Community Relations Service

DARYL BORGQUIST
202/305-2935
WWW.USDOJ.GOV/CRS

       WASHINGTON, D.C. . U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service Director Sharee M. Freeman will address the 54th Annual Conference of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA) in New Orleans, Louisiana. The theme of the conference is "Human Rights at the Crossroads: Challenges and Solutions." The conference will be held from July 26 through August 1, 2002, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 921 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

WHO:         Sharee M. Freeman, Director, Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice

WHEN:      2:15 - 4:00 p.m., on Tuesday, July 30, 2002

WHERE:     Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 921 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Director Freeman will attend the 10:00 IAOHRA Press Conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

     For more information about the Community Relations Service, a unique racial conflict resolution and prevention agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, or to obtain information on best practices on responding to hate crimes and racial conflict, please see its web site at:www.usdoj.gov/crs. CRS has encouraged and assisted the establishment of local human relations commission to identify and resolve community racial tensions and conflicts.

IAOHRA Conference
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
New Orleans, Louisians

INFORMATION

There is a 10:00 a.m. press conference for all speakers in the IAOHRA Conference. You may hand out any prepared remarks at that press conference. I am sending some fact sheets with you.

The press contact for IAOHRA is Brenda Thornton, 504/948-3006. I could not learn from her what press organizations would be present for the press conference.

The number for faxing materials to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is 504/524-7675.