS

SDFS is a component of the U.S.

Department of Education that provides

discretionary and formula grant funding to

state and local education agencies and

other public and private organizations for a

wide range of school and community based

drug and violence prevention efforts.

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U.S. Department of Justice

Community Relations Service (CRS)

600 E Street NW

Suite 2000

Washington, D.C. 20530

202/305-2935

CRS provides conflict resolution,

conciliation, mediation, training, and a

variety of other services to schools and

communities to prevent or resolve

conflicts arising from actions or policies

perceived to be discriminatory on the

basis of race or national origin.

Regional Offices - Community Relations

Service

I. Boston, MA 617/424-5715

II. New York, NY 212/264-0700

III. Philadelphia, PA 215/597-2344

IV. Atlanta, GA 404/331-6883

V. Chicago, IL 312/353-4391

VI. Dallas, TX 214/655-8175

VII. Kansas City, MO 816/427-7434

VIII Denver, CO 303/844-2973

IX. San Francisco, CA 415/744-6565

X. Seattle, WA 206/220-6700

State Offices of the Attorney General

The State Attorneys General serve as

chief legal officers to state government

branches and agencies and are the

principal legal representative of the

public interest for all citizens.

Alabama

Attorney General of Alabama

Office of the Attorney General

State House

11 South Union Street

Montgomery, AL 36104

334/242-7401

Alaska

Attorney General of Alaska

Office of the Attorney General

Post Office Box 110300

Diamond Courthouse

Juneau, AK 99811-0300

907/465-3600

American Samoa

Attorney General of American Samoa

Office of the Attorney General

Post Office Box 7

Pago Pago, AS 96799

684/633-4163

Arizona

Attorney General of Arizona

Office of the Attorney General

1275 West Washington Street

Phoenix, AZ 85007

602/542-4266

Arkansas

Attorney General of Arkansas

Office of the Attorney General

200 Tower Building, 323 Center Street

Little Rock, AR 72201-2610

501/682-2007

California

Attorney General of California

Office of the Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 1740

Sacramento, CA 95814

916/324-5437

Colorado

Attorney General of Colorado

Office of the Attorney General

Department of Law

1525 Sherman Street

Denver, CO 80203

303/866-3052

Connecticut

Attorney General of Connecticut

Office of the Attorney General

55 Elm Street

Hartford, CT 06141-0120

860/808-5318

Delaware

Attorney General of Delaware

Office of the Attorney General

Carvel State Office Building

820 North French Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

302/577-8400

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Corporation Counsel

Office of the Corporation Counsel

441 4th Street NW

Washington, DC 20001

202/727-6248

Florida

Attorney General of Florida

Office of the Attorney General

The Capitol

PL 01

Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050

850/487-1963

Georgia

Attorney General of Georgia

Office of the Attorney General

40 Capitol Square S.W.

Atlanta, GA 30334-1300

404/656-4585

Guam

Attorney General of Guam

Office of the Attorney General

Judicial Center Building

120 West O’Brien Drive

Agana, GU 96910

671/475-3324

Hawaii

Attorney General of Hawaii

Office of the Attorney General

425 Queen Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

808/586-1282

Idaho

Attorney General of Idaho

Office of the Attorney General

210 State House

700 West Jefferson

Boise, ID 83720-1000

208/334-2400

Illinois

Attorney General of Illinois

Office of the Attorney General

500 South Second Street

Springfield, IL 62706

217/785-2771

Indiana

Attorney General of Indiana

Office of the Attorney General

Indiana Government Center South

Fifth Floor

402 West Washington Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204

317/233-4386

Iowa

Attorney General of Iowa

Office of the Attorney General

Hoover State Office Building

Des Moines, IA 50319

515/281-3053

Kansas

Attorney General of Kansas

Office of the Attorney General

Judicial Building

301 West Tenth Street

Topeka, KS 66612-1597

785/296-2215
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Kentucky

Attorney General of Kentucky

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol, Room 116

Frankfort, KY 40601

502/696-5300

Louisiana

Attorney General of Louisiana

