Resources & Hotlines to report incidences of hate violence and to combat hate violence nationwide

This is a resource list and and list of hotlines to combat hate, violence and racism in the wake of September 11, 2001.

LOCAL/STATE/REGIONAL RESOURCES & HOTLINES:

CALIFORNIA

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee -- West Coast Regional Office
P.O. Box 1056, Stanton, CA  90680
Contact: Michel Shehadeh Tel: 714/636-1232 Email: adcwest@adc.org Web: www.adc.org

American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of San Francisco
(415) 861-7444 The ADC-S.F. is advocating for victims of hate-crimes, holding community town-hall meetings and know your rights training. Visit their website at: www.adcsf.org

Asian American Pacific Islander Circles
Provides legal referrals and advocacy for victims of hate violence stemming from September 11 backlash. Visit them on the web at: www.apicircles.org

Asian Pacific American Legal Center
1145 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017 
Tel (213) 977-7500  Fax (213) 977-7595
Contact Person: Arlene Daus (213) 977-7500 - ext. 263.
Intake referrals to victims of hate crime, offers basic legal advise and support to Asian- Pacific Community. Provides educational trainings on hate crime and victim assistance.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
(310) 375-8976
Counseling referrals including those for victims of trauma in need of language and culture specific services.

Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
1521 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA  90017
Contact: Irene Muro
Tel (213) 353-1333, (213) 353-1347, or (888) 624-4752 Fax (213) 353-1344
Referrals to hate crime victims, helps immigrant community with civil rights violations, language assistance in Spanish. Offers trainings on hate crime violations and their impact on immigrant community.

Council on American Islamic Relations, Southern California (see national contact information below)  
2180 West Crescent Avenue – Suite F, Anaheim, CA 92801
Contact: Hussam Ayloush
Tel (888) 678-3931  Tel (714) 776-1847 Fax (714) 776-8340
Email: cair_sca@cair-california.org  Website http://www.cair-net.org/ Email. webmaster@cair-net.org
Report hate crimes and incidence; language assistance; referrals to spiritual counseling.

Grassroots Organizers from the Muslim and Arab Community (GOMAC)
San Francisco Bay Area, Tel: 1 (877) 282-2288
Website: www.imannetwork.org
Email: contact@imannetwork.org
Hotline: 650-994-1025
GOMAC provides a 24-hour hotline for people who are victims of, or witnesses to, hate crimes in the Bay Area.

Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission:  
320 West Temple Street – Suite 1184, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Tel (213) 974-7611 Fax (213) 687-4251
Website: www.humanrelations.co.la.ca.us
Liaison to community, community-based organizations, schools, government; and business; hate crime and incident data sharing; victim assistance; human relations public education and publications; media monitoring.

Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Anti-Violence Project
(800) 373-2227 or (323) 993-7677

Muslim Public Affairs Council
3010 Wilshire Blvd. – Suite 217, Los Angeles, CA  90010
Contact: Deanna Nassar
Tel (800) 898-3558 Tel (213) 383-3443 Fax (213) 383-9674
Email: mpacusa@aol.com Web: www.mpac.org
To file reports of hate crime and discrimination, for language assistance, and for referral to community resources.

San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights:
To report hate crimes or for assistance, contact Khari J.Tillery, ktillery@lccr.com, or call Tel: 415-543-9444. SFLCCR, 301 Mission St., Suite 400; San Francisco, CA  94105; Fax 415-543-0296

SIREN Hotlines
Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network,  San Jose, California
To report hate violence and for referral to services:

* Farsi: (408) 286-5680 Ext 108
* Spanish: (408) 286-1698
* Vietnamese: (408) 286-1448
* SIREN general number (408) 286-5680

South Asian Network
18000 Pioneer Blvd – Suite 101, Artesia, CA   90701
Tel (800) 281-8111 Tel (562) 403-0488 Email: saninfo@onebox.com
For language assistance in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali, Sinhala,  and Gujarati; Referral to victim assistance, legal and psychological counseling, health care services and domestic violence assistance.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Los Angeles
(323) 290-4126

OREGON

CAUSA
To report hate violence and/or to seek support or services in Oregon, contact:
CAUSA, 3545 Portland Rd. NE Suite 200, Salem, OR 97303
Tel (503) 763-1694; Fax(503) 399-1183
E-mail: jkbrier@yahoo.com rblobolopez@yahoo.com mano@open.org

NEW YORK


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Arab American Family Support Center:
(718) 643-8000
The Center will have a hotline that will operate 9:00 am to 9:00 pm daily.
Email: aafsc@aol.com or arabcenter150@aol.com

Asian Women's Center:
(888) 888-7702
Toll-free multilingual hotline for Asian and Asian American women and children.
Crisis intervention & services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault
General phone: (212) 732-5230

Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV):
(718) 220-7391
For low-income Asian immigrants
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Fukinese, Korean, Khmer, Vietnamese, Tagalog, English
Fax: 718-220-7398
Email: justice@caaav.org 
Website: http://www.caaav.org

