The suggestions made elsewhere in this Guide regarding the need for conflict resolution and prejudice reduction programs in school apply equally here. Curricula used to promote positive responses to diversity should include information on hate or bias crimes. No school official can possibly accomplish the elimination of harassment and hate crime without a strong, continuing partnership with staff, parents, students, and the community. Your school or school district, OCR's national and field offices, other components of the U.S. Department of Education, your state board of education, your state attorney general, the National Association of Attorneys General, your collective bargaining organization, and local law enforcement agencies must all support each other by pooling our knowledge and experience and sharing new ideas and solutions as we become more adept in pursuing our goal. By working and learning together, we can strive to eliminate harassment and violence from our schools and our society.
All life is interrelated.
All people are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King, Jr., Speech at Birmingham Jail, 1963.