Since the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the US Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service (CRS), also known as America’s Peacemaker, provides services that improve communities’ abilities to prevent and respond to disputes, conflicts, hate crimes, and incidents of violence, including those impacting places of worship. Service offerings include facilitation, mediation, training, and consultation. CRS services are free of charge and confidential, and the agency does not hold prosecutorial or investigatory powers. Additional information about CRS is available here: https://www.justice.gov/crs/about
Join Denver Conciliation Specialist Clay Fong as he discusses CRS services, such as the Protecting Places of Worship program, and how CRS can help your place of worship become safer. Specifically, this meeting will explore how Colorado Council of Churches members can create a Distant Early Warning process to keep each other informed of incidents, such as vandalism and assault, to promote congregation safety. Such an approach can help places of worship more effectively address these incidents when they do happen and work to prevent them.
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