Office of the Attorney General

Department of Justice

Post Office Box 94095

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4095

504/342-7013

Maine

Attorney General of Maine

Office of the Attorney General

State House Station Six

Augusta, ME 04333

207/626-8800

Maryland

Attorney General of Maryland

Office of the Attorney General

200 Saint Paul Place

Baltimore, MD 21202-2202

410/576-6300

Massachusetts

Attorney General of Massachusetts

Office of the Attorney General

One Ashburton Place

Boston, MA 02108-1698

617/727-2200

Michigan

Attorney General of Michigan

Office of the Attorney General

Post Office Box 30212

525 West Ottawa Street

Lansing, MI 48909-0212

517/373-1110

Minnesota

Attorney General of Minnesota

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol

Suite 102

St. Paul, MN 55155

651/296-6196

Mississippi

Attorney General of Mississippi

Office of the Attorney General

Department of Justice

Post Office Box 220

Jackson, MS 39205-0220

601/359-3692

Missouri

Attorney General of Missouri

Office of the Attorney General

Supreme Court Building

207 West High Street

Jefferson City, MO 65101

573/751-3321

Montana

Attorney General of Montana

Office of the Attorney General

Justice Building, 215 North Sanders

Helena, MT 59620-1401

406/444-2026

Nebraska

Attorney General of Nebraska

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol

Post Office Box 98920

Lincoln, NE 68509-8920

402/471-2682

Nevada

Attorney General of Nevada

Office of the Attorney General

Old Supreme Court Building

198 South Carson Street

Carson City, NV 89701

702/687-4170

New Hampshire

Attorney General of New Hampshire

Office of the Attorney General

State House Annex, 33 Capitol Street

Concord, NH 03301-6397

603/271-3655

New Jersey

Attorney General of New Jersey

Office of the Attorney General

Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex

25 Market Street, P.O.B. 080

Trenton, NJ 08625

609/292-4925

New Mexico

Office of the Attorney General

Bataan Memorial Bldg., Room 260

407 Galisteo Street

Santa Fe, NM 87501

505/827-6000

New York

Office of the Attorney General

Department of Law

State Capitol

Albany, NY 12224

518/474-7330

North Carolina

Office of the Attorney General

Department of Justice

114 W. Edenton

Raleigh, NC 27601

919/716-6400

North Dakota

Attorney General of North Dakota

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol

600 East Boulevard Avenue

Bismarck, ND 58505-0040

701/328-2210

N. Mariana Islands

Attorney General of the Northern

Mariana Islands

Office of the Attorney General

Administration Building

Saipan, MP 96950

670/664-2341

Ohio

Office of the Attorney General

State Office Tower

30 East Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43266

614/466-4940

Oklahoma

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol

2300 North Lincoln Boulevard

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

405/521-3921

Oregon

Office of the Attorney General

Justice Building

1162 Court Street NE

Salem, OR 97310

503/378-6002

Pennsylvania

Office of the Attorney General

Strawberry Square

Harrisburg, PA 17120

717/787-3391

Puerto Rico

Office of the Attorney General

Post Office Box 192

San Juan, PR 00902-0192

787/721-7700

Rhode Island

Attorney General of Rhode Island

Office of the Attorney General

150 South Main Street

Providence, RI 02903

401/274-4400
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South Carolina

Attorney General of South Carolina

Office of the Attorney General

Rembert C. Dennis Office Building

Post Office Box 11549

Columbia, SC 29211-1549

803/734-3970

South Dakota

Attorney General of South Dakota

Office of the Attorney General

500 East Capitol

Pierre, SD 57501-5070

605/773-3215

Tennessee

Attorney General of Tennessee

Office of the Attorney General

500 Charlotte Avenue

Nashville, TN 37243

615/741-6474

Texas

Attorney General of Texas

Office of the Attorney General

Capitol Station

Post Office Box 12548

Austin, TX 78711-2548

512/463-2191

Utah

Attorney General of Utah

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol, Room 236

Salt Lake City, UT 84114-0810

801/538-1326

Vermont

Attorney General of Vermont

Office of the Attorney General

109 State Street

Montpelier, VT 05609-1001

802/828-3173

Virginia

Attorney General of Virginia

