Victims of hate are impacted in every area of life including in educational settings, in the workplace, and in public places. These incidents of hate negatively impact victims’ livelihoods and well-being and leads community to disenfranchisement within political, social, educational, and economic environments. Victims of such incidents can often feel isolated, vulnerable, targeted and alone. Further exacerbating this problem, victims often fail to report these incidents and law enforcement often fail to appropriately respond to reported hate crime activity. Victims feel victimized not only by the perpetrators but by the institutions which are supposed to protect them, but which often fail to adequately address the victim’s concerns. 

The CPHB was initiated by the Council on American- Islamic Relations, California (CAIR-CA), a nonprofit civil rights grass-roots organization, and builds upon CAIR-CA’s decades of experience in civil rights advocacy, policy work, and addressing incidents of hate and bullying through its legal, programmatic, and communications work. The CPHB expands on these past efforts and resources while taking a new, comprehensive approach to tackling hate.  

Specifically, the CPHB utilizes a comprehensive, five-prong  “TAPED” approach to systemically addressing issues of hate by focusing on: Training, Advocacy, Partnership, Education, and Data. These endeavors will incorporate input from civil rights attorneys, policy and advocacy experts, communications staff, community advocates, partners, key stakeholders, and members of communities impacted by hate.  

Through this framework, the CPHB is committed to eradicating hate in all its forms and creating a safer, more inclusive environment for all Californians in schools, on college campuses, in public places, and in the workplace.