Addressing Hate Crimes Against Latinx Population in Georgia

This project, with a collaboration between Latino Community Fund Georgia and the Lucky Shoals Community Association, Inc., proposes to overcome challenges attributed to the rise in hate crimes against Latinos in Georgia by piloting a hate crimes program in DeKalb County and Gwinnett County, Georgia. 

Latino Community Fund Georgia and Lucky Shoals Community Association, Inc. will create and convene a group of community partners, locally in Dekalb and Gwinnett Counties, as well as select statewide, to work together to implement the proposed interventions. These groups will center around four strategies: providing education and confidential victims services provided privately by nonprofits including Know Your Rights; teaching restorative justice practices in schools, a relatively novel in general in Georgia; piloting a model conflict resolution mechanism for neighborhoods to resolve low-level, non-criminal disputes that can erupt into hate-fueled crimes; and training local law enforcement on culturally competent practices. These four strategies address different audiences for educating public, as well as Latinos at risk for hate crimes, as well as for facilitating the ultimate identification and reporting of any such crimes.