Office of the Attorney General

900 East Main Street

Richmond, VA 23219

804/786-2071

Virgin Islands

Attorney General of the Virgin Islands

Office of the Attorney General

Department of Justice

G.E.R.S. Complex

48B-50C Kronprinsdens Gade

St. Thomas, VI 00802

340/774-5666

Washington

Attorney General of Washington

Office of the Attorney General

P.O. Box 40100

1125 Washington Street SE

Olympia, WA 98504-0100

360/753-6200

West Virginia

Attorney General of West Virginia

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol

1900 Kanawha Boulevard East

Charleston, WV 25305

304/558-2021

Wisconsin

Attorney General of Wisconsin

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol

Post Office Box 7857

Suite 114 East

Madison, WI 53707-7857

608/266-1221

Wyoming

Attorney General of Wyoming

Office of the Attorney General

State Capitol Building

Cheyenne, WY 82002

307/777-7844

2. Private and other

Organizations

National Association of Attorneys

General (NAAG)

750 First Street NE, Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20002

202/326-6000

www.naag.org

NAAG is the membership organization

of the State Offices of the Attorney

General. Its mission is to help

Attorneys General respond effectively,

individually and collectively, to

emerging state and federal issues.

NAAG’s Bias Crimes Task Force

operates in conjunction with the U.S.

Department of Justice and other

agencies to provide information and

training to police departments, schools,

and community organizations to

prevent and prosecute bias crimes.

Desegregation Assistance Centers

Desegregation Assistance Centers are

funded by the U.S. Department of

Education to provide free or low cost

technical assistance to school districts

on a wide range of equity issues,

including racial and sexual harassment.

New England Desegregation Assistance

Center for Equity in Education

Brown University

144 Wayland Ave.

Providence, RI 02906

Telephone: 401/351-274-9548; FAX

401/351-9594, www.brown.edu//

Research/The_Educational_Alliance/

DAC/dac.html

(Serving Connecticut, Maine,

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode

Island, Vermont)

Equity Assistance Center

The Metropolitan Center for Urban

Education

New York University

82 Washington Square, Suite 72

New York, NY 10003

Telephone: 212/998-5100; FAX 212/

995-4199, www.nyu.edu/education/

metrocenter/eac/eac.html

(Serving New Jersey, New York, Puerto

Rico, Virgin Islands)

The Mid-Atlantic Center

5454 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 655

Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Telephone: 301/657-7741; FAX 301/

657-8782, www.maec.org

(Serving Delaware, District of

Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,

Virginia, West Virginia)

Southeastern Equity Center

Miami Equity Associates, Inc.

8603 S. Dixie Highway, Suite 304

Miami, FL 33143

Telephone: 305/669-0114; FAX 305/

669-9809, E-mail:sedac@aol.com

(Serving Alabama, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina,

Tennessee, North Carolina)

Programs for Educational Opportunity

University of Michigan

1005 School of Education

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Telephone: 734/763-9910;

FAX 734/763-2137, www.umich.edu/

~eqtynet (Serving Illinois, Indiana,

Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
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Intercultural Development Research

Association

5835 Callahan, Suite 350

San Antonio, TX 78210

Telephone: 210/684-8180; FAX 210/

684-5389, www.idra.org

(Serving Arkansas, Louisiana, New

Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)

Midwest Desegregation Assistance Center

Kansas State University

401 Bluemont Hall

Manhattan, KS 66506

Telephone: 785/532-6408; FAX 785/

532-5548, http://mdac.edu.ksu.edu

(Serving Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,

Nebraska)

Educational Equity Center

The Metropolitan State College of Denver

Campus Box #3

1100 Stout Street, Suite 800

Denver, CO 80204

Telephone: 303/556-8494; FAX 303/

556-8505, http://clem.mscd.edu/

~eec_svcs

(Serving Colorado, Montana, North

Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

West Ed

Center for Educational Equity

4665 Lampson Avenue

Los Alamitos, CA 90720

Telephone: 562/598-7661; FAX 562/

985-9635, www.WestEd.org

(Serving Arizona, California, Nevada)

