About Humans Over Hate
Humans Over Hate is designed to confront the rise of hate related acts in our community while fostering greater tolerance and understanding between disparate groups of people. The initiative will have several facets informed by four central tenets: Respect, Connect, Detect, and Affect.
These tenets are designed to educate and inform our neighbors, coalesce community groups and resources, assess the prevalence of hate through the experiences of residents and data-tracking, and mitigate the escalation of hate-related activity in our city. The overwhelming number of hate-related incidents that occur every day do not rise to the level of criminality but are, nonetheless, personally painful, socially divisive, and may lead to hate crimes.
Humans Over Hate Tenets
Respect
Creating safe and respectful spaces – whether they be virtual, in-person, or hybrid – for interactions between diverse and/or disparate groups
Connect
Hosting engagements designed to gauge the experiences and observations of our neighbors while fostering genuine dialogue leading to better understanding and relationships
Detect
Developing new as well as leveraging existing infrastructure and tools to understand what the prevalence of hate in the community is as well as how and/or where it’s manifesting
Affect
Coalescing and providing infrastructure to partner organizations, neighborhoods, and community members to deploy thoughtful interventions to hateful environments when needed