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How Can My SCHOOL Become Designated No Place for Hate®?

The No Place for Hate® campaign is a year-long commitment that empowers schools to promote respect for individual and group differences while challenging prejudice and bigotry.
 
Steps for Becoming a No Place for Hate® School
Upon completion of all 5 steps below, a school will be designated a No Place for Hate® campus

1. Create a coalition to oversee the implementation of the anti-bias programs and projects in your school.
Suggested coalition members include: administrators, teachers, staff, students, parents, and community leaders.

2. Sign ADL's Resolution of Respect (found inside the back cover of the Positive Impact! calendar)
Organize a presentation of the Resolution of Respect through individual classrooms/ advisories, as a part of a larger celebration of diversity, or during an assembly/ pep rally. Engage the entire school to sign the Resolution of Respect and display it in your school.

3. Complete three or more activities listed in ADL's Positive Impact! Calendar
View the complete list of 101 Ways To Make A Positive Impact in Your Community (pdf). Choose from the projects listed or be creative and design your own projects consistent with the themes of No Place for Hate®.

4. Participate in one of the A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute training programs (programs are designed for 30-35 student participants or 30-40 adult participants). Training options include:

  • Becoming An Ally: Interrupting Name Calling and Bullying (One full day) An interactive and participatory program which provides practical opportunities to engage students in exploring the harms of name-calling and bullying and to develop and practice skills to respond to incidents. (Available for students or adults)
  • Peer Training (Two full days): Provides students with the training resources to design and lead interactive programs that contribute to respectful bias-free schools and communities. (High school students only)
  • Teacher Training (One full day): Provides teachers and staff skills, knowledge and resources to respond to bias and prejudice in the classroom. An additional option is ADL’s interdisciplinary, standards-based Anti-Bias Study Guides which helps to sustain a diversity education focus throughout the year.
  • Trickery, Trolling and Threats: Understanding and Addressing Cyberbullying (Half or Full Day) Increases awareness about the unique features and impact of cyberbullying; provides strategies to respond effectively and fosters an increased culture of e-safety among youth. (Includes teachers, administrators, parents and staff)

5. Document all steps and activities by submitting the necessary forms to ADL, available on our No Place for Hate® program page .
The first step in this process is to complete the Intent Form and send it in to ADL. Once this form is received, a school will officially begin its No Place for Hate® year-long designation process. Upon completion of all requirements, the school will be designated a No Place for Hate® community.

Schools can complete these steps annually to be recertified as No Place for Hate®. Sign up your school today as space is limited. The deadline to participate for the 2009-2010 school year is October 31, 2009. For more information and details of the program, click on Steps for Becoming a No Place for Hate® School.

 

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