Center for National Origin, Race, and

Sex Equity

Northwest Regional Educational

Laboratory

101 SW Main, Suite 500

Portland, OR 97204

Telephone: 503/275-0664; FAX 503/

275-0452, www.nwrel.org

(Serving Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon,

Washington, American Samoa, Guam

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

823 United Nations Plaza

New York, NY 10017

800/343-5540

212/490-2525

www.adl.org

With 31 regional offices, ADL is

dedicated to combating hate crime and

promoting intergroup cooperation and

interfaith understanding. Through its

World of Difference Program, ADL

develops and provides a large number

of training programs, materials,

technical assistance and other services

to schools and communities to

promote intergroup and interfaith

understanding. ADL has national offices

in Washington, D.C. and New York City

and regional offices as follows:

Albuquerque, NM 505/823-2712

Atlanta, GA 404/262-3470

Boston, MA 617/457-8800

Chicago, IL 312/782-5080

Cleveland, OH 216/579-9600

Columbus OH 614/621-0601

New Haven, CT 203/772-1300

Dallas, TX 972/960-0342

Denver, CO 303/830-7177

Detroit, MI 248/355-3730

Fort Lauderdale, FL 954/779-3090

Houston, TX 713/627-3490

Las Vegas, NV 702/862-8600

Long Island, NY 516/496-0328

Los Angeles, CA 310/446-8000

Miami, FL 305/373-6306

New Orleans, LA 504/522-9534

New York, NY 212/885-7970

Norfolk, VA 757/455-9002

Omaha, NE 402/333-1303

Orange County, CA 714/979-4733

Palm Beach County, FL 561/832-7144

Philadelphia, PA 215/735-4267

Phoenix, AZ 602/274-0991

San Diego, CA 619/293-3770

San Francisco, CA 415/981-3500

Seattle, WA 206/448-5349

St. Louis, MO 314/432-6868

Washington, DC 202/452-8310

West Orange, NJ 973/669-9700

National School Boards Association

(NSBA)

1680 Duke Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

703/838-6722

www.nsba.org

Representing 95,000 school board

members, NSBA’s mission is to further

excellence and equity in public schools

through local school leadership.

Activities include participation in public

forums relevant to federal and national

education issues, representing school

board perspectives before federal

government agencies, and providing

information and services to school

boards throughout the country,

including information on activities to

prevent and address harassment in

schools.

Educators for Social Responsibility

(ESR)

23 Garden Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

800/370-2515

ESR creates and disseminates

publications and programs for teachers

and students emphasizing intergroup

relations, violence prevention, character

education, critical thinking, and social

responsibility.

Teaching Tolerance

400 Washington Ave.

Montgomery, AL 36104

334/264-0286

www.splcenter.org

A project of the Southern Poverty Law

Center, Teaching Tolerance is a national

education project dedicated to helping

teachers foster equity, respect, and

understanding. Numerous activities and

publications are available.

National Association of Colored People

(NAACP)

4805 Mount Hope Drive

Baltimore, MD 21215

410/747-7200

Among other objectives, the 2200

chapters of the NAACP work to ensure

the equality of minority students in

school.

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

111 19th Street NW

Suite 1000

Washington, D.C. 20036

202/289-1380

NCLR’s Center for Community

Educational Excellence works to build

community-school collaboration,

strengthen the quality of education for

Hispanic students, and more effectively

involve Hispanic families in the

education of their children.

Aspira Association, Inc.

1444 I Street NW, 8th floor

Washington, D.C. 20005

202/835-3600

www.incacorp.com/aspira

Aspira is a national organization

devoted to serving Puerto Rican and

other Latino youth through leadership

development in conjunction with parent

and community groups.
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National Youth Advocacy Coalition

1711 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 206

Washington, D.C. 20009

202/319-7596, nyac@nyacyouth.org

National organization focused on

improving the lives of gay, lesbian,

bisexual and transgender youth

through advocacy, education and

information. NYAC’s Bridges Project

provides resources, technical

assistance and referrals.

