5/12 in Concord: Screening of Not In Our Town Northern California: When Hate Happens Here

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF HATE HAPPENS

IN YOUR TOWN?

Free public showing of a new documentary
"Not In Our Town Northern California: When Hate Happens Here"
followed by a community conversation

Thursday, May 12, 2005
Doors open 6:45, program 7:00-9:30
Centre Concord, 5298 Clayton Road, Concord

What would you do if hate hit your town? All too frequently we hear
stories of hate violence from vandalism to harassment to murder. Most
of us would like to do something. And the good news is -- we do.
"Not In Our Town Northern California" looks at 5 communities over a
5-year period as they take action when their neighbors are targets of
bigotry.

After a transgender teen is killed by local youth in the Silicon
Valley suburb of Newark, high school students, residents and civic
leaders struggle to deal with a brutal and preventable crime;
Sacramento mobilizes after the worst anti-Semitic arson attacks in
the
California capital's history; Redding citizens find a new strength in
diversity after a prominent gay couple is murdered; the Shasta County
town of Anderson joins forces to make their values clear when a cross
is burned on an African-American family's lawn; and the San Francisco
Public Library turns the mutilation of gay-themed books into an
opportunity for creative community action.