BREAKING NEWS
BACA TO ADDRESS HATE CRIME CONFERENCE
IN MOSCOW RUSSIA
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF LEE BACA HAS BEEN INVITED TO ADDRESS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, “BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA,” WHICH WILL BE HELD IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA, THIS WEEK. THE PROGRAM, RUNNING NOVEMBER 16-17, 2005, WILL ADDRESS THE ROLE OF COURTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTORS AND CITIZENS, IN BUILDING A CIVIL SOCIETY AND COMBATING HATE CRIMES IN RUSSIA.
“THIS CONFERENCE IS A GIANT STEP TOWARDS UNITING THE WORLD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS HATRED,” SAID SHERIFF BACA. “GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS ACROSS THE WORLD MUST WORK TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO DEFEAT THE SPREAD OF HATRED AND INTOLERANCE INFECTING OUR SOCIETY.”
THE DELEGATION ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE ALSO WILL INCLUDE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY KAMALA D. HARRIS, SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE CHARLES HAINES AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROBIN TOMA. THEY WILL MEET WITH THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR OF RUSSIA, A SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF PRESIDENT PUTIN, MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT, AND GOVERNORS OF RUSSIAN PROVINCES.
ORGANIZED BY THE BAY AREA COUNCIL FOR JEWISH RESCUE AND RENEWAL AS PART OF THEIR CONTINUING PROGRAM “CLIMATE OF TRUST,” THIS CONFERENCE WILL PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF TOLERANCE, DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION ACROSS ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS AND REGIONAL LINES.
THE BAY AREA COUNCIL FOR JEWISH RESCUE AND RENEWAL BELIEVES THAT THE STRONGEST PLAYER IN COMBATING THE THREAT OF EXTREMISM IS THE UNITED STATES. NOT ONLY CAN IT APPLY ITS RESOURCES TO ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS, ITS HISTORY HAS SHOWN THE BENEFITS OF PROMOTING CIVIL LIBERTIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING SHERIFF BACA’S TRIP, PLEASE CALL THE SHERIFF’S SENIOR MEDIA ADVISOR STEVE WHITMORE AT (323) 573-2387.
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE BAY AREA COUNCIL AND THE CLIMATE OF TRUST PROGRAM, CALL (415) 703-0800, OR VISIT WWW.BACJRR.ORG.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2005