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

1. Form a committee to oversee anti-bias activities in your school.

Suggested committee members include: school faculty and staff members, administrators, students, family members, community leaders and youth organization leaders. Committees serve as an umbrella organization to promote harmony and respect for differences. Reach out to student groups for ideas and involvement.

2. Sign the “Resolution of Respect” or “No Place for Hate® Promise.”

Organize an official presentation of the Resolution of Respect (for middle and high schools) or No Place for Hate® Promise (for elementary schools) to begin the initiative. This can be done as part of a school assembly or pep rally or through individual classroom projects.  Display the resolution or promise in your school.

3. Choose and complete, within the school year, three or more activities that recognize differences and promote respect.

Projects should enhance the appreciation of diversity and foster harmony amongst diverse groups. Ideally, projects will help young people put current events into historical context, challenge them to think critically and evoke a sense of “community.” Projects can be tailored to the specific needs of each school and may include programming by ADL’s award-winning A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute.

Choose from the list of suggested projects or be creative and design your own projects consistent with the initiative’s theme.

Send the Intent/Project Approval Form to the ADL. When a project is complete, collect supplemental materials (press releases, articles, photos, videos, etc.).  Send the Activity Form along with the supplemental materials to ADL.

4. CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed all activities and can now officially be designated as a No Place for Hate® school.

You will be contacted by the ADL to officially set up certification as No Place for Hate®. In an assembly or other school function your school will publicly be declared No Place for Hate® and will receive a banner to commemorate this milestone.

You also have the opportunity to complete another three activities the in the following years for recertification.