Desis Rising Up and Moving:
(212) 631-3689
For South Asians in NYC area and NJ.
Email: info@drumnation.org 
Website: http://www.drumnation.org

Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund:
(800) 328-2322
Anti-bias hotline in Spanish and English for Latino community, but available to all ethnic and religious groups

SAKHI for South Asian Women:
(212)868-6741
For South Asian women, especially for survivors of domestic violence NY

Safe Horizon - Crime Victims Hotline:
800-621-HOPE; 212-577-7777

South Asian Bar Association:
1 (888) 99 NO HATE
Email: aganatra@skadden.com

TEXAS

ILEMP
AFSC Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project Offices
To report abuses on U.S.-Mexico border
* Houston: (713) 926-2799
* El Paso: (915) 577-0724

In Texas, for legal advice, referrals, or representation:

Texas Civil Rights Project
(512) 474-5073, 2212 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Austin, TX 78722
E-mail: HateCrimes@TexasCivilRightsProject.org,
Web: www.TexasCivilRightsProject.org

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of Texas, Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
(210) 736-1503, 2311 N. Flores, San Antonio, TX 78212

ACLU of Texas
P.O. Box 3629, Austin, TX 78764-3629

Crime Victim’s Compensation:
The Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund provides financial assistance to victims of violent crimes, including hate crimes like assault, kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder.  For more information or to make a claim, contact the Texas Attorney General or Crime Victim’s Compensation Fund at 1-800-983-9933.

WASHINGTON STATE

Washington Alliance for Immigrant and Refugee Justice
606 Maynard Ave. S, #252 – Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206.340.9187 Fax: 206.405.4532 Email: info@wairj.org
A statewide alliance of organizations and individuals collaboratively working to advance the civil and human rights of immigrants and refugees in Washington State; organizes immigrant and refugee communities to effect unjust policies

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
909 8th Ave. – Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206.587.4009 Fax: 206.587.4025
Defends and advances the rights of immigrant and refugees through community education, advocacy, and immigration legal services

Northwest Coalition for Human Dignity
P.O. Box 21428 – Seattle, WA 98111-3428
Tel: 206.762.5627 Fax: 206.762.5968
Email: nwchd@nwchd.org Web: www.nwchd.org
Researches and organizes against bigotry based on race, religion, gender and sexual orientation

Church Council of Greater Seattle
4759 15th Ave. NE – Seattle WA 98136
Tel: 206.525.1213 Fax: 206.525.1218
Email: ccgsea@churchcouncilseattle.org Web: www.churchcouncilseattle.org
A sign and an instrument of the unity of the Church and its commitments to compassion, reconciliation and justice, engaging congregations, with others, in common witness and service to our community and the world. CCGS's “Watchful Eyes” effort organizes individuals to secure local area mosques in the evenings

Seattle Office of Civil Rights
700 3rd Ave., Suite 250 – Seattle, WA 98104-1849
Tel: 206.684.4500 TTY: 206.684.4503 Fax: 206.684.0332
Questions about programs? Contact: Elliott.Bronstein@ci.seattle.wa.us
www.cityofseattle.net/civilrights
In response to September 11: www.cityofseattle.net/civilrights/hateFreeZone.htm

NATIONAL RESOURCES & HOTLINES

American Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeReport hate crimes and harassment against Arab Americans and Muslims: (202) 244-2990; e-mail legal@adc.org
ADC has also set up a hotline to report hate crimes resulting specifically from September 11: (800) 552-6843
ADC's web pages provide outstanding resources, information, news, and analysis http://www.adc.org

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Legal Department
4201 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 300 -- Washington, D.C. 20008, U.S.A.
Tel: (202) 244-2990, Fax: (202) 244-3196 E-mail: legal@adc.org Web : http://www.adc.org

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American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU National: For more information see new ACLU clearinghouse at: http://www.aclu.org/difficultdays/

National ACLU Racial Profiling Hotline: 1 (877) 6-PROFILE
ACLU Northern California: Hotline to report any hate crimes, racial harassment or violence, airport searches or against protestors and for other activities: (415) 621-2493 extension 322
To report law enforcement racial profiling:
English language: 1 (877) DWB-STOP [1-877-392-7867]
Spanish: 1 (877) PARALOS [1-877-727-2567]

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Armenian Relief Society
517 W. Glenoaks Blvd, Glendale, CA  91202
Contact:  Sona Zinzalian (818) 241-7533  Ext. 101

Language assistance in Arabic, Armenian, Farsi, Spanish, Russian and Turkish.

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Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Telephone: (212) 760-9110 or (212) 966-5932
email: Sinyen Ling sling@aaldef.org

Incidents of attacks against Asian groups should be reported to Sinyen Ling, who handles anti-Asian violence for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund..

All information will be kept confidential and in the custody of attorneys.  It is very helpful to report as much specificity about the incident as possible, such as the name and ethnicity of the victim,  what happened, what was said, done, thrown, where the incident occurred, time of the incident, and description of the assailants.

