[NEohioPAL]Celebrate Diversity - Fifth Annual Hate Crimes Conference

[Johnny Wu]

Hello everyone, I would like to encourage all to attend this 2 days
conference, our National OCA President Ms. Ginny Gong is one of the
featured speaker on June 19th.

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Celebrate Diversity 
Fifth Annual Hate Crimes Conference 

Celebrate Diversity Fifth Annual Hate Crimes Conference 
June 19 and 20, 2006 

Registration deadline: Thursday, June 15, 2006 
Conference Location: English Oak Room at Tower City 50 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44113 
June 19: Diversity, Hate Crimes, and Youth June 20: Multi-Cultural Day 

Who Should Attend: 

o	Business Leaders 
o	School Administrators 
o	Teachers 
o	College and University Faculties 
o	Students 
o	Religious Leaders 
o	Medical Service Providers 
o	Social Workers 
o	Law Enforcement Agencies 
o	Community Leaders 
o	Attorneys 
o	Corporate Human Resource Generalists 


The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the 
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio recognize the
following 
organizations for their participation: 

o	Hate Crimes Working Group 
o	Forest City Enterprises 
o	Executive Caterers at Landerhaven 
o	FBI Citizens' Academy Foundation 
o	Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission 

o	Anti-Defamation League 


The Northern Ohio Hate Crimes Working Group (HCWG) began in 1998. It is
cosponsored by 
the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio and the
Cleveland Division 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  

The HCWG is composed of over fifty organizations from northern Ohio. The
working group 
consists of three committees: Law Enforcement, Legislation, and
Community Outreach/
Education. 

June 19, 2006*
Diversity, Hate Crimes, and Youth

8 a.m. 		Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. 	Opening Remarks
		Theodore R. Wasky, Special Agent in Charge,
		FBI, Cleveland Division
		Gregory A. White, U.S. Attorney for the Northern
District of Ohio
8:45 a.m. 	Welcome
9 a.m. 		The Transforming Power of Diversity
		Michael Walker, Executive Director,
		Partnership for a Safer Cleveland
10 a.m. 	Break
10:10 a.m. 	Advancing Diversity
		Tameka Taylor, Program Director,
Northeast 	Conference for Community and Justice
10:50 a.m. 	EEOC and Civil Rights Commission Report Updates
		Daniel J. Cabot, Cassandra Bledsoe, and Diane Citrino
11:20 a.m. 	Lunch
12:20 p.m. 	Responding to Hate Crimes
		Ginny Gong, President,
		National Organization of Chinese Americans
1:20 p.m. 	Break
1:30 p.m. 	Officer Actions
		Mark Lovequist, Traffic Commander,
		Cleveland Heights Police Department
2:10 p.m. 	Hate Crimes Poetry Reading
		Chris Webb, Senior,
		Cleveland School of the Arts
2:15 p.m. 	Offensive Cartoons and Arab Culture
		Mahmoud Awadallah, Executive Director,
		AACESS-Ohio
2:55 p.m. 	Break
3:05 p.m. 	Words Will Always Hurt Me: the Culture of Bullying
		Mika Major, Youth Coordinator,
		Lesbian Gay Community Service Center of Cleveland
3:50 p.m. 	Interracial/Intercultural Relationships
		Dr. Melody Yates, Cleveland State University
4:35 p.m. 	Closing Remarks



June 20, 2006*
Multi-Cultural Day
8 a.m. 		Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. 	Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m. 	Celebrating Cleveland's Diversity
		Dick Russ; Reporter, WKYC 3;
		Board President, International Community Council
9:15 a.m. 	The Discrimination of Neglect: Somali Bantus
		Richard Haluska, Pastor,
		West Side United Church of Christ
9:55 a.m. 	Break
10:05 a.m. 	How to Deal with Prejudice
		Andres Gonzalez, Director of Hispanic Services,
		El Barrio
10:45 a.m. 	The Importance of Dance in the East Indian Culture
		Shoba Narayan,
		Nritya Gitanjali School of Dance
11:15 a.m. 	Lunch
12:15 p.m. 	Diversity Exercises
		Charles Dick, FBI Equal Employment Opportunity
		Special Programs Unit
1:45 p.m. 	The Importance of Dance in the American Indian Culture
		Faye Brings Them
		Lake Erie Native American Council
2:20 p.m. 	Break
2:30 p.m. 	Dispelling Rumors About Sikhism
		Azaad Khaira
		American Sikh Council
3:10 p.m. 	American Jewish/Palestinian Coexistence
		Anita Gray, National President, Ishmael and Isaac
		Khalid Bahhur, Co-Chair, Cleveland Ishmael and Isaac
3:50 p.m. 	Closing Remarks

*Schedule subject to change.




Fifth Annual Hate Crimes Conference June 19 and 20, 2006 
Registration Form - Typeor Print, 
Please Name:______________________________________ 
Company/Org.: ________________________________ 
Address: _____________________________________ 
City/St/Zip: ___________________________________ 
Day Phone: ___________________________________ 
Eve Phone: ___________________________________ 
E-mail: ______________________________________ 

Physical Restrictions: 
Circle which day(s) you will attend: 
Full conference Monday Only Tuesday Only 
Conference is free, but space is limited. 
Fax completed form to: 
(216) 622-6898 

or Mail to: FBI Cleveland - 
Community Outreach 1501 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114 

or Email cos.cv at ic.fbi.gov 

or Call (216) 622-6615 

Registration Deadline: Thursday, June 15 
Conference Location:  	
English Oak Room   
Tower City   
50 Public Square    
Cleveland, OH 44113