U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR): OCR works to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation through vigorous enforcement of civil rights.
- Find your regional OCR office
- File a complaint online for bullying or harassment of students
- Download in-language resources
StopBullying.gov: StopBullying.gov is a one-stop resource for identifying, preventing, and resolving issues of bullying for community members and educators.
Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service (CRS): CRS acts as a “peacemaker” for community conflicts and tensions arising from differences of race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. CRS works with police chiefs, mayors, school administrators, other local and state authorities, community-based organizations, and civil and human rights groups.
- Find your regional CRS office
- Explore information for religious groups
- Visit