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Our Focus

1. People marching with a rainbow flag, 2. Portrait of an African American man, 3. People praying at a church service, 4. Portrait of a woman with Down Syndrome, 5. Portrait of a transgender woman, 6. People at a Black Lives Matter march, 7. Portrait of a Muslim woman, 8. Muslim men praying.

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Our Focus

CRS works with community groups to resolve community conflicts and prevent and respond to alleged hate crimes arising from differences of race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability. CRS was established by Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its mandate was expanded by the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.