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SPLC Issues New Manual to Respond to School Violence
The shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton,
Colorado, on April 20 * Hitler's birthday * and in
Conyers, Georgia, exactly one month later served
as a shocking reminder that intolerance and violence
can strike anywhere.
To help schools deal effectively with crises when
they occur and to help them develop prevention
strategies, Teaching Tolerance, a project of the
Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama,
released a special publication titled "Responding to
Hate at School: A Guide for Teachers,
Counselors and Administrators. The 48- page text
addresses a broad range of bias incidents, including
violent crimes, hate speech, derogatory language,
and literature that is used to demean a particular person
or group based on race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, ability
or appearance.
The manual is available free over the Internet at
the Center's website at
http://www.splcenter.org.
The SPLC will be sending out free copies to
110,000 school principals across the country.
For more information on the
manual, contact the SPLC at 334-264-0286
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