The strong cities network, with support from the national league of cities (NLC) and a roster of subject-matter experts led by hassan naveed, the former director of new york citys office for the…

This Project Grant award of $2,000,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) will enable the Institute for Strategic Dialogue-U.S. (ISD-US), a woman-owned non-profit organization, to implement a 3-year initiative to strengthen community-based efforts to prevent and respond to hate crimes and incidents in five U.S. cities. Key activities include:

• Hosting an inaugural capacity-building workshop for community-based organizations (CBOs) and local government officials from the five selected cities
• Providing sub-grants to two CBOs in each of the five cities to deliver two-year programs focused on increasing community-led reporting of hate crimes/incidents and broader hate prevention efforts
• Offering technical support for sub-grant management and implementation, as well as networking/peer-learning opportunities
• Hosting an in-person showcase for awarded CBOs to share achievements and lessons learned.

Expected outcomes include increased CBO capacity to prevent and respond to hate, enhanced collaboration between CBOs and local governments, and greater community awareness of hate crime reporting and prevention.

The strong cities network, with support from the national league of cities (NLC) and a roster of subject-matter experts led by hassan naveed, the former director of new york citys office for the prevention of hate, proposes to implement strengthening sustainable community-based efforts to prevent and respond to hate. The purpose is to work with community-based organizations (cbos) and local governments in five cities across the US to enhance community-based prevention of, responses to and reporting of hate crimes and incidents. Project activities include an inaugural capacity-building workshop for cbos and city officials from the selected five cities; calls for proposals to provide subgrants to two cbos in each of the five cities to deliver two-year programs to increase community-led reporting of hate crimes and hate incidents and hate prevention efforts more broadly in their cities; provide technical support for subgrant management and implementation as well as opportunities to participate in strong cities and NLC networking and peer-to-peer learning events throughout the project; and an in-person showcase for awarded cbos to share achievements and lessons learned with fellow awardees, city officials and their beneficiaries. Expected outcomes include increased capacity of cbos to prevent and respond to hate, increased collaboration between cbos and local governments on preventing and responding to hate, and increased community-wide awareness of what constitutes hate and how to report and address IT.