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Acknowledgements
Cause for Concern: Hate Crimes in America, 2004 Update is an initiative of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. Staff assistance was provided by Corrine Yu, Director of Education, who was a principal author and a co-editor of the report; Lisa Haywood, Special Assistant to the Executive Directors; Ritu Kelotra, Program Associate; Ian Slattery, Field Assistant; Brenda Isom, Office Manager; Charlotte Irving and Connie Dennard, Administrative Assistants; and Grace Allen, intern.
We would like to thank Michael Lieberman, Washington Counsel for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a principal author and the co-editor of the report; as well as acknowledge the contributions of his colleagues at ADL, Mark Pitcavage, Director of Fact-Finding (who wrote the section of the report on organized hate groups), Sarina Fogel, and Mara Zonderman.
Thanks are also due to members of the hate crimes task force who contributed to this report: Kareem Shora, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Andrew Imparato, American Association of People with Disabilities; Lisa Maatz, American Association of University Women; Janna Starr, the Arc; Shelley Simpson, Human Rights Campaign; Lisalyn Jacobs, Legal Momentum; Aimee Badillo, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium; Angela Arboleda, National Council of La Raza; Lisa Mottet, Matt Gayle, and Rebecca Binder, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; and Preetmohan Singh, Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force. Throughout this report, we have relied on resources of task force members, which are listed in the report's bibliography.
The design and layout were created by Perspective Software and Design, and the report was printed by Homart Press.
Finally we would like to thank the Ford Foundation for their financial support of this initiative.
This report is an update of our 1997 report Cause for Concern, the first major comprehensive assessment of the hate crime problem in America. Sadly, seven years later, the problem of hate crimes continues to be a significant national concern that demands priority attention. The purpose of this report is to highlight the need for a coordinated response by every sector of society to eradicate this problem.
The authors and publisher are solely responsible for the accuracy of statements and interpretations contained in this publication.
Karen McGill Lawson, Executive Director
Wade Henderson, Esq., Counselor*
*Wade Henderson is also executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the nation's oldest, largest, and most diverse civil and human rights coalition. |
