COMMUNITY FORUM ON HATE CRIMES

COMMUNITY FORUM ON HATE CRIMES FEATURES SHERIFF AL LAMBERTI, JUDGE ROBERT LEE Broward Sheriff, State Attorney's Office, Broward Leaders to Participate Fort Lauderdale – Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti, the Office of the State Attorney, and African American and GLBT leaders are among the participants in a community forum on hate crimes to be held this Wednesday night in Fort Lauderdale . The forum will include a discussion of hate crimes in Broward, strategies and successful initiatives, the need for community involvement and mobilization, and other approaches. The panelists will discuss both the unique factors and the commonalities of hate crimes and how they impact different communities. This is the first in a series of community forums to be held throughout the County over the coming months. WHAT: Community forum on hate crimes WHEN: Wednesday, September 24 7:00pm WHERE: Gay and Lesbian Community Center (GLCC) 1717 N. Andrews Ave. Fort Lauderdale WHO: Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti Chuck Morton, Office of the State Attorney Scott Hall, executive director, Gay American Heroes Waymon Hudson, president, Fight Out Loud Tobias Packer, Equality Florida Judge Robert Lee Andrew Lewis, chair, American Black Caucus (co-moderator) George Castrataro, supervising attorney, Legal Aid Service of Broward County (co-moderator) SPONSORS: Log Cabin Republicans Equality Florida Gay American Heroes Fight Out Loud PRESS: Open press # # # 954-394-4980