Parents, Families and Friends of

Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

1011 14th Street NW, Suite 1030

Washington, D.C. 20005

202/638-4200

Organized in over 400 communities,

PFLAG offers support for sexual

minority youth who may feel unsafe in

their communities because they are the

targets of anti-gay attitudes.

Lambda Legal Defense

and Education Fund

380 Lexington Ave.

New York, NY 10168

212/682-3454

National organization committed to

achieving full recognition of the civil

rights of lesbians, gay men and people

with HIV/AIDS through litigation,

education and public policy work.

Regional offices in Chicago (312/759-

8110) and Los Angeles (213/937-

2728).

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education

Network (GLSN)

121 West 27th Street, Suite 804

New York, NY 10001

212/727-0135

With over 90 chapters nationwide, GLSN

is the largest national organization

addressing issues of anti-gay bias in K12 schools. GLSN provides classroom

resources as well as workshops and

training for school communities to help

make schools safe for all students,

regardless of sexual orientation.

National Coalition for Sex Equity in

Education (NCSEE)

P.O. Box 534

Annandale, NJ 08801-0534

908/735-5045; FAX 908/735-9674

Founded in 1979, to provide training

and support for gender equity

specialists in regional, state and local

education programs, NYSEE now

provides leadership in the identification

and infusion of sex equity in all

education programs and within parallel

equity concerns, including, but not

limited to, age, disability, national origin,

race, religion, and sexual orientation.

With an annual conference and

newsletter, NYSEE serves as a resource

for educational institutions, community

organizations, and policy makers.

National Women’s Law Center

11 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20036

202/588-5180

www.nwlc.org

National organization that has worked

to advance and protect women’s rights

since 1972. The Center focuses on

major policy areas of importance to

women and their families, including

education. Recently published two

publications on preventing and

addressing sexual harassment.

Center for Democratic Renewal (CDR)

P.O. Box 50469

Atlanta, GA 30302

404/221-0025

National clearinghouse of information

on white supremacist movement;

provides training to schools, churches,

community organizations, and law

enforcement agencies. Over 40

publications available.

Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO)

16 Hurd Road

Brookline, MA 02146

617/232-1595

www.facing.org

With regional offices in Chicago,

Memphis, Boston, New York and Los

Angeles, FHAO provides resources,

speakers, workshops and teacher

institutes with the goal of teaching

students the lessons of history necessary

to be responsible and involved citizens.

Workshops help teachers to design their

own courses or lessons.

National Education Association (NEA)

1201 Sixteenth Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20036

202/822-7453

Among other activities, NEA’s Human and

Civil Rights Division focuses on preventing

and responding to hate motivated incidents

in schools. Provides training, technical

assistance, and information to NEA’s

members and the public.

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

555 New Jersey Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

800/238-1133 ext. 4434

202/879-4434

www.aft.org/humanrights/index.htm

The Human Rights and Community

Relations Department of the AFT serves

as a clearinghouse of information on

civil, human and women’s rights issues,

keeping local and state affiliates

informed of current trends and

publications, and maintaining

relationships with community and civil

rights organizations.

Center for the Study and

Prevention of Violence (CSPV)

University of Colorado

Campus Box 442

Boulder, Colorado 80309-0442

303/492-1032

Compiles research on causes and

prevention of violence. Offers technical

assistance for evaluation and development

of violence prevention programs.

National Congress of

Parents and Teachers

330 N. Wabash Street, Suite 2100

Chicago, IL 60611

312/670-6782

Information on school safety issues,

including parent initiatives.

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination

Committee

4201 Connecticut Avenue NW

Suite 300

Washington, D.C. 20008

202/244-2990

Committee provides information on hate

crimes against Arab-Americans.

