Hate and Bias Incident Reporting Procedure Sessions Set

In light of the recent inci­dent at the res­i­dence halls at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico, the Divi­sion for Equity and Inclu­sion (DEI) will hold infor­ma­tion ses­sions on UNM’s Hate and Bias Inci­dent Report­ing Pro­ce­dures, on Thurs­day, March 21, 10 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. in SUB Lobo rooms A&B.

“The Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico does not tol­er­ate any act that is hate­ful or biased and tar­gets mem­bers of our diverse com­mu­nity,” Jozi De Leon, vice pres­i­dent for Equity and Inclu­sion, said. “We there­fore want to pro­vide mul­ti­ple oppor­tu­ni­ties for admin­is­tra­tors, fac­ulty, staff and stu­dents to learn about ways in which they can respond to any hate/bias inci­dent that destroys our sense of community.”

Click for the report­ing process.

Other events around cam­pus to address hate and bias include an Africana Stud­ies and African Amer­i­can Stu­dent Ser­vices Teach-In on Wednes­day, March 20, 1:15 –3 p.m. in the SUB Atrium.

To build aware­ness and stop these actions before they occur on cam­pus, the Divi­sion for Equity and Inclu­sion will spon­sor a Not on Our Cam­pus (NOOC) event in late April. NOOC is part of the orig­i­nal Not In Our Town film and social move­ment. Cit­i­zens across the United States came together to stop hate and biased acts in their respec­tive towns and on col­lege campuses.

In sum­mer 2013, DEI will lead Stop the Hate Train­ing, which uses the Stop the Hate model to empower admin­is­tra­tors, fac­ulty, staff and stu­dent lead­ers to play a role in observ­ing, report­ing and respond­ing to inci­dents on cam­pus. Stop The Hate is an edu­ca­tional ini­tia­tive of Cam­pus Pride that sup­ports col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties in pre­vent­ing and com­bat­ing hate on cam­pus as well as fos­ter­ing the devel­op­ment of com­mu­nity. The national pro­gram serves as the pre­miere source of anti-hate edu­ca­tional resources for higher edu­ca­tion insti­tu­tions and cam­pus communities.

For addi­tional infor­ma­tion regard­ing the infor­ma­tion ses­sions or the upcom­ing train­ing, please visit http://diverse.unm.edu or call 505–277-1238.

Media Con­tact: Car­olyn Gon­za­les (505) 277‑5920; email: cgonzal@unm.edu