achived URL: http://www.nclr.org/section/rising_hate_crimes/

event website URL: http://www.nclr.org/section/rising_hate_crimes/

start date and time: Monday, November 24, 2008 at 10:30 AM

end date and time: Monday, November 24, 2008 at 11:30 AM

categories:   philanthropy & humanitarianism

event description:

video webcast -

Several national civil rights organizations hold a joint briefing discussing recent brutal hate crimes against people of color. The briefing will discuss a recent FBI report on the rise in hate crimes.

Attendees from the organizations are -

- Janet Murguía - President and CEO of NCLR
- Hilary O. Shelton - Director to the NAACP’s Washington Bureau
- Wade Henderson - President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
- Peter Zamora - Regional Counsel for MALDEF
- Aimee Badillo - Director of Programs for the Asian American Justice Center
- Marc Morial - President and CEO of the National Urban League
- Michael Lieberman - Washington Counsel for ADL

sponsor's website: http://www.nclr.org/