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Teaching About Hate Crimes and Their Impacts: A Workshop for New York City Educators

This Election Day workshop will highlight our new collection of lessons that explores the impact of hate crimes on young people in New York and beyond. Registration is now closed.

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Violent attacks that target people because of their identities happen in New York City, the United States, and around the world with disturbing frequency. When news of hate-based violence breaks, it can spark confusion, fear, and anger across our communities. So, what can educators do to help students reflect on and process these attacks when they happen?

This workshop will highlight Facing History’s new collection of lessons exploring the impact of hate crimes on young people in New York and beyond. This collection is designed to guide conversations with students after news of a hate crime. Offering a variety of tools and strategies, these lessons help students understand the historical context and contemporary impact of hate-based violence while empowering them to stand up against hate.

These Facing History lessons and this workshop are co-sponsored by the New York City Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes. We will be joined by Hassan Naveed, Executive Director from that office. He will share how New York City legally defines hate crimes and how his office works to prevent hate crimes and to respond when they occur.

In this one day workshop teachers will:

Explore Facing History’s new teacher resource “Teaching About Hate Crimes and Their Impacts”
Learn about the legal definition of hate crimes in New York City and wrestle with how to help our students process breaking news about hate crimes
Increase their ability to facilitate respectful classroom discussions on difficult issues such as racism, antisemitism, and other forms of exclusion in a way that invites personal reflection and critical analysis
Engage with the classroom-ready multimedia resources
Discover teaching strategies that help students interrogate text, think critically, and discuss controversial issues respectfully

This event will occur in-person at Tweed Courthouse, 2nd Floor.
Address: 52 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007

We would like to thank the following sponsors for supporting this content:

This event is in partnership with:

New York City Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes

Certificate of Completion

Participants are eligible to receive up to 5 CTLE hours for attending this event.

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This event is in partnership with:

New York City Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes

Certificate of Completion

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