For more information:
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
99 Hudson Street; New York, NY  10013
Telephone: (212) 760-9110 or (212) 966-5932

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations
www.cair-net.org

To file an hate violence incident report with CAIR, you can do so online or download a form and submit it with supporting documents (such as police reports, etc.) to:

CAIR Incident Reports: CAIR, 453 New Jersey Ave SE ~ Washington, DC 20003-4034
Tel. 202.488.8787 ~ Fax. 202.488.0833 ~ Email. cair@cair-net.org

CAIR's Reacting To Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes

If you believe you have been the victim of a hate crime, you should:

  1. Report the crime to your local polic station immediately. Ask that the incident be treated as a hate crime. Follow up with investigators.  Inform CAIR even if you believe it is a “small” incident.
  2. Document the incident. Write down exactly what was said and/or done by the offender. Save evidence. Take photographs.
  3. Act quickly. Each incident must be dealt with when it happens, not when convenient
  4. Decide on the appropriate action to be taken. Consider issuing a statement from community leaders, holding a news conference, organizing a protest, meeting with officials, or starting a letter writing campaign.
  5. Mobilize community support. Contact CAIR and a local mosque or organization
  6. Stay on top of the situation.
  7. Announce results. When the incident is resolved, make an announcement to the same people and organizations orginally contacted.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(800) 669-4000 voice or (800) 669-6820 TTY

The tragic events of September 11 have given rise to increased concerns about intimidation and harassment in the workplace directed at individuals who are or are perceived to be Muslim, Arab, Middle Eastern, Afghani, or South Asian.
In order to help employers and labor unions guard against unlawful discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, or country of origin, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has developed an information sheet, which is available by contacting EEOC's Publications Distribution Center at (800) 669-3362 voice and (800) 800-3302 TTY and on the EEOC's Web site at www.eeoc.gov. Also, the San Francisco District Office has printed new brochures in Arabic, Urdu, Hindi and Tagalog. (We already have English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean.)

The home page of the EEOC Web site currently has a special section addressing issues related to the September 11 events.  In addition to the information sheet, visitors may access press releases and further instructions for filing a charge with the EEOC. As a public service, we also have included a link to information about the employment rights of reservists in the U.S. armed forces.

At this critical time, please do all you can to help prevent incidents of employment discrimination by educating your members, employees, and constituents. We encourage the duplication and broad distribution of this information. And remember, the EEOC is here to answer your questions. You may contact the Commission office nearest you by calling (800) 669-4000 voice or (800) 669-6820 TTY.

Sincerely,
Linda Li
Program Analyst
U.S. EEOC - San Francisco District
901 Market Street San Francisco CA 94103
t. (415) 356-5215
f. (415) 356-5126
Email linda.li@eeoc.gov

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Muslim National Hate Crimes Hotline
(800) 898 3558
To file reports of hate crime and discrimination, for language assistance, and for referral to community resources.)

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National Lawyers Guild
NLG provides legal referral services, updates on proposed anti-terrorist legislation, and other links http://www.nlg.org/
NLG National office: (212) 627-2656
NLG National Immigration Project: (617) 227-9727

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National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20036 
Tel: (202) 296-2300  Fax: (202) 296-2318
Contact: Aryani Ong, aong@napalc.org
Documents hate crime in annual audit used for community education and legislative advocacy for tougher hate crime laws and funding for anti-bias education.

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National Immigration Law Center
Tel:(213) 639-3900
NILC provides technical assistance to immigration service providers and other social service providers. Immigration law information is available on  http://www.nilc.org/

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To report hate crimes against Sikhs, visit: www.sikh.org

Sikh.Org is based in New York City. For more information please contact info@sikh.org or 212-894-3752 ext 3603

"The word 'Sikh' in the Punjabi language means 'disciple', Sikhs are the disciples of God who follow the writings and teachings of the Ten Sikh Gurus. The wisdom of these teachings in Sri Guru Granth Sahib are practical and universal in their appeal to all mankind...."
From http://www.sikh.org/hatecrime: "This website has been created to assist in the process of documenting the after effects of this tragedy on the Sikh community, and to provide a coordinated centre to focus attention on the unfortunate targetting of the Sikhs. Feedback is welcome.
"In solidarity with all communities that are suffering in the aftermath of this tragedy, the creators of this site would like to extend an invitation to members of all affected communities to also use this site to document hate crimes taking place against their communities. Contact: hateagainstsikhs@yahoo.com"

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South Asian Bar Association -- Hate Crimes Help Line
1 (888) 99NOHATE
[1 (888) 996-64283]

South Asian Bar Association, http://www.southasianbar.org, provides assistance to South Asians and others seeking help with incidents of racial harassment and hate violence.

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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
(800) 552-6843

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has established a hotline for reports of hate crimes against Arab American, Muslim and South Asian merican victims of violent incidents following the hijacking attacks on September 11.
The USCCR hotline number is 800-552-6843.

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US Department of Transportation:
Air Consumer Protection Division 202/366-5957 airconsumer@ost.dot.gov

To report acts of discrimination during air travel against those who are, or are perceived to be of Arab, Muslim or Middle eastern heritage.

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