Stop The Hate Week

A group of 30—including students, faculty, administrators, and staff—attended a three-day intense training to help fight bias and hate crimes on Continuing Education campuses. Armed with the new knowledge, the group of 30 trained 100 additional faculty, staff, administrators, and students throughout six CE campuses during the last week of March, which was designated as Stop the Hate Week in CE.

The Stop the Hate training included discussion, activity, and statistics. “We are learning about transitioning into a more active role vs. a bystander role when witnessing bias incidents,” said Bob Parker, Vice President of Administrative Services at Continuing Education, and Chairman of the Bias Incident Response Team for CE.

Following the training, CE established a dedicated team who can respond to incidents. The BIRT (Bias Incident Response Team) supports anyone on campus affected by a bias incident or hate crime by identifying and recommending community resources. BIRT also educates the campus community on how to prevent bias incidents and hate crimes, and on the procedures for reporting such incidents.

Offering the Stop the Hate training supports the SDCCD strategic goals to strengthen and expand support services to respond to changing student needs, and to enhance professional development for all staff. 

Continuing Education is a safe place for students to learn and faculty and staff to work. Thoughts and acts of prejudice have no place in the CE community. The Stop the Hate program reflects CE’s commitment to provide education and reporting tools to combat bias and hate crimes in all forms. 

“We have one of the most diverse educational organizations in the nation,” said Dr. Anthony E. Beebe, President of CE. “California residents have come from more than 140 countries to study in our classes and better their lives through education. We pride ourselves for the positive impact this diversity brings to the learning environment, and to the San Diego community.”

The national Stop the Hate program serves as the premier source of anti-hate educational resources for higher education institutions and campus communities.