The North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Human Rights Workers will host a Statewide Human Rights and Civil Rights Conference, September 17-18, 2024, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. This in-person conference will touch on Fair Housing, civil rights, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and much more through engaging workshops and interactive discussions. This conference, which has a registration cost, is geared towards human and civil rights workers and advocates.
Following the Statewide Human Rights and Civil Rights Conference the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Human Relations and Fayetteville Technical Community College will host a Bias and Hate Crimes Forum, which will be facilitated by the United States Department of Justice Community Relations Service. This free forum, which has an in-person or virtual registration option, is ideal for community members, advocates, attorneys, law enforcement, and other groups throughout the state. This forum will feature representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, the North Carolina Department of Justice, the North Carolina Human Relations Commission, the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina, and other state and local agencies. The forum will cover biases, hate crime laws, enforcement and prosecution, resources for survivors and advocates, and testimony from community members impacted by hate crimes.
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