Supporting Victims of Hate Crimes and Incidents: A Community Centered Approach

Location

Sasquatch Room 124 C

Start Date

22-4-2023 2:25 PM

End Date

22-4-2023 3:40 PM

Publication Date

2023

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Law | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

This 75-minute workshop will prepare service providers on ways to support survivors of hate crimes and incidents through the use of mini-lectures, discussions, and case studies.

Objectives: In this workshop, participants will:

  • Understand the impacts of hate crimes and incidents on individuals and communities
  • Recognize, identify, and understand how to reduce barriers to accessing services faced by people who are victimized by hate crimes and incidents
  • Understand how to meet the needs of people victimized by hate crimes and incidents and apply this understanding to their practice

Background: Between 2021 and 2022, Irfan Chaudhry, Sunpreet Singh Johal, and Landon Turlock worked alongside several MacEwan University students to develop a guide and workshop to build community service capacity to support people whom perpetrators of hate crimes and incidents have victimized. In addition, several community organizations and subject matter experts were consulted and provided feedback on the content of the guide and workshop. The guidebook can be found here:

https://stophateab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/31328.pdf

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Apr 22nd, 2:25 PM Apr 22nd, 3:40 PM

Supporting Victims of Hate Crimes and Incidents: A Community Centered Approach

Sasquatch Room 124 C

This 75-minute workshop will prepare service providers on ways to support survivors of hate crimes and incidents through the use of mini-lectures, discussions, and case studies.

Objectives: In this workshop, participants will:

  • Understand the impacts of hate crimes and incidents on individuals and communities
  • Recognize, identify, and understand how to reduce barriers to accessing services faced by people who are victimized by hate crimes and incidents
  • Understand how to meet the needs of people victimized by hate crimes and incidents and apply this understanding to their practice

Background: Between 2021 and 2022, Irfan Chaudhry, Sunpreet Singh Johal, and Landon Turlock worked alongside several MacEwan University students to develop a guide and workshop to build community service capacity to support people whom perpetrators of hate crimes and incidents have victimized. In addition, several community organizations and subject matter experts were consulted and provided feedback on the content of the guide and workshop. The guidebook can be found here:

https://stophateab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/31328.pdf