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January 30, 2019
Although Indiana is one of only five states lacking Hate Crime legislation, the City of Bloomington's legal and police departments have been reporting and recording hate crimes and bias incidents for decades. In this Facebook Live Town Hall event, City officials and community partners discussed local efforts to report and combat hate crime.
Our panel included:
Mayor John Hamilton
Michael Diekhoff, Chief, Bloomington Police Department
Jim Sims, Bloomington City Council Member, former President of Monroe County Branch of the NAACP
Lesley Levin, President, Board of Directors, Congregation Beth Shalom — Bloomington Jewish Community
Doug Bauder, Director, LGBTQ + Culture Center at IUB
Beverly Calender-Anderson, Director, City of Bloomington, IN - Community and Family Resources Department
Barbara McKinney, Director, City of Bloomington Human Rights CommissionÂ
Erin Predmore, President and CEO, The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
Ricardo Tellez, IU student
Adrianne Embry, IU student