National Asian Pacific Legal Consortium

1140 Connecticut Avenue NW

Suite 1200

Washington, D.C. 20036

202/296-2300; FAX 202/296-2318

www.NAPALC.org

E-mail:NAPALC@napalc.org

Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization

whose mission is to advance and

protect the legal and civil rights of

Asian Pacific Americans. In their efforts

to address and prevent anti-Asian

violence, the Consortium and its
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American Association for Mental

Retardation

444 N. Capitol Street NW, Suite 846

Washington, D.C. 20001

202/424-3688

National organization devoted to

furthering opportunities for persons

with disabilities. This organization may

be able to provide referrals to a range of

persons and organizations that can help

schools counter harassment of students

with disabilities.

Center for Civic Education

5146 Douglas Fir Road

Calabasas, CA 91302-1467

818/591-9321

www.civiced.org/aboutcce.html

Independent, nonprofit corporation

with a network of program

coordinators and youth chapters in

every state. The Center administers

curricular, teacher training and

community based programs to

promote participation in American

constitutional democracy. The Center’s

Youth for Justice, supported by the

Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention in the U.S.

Department of Justice, is a national

network of programs for all grade

levels that involve students in

identifying and implementing solutions

that will lead to safe, disciplined and

drug-free schools.

Study Circles Resource Center (SCRC)

P.O. Box 203

Pomfret, CT 06258

860/928-2616

SCRC helps communities use study

circles (small, democratic, discussion

groups) to discuss and problem-solve

on issues such as race, education, and

crime. Materials are available for use in

middle schools and upper grades.

Green Circle Program

1300 Spruce Street

Philadelphia, PA

215/893-8400

Programs developed by Green Circle

for students ages 12-18 to promote

awareness and appreciation of diversity

in school and other settings. Looks at

language, stereotypes, and the impact

of historical and current events.

affiliates monitor and document hatemotivated incidents, publish an annual

audit of anti-Asian violence, and

provide education to the Asian Pacific

American community, law enforcement,

policy makers and the general public.

Affiliates are:

• Asian American Legal Defense and

Education Fund

99 Hudson Street, 12th floor

New York, NY 10013

212/966-5932

E-mail:AALDEF@WORLDNET.ATT.NET

• Asian Law Caucus

720 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

415/391-1655

E-mail: HN5601@HANDSNET.ORG

• Asian Pacific American Legal Center

of Southern California

1010 S. Flower Street, Suite 302

Los Angeles, CA 90015

213/748-2022

E:mail: APALC@EARTHLINK.NET

National Center for

Hate Crime Prevention

Education Development Center (EDC)

55 Chapel Street

Newton, MA 02458

617/969-7100, ext. 2336

FAX 617/244-3436

E:mail: osula@edc.org

Funded by the U.S. Department of

Justice Office for Juvenile Justice and

Policy Prevention and the U.S.

Department of Education’s Office of Safe

and Drug-free Schools to provide

technical assistance, training, and

resources to professionals and

communities interested in preventing

hate crimes.

Wellesley College Center for Research

on Women

106 Center Street

Wellesley, MA 02481

781/283-2500

www.wellesley.edu/WCW/

Founded in 1974, the Center is home to

an interdisciplinary community of

scholars engaged in research designed

to generate and shape public policy.

Major source of expertise, training,

professional development, and

publications on sex equity, sexual

harassment, gender violence and

bullying.

Native American Rights Fund

1506 Broadway

Boulder, CO 80302

303/447-8760; FAX 303/443-7776

The Native American Rights Fund is a

national legal organization dedicated to

the preservation of tribal and individual

Native American rights, treaty rights,

land claims and other issues of vital

interest to Native Americans. This

organization can provide referrals to

regional and local sources of expertise.

National Indian Education Association

700 North Fairfax Street

Suite 210

Alexandria, VA 22314

703/838-2870; FAX 703/838-1620

The NIEA is the nation’s oldest and

largest organization that advocates

primarily for the improvement of

education services and opportunities

for American Indian and Alaska

Natives. The NIEA provides workshops

on racial harassment of American

Indians, helps to ensure culturally

accurate and appropriate curricula in

public education settings, and consults

on individual problems. The NIEA

encompasses a nationwide network of

individuals and resources.
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