Community Relations Service

DARYL BORGQUIST
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       WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service Director Sharee M. Freeman will address the 19^th Annual Conference of the National Black Prosecutors (NBPA) in Los Angeles, California. The conference will be held from August 4 through August 10, 2002, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles.

WHAT:	19th Annual Conference, National Black Prosecutors Association
WHO:	Sharee M. Freeman, Director, Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice
WHEN:	Monday, August 5, 2002
WHERE:	Millenium Biltmore Hotel, 506 Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2602

    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.