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Oregon Hate Crimes Conference will convene in Eugene
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1730 N.E. 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97212
by Tom S tevenson
ommunity activists, law
enforcement officers, gov
ernment agencies, educa
tors and many others will
join together Feb. 11 to 13
at the Eugene Hilton Hotel for the 2001
Oregon Hate Crimes Conference. The
theme of the gathering is “Eliminating
Bias Crimes: Healing Our Communi
ties,” and participants will have a unique
opportunity to learn about the subject.
The conference will kick off on a
powerful note during the opening night
dinner with keynote speaker Judy Shep
ard. Her son, Matthew, was the young
college student killed in the Wyoming
incident that became the catalyst for
the increasingly strong drive to elimi
nate bias crimes.
Emily Gottfried of the American
Jewish Committee in Portland said the
conference will cover a wide array of
topics. “There will he a mixture of
speakers and workshops. There will be
representatives from education, from
law enforcem ent...basically some
thing for everyone.”
Each subject area will
Among the presentations will be
have a number of work
one by representatives of Portland’s
shops that cross the entire
Sexual Minorities Roundtable. C o
spectrum of hate crimes.
chair Norm Costa, who will serve as
Some of the discussions
the moderator, said he will focus on
Judy Shepard
planned include “Psycho
the interaction between the sexual
dynamics
of
Hate,”
“W
hite Supremacy and the
minorities community and the Portland Police
Bureau. He said the group also will discuss col Extreme Music Scene,” “Organizing to Counter
laborating with bias crime detectives in Port Hate in Rural Communities,” “Sexual Minori
ties and Bias Crimes,” “Girls, Women and Vio
land as well as “ways to dialogue to put a face
on our differences so we can remove the barri lence from a Gender Specific Perspective,”
ers of miscommunication that both communi “Options to Anger” and many others.
In addition, workshops will focus on specific
ties have internalized.”
hate crimes including the Jasper, Texas, case and
Former co-chair Lori Buckwalter echoed
the cross burning in Gresham.
some of Costa’s thoughts. “The main focus will
Among those playing host to the confer
be on how people and organizations from the
ence are the Eugene Police Department, the
sexual minorities community can cooperate
Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards
with law enforcement and civil authorities to
and Training, the Coalition Against Hate
protect the community. Especially significant
Crimes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Youth
are ways of communicating and action that
respect the roles and objectives of the commu for Justice. Gottfried said they are hoping for a
nity and the police equally. We have a great tra strong turnout of people from across different
social spectrums.
dition of doing this in Portland.”
Buckwalter, for one, is encouraging people
Joining Costa and Buckwalter on the panel
to
attend.
“It’s a great idea, allowing people
will be Matthew Nelson, Equity Foundation
who are trying to protect the human rights
executive director.
The conference will include a number of and safety of minority communities to see
their commonalties of concern. We have so
speakers and workshops. O n Feb. 12 attendees
much to learn from each other about issues of
will hear Kenneth Stem of the American Jewish
Committee speak on “Patterns and Trends of Bias bias and how to get beyond the cycles of hurt
Crimes in the Pacific Northwest and Nationally,” and recrimination to healing ourselves and
our culture.”
and that evening they will be entertained by the
The early registration cost of the conference
multimedia presentation “The Right to Dream:
through
Jan. 26 is $195, which includes meals
Share the Struggle” by Living Voices.
but does not include lodging. Full and partial
. O n the morning of Feb. 13 the group will
scholarships are available.
hear from retired Boston Police Department
Call 503-295-6761 for more information or
Deputy Superintendent William Johnston, who
will speak about “Building Bridges Between Law contact Tracy Schermerhom of the city of
Enforcement and Community to Address Bias Eugene at 541-682-8440 for a registration pack
et. Forms also can be found at the Internet site
Crimes in Communities.”
www.ci.eugene.or.us.
Conference attendees also will have an
In addition to the main conference, Orego
opportunity to attend a number of workshops
nians
between 13 and 21 years old are invited to
that are divided into “tracks,” including com
munity advocates, education and public safe attend the Feb. 11 conference “Youth Against
Bigotry: Taking Action, Demanding Justice.”
ty. Each session is broken down into specific
The program is free of charge.
subject areas, including “Understanding Hate
and Bigotry,” “C om m unity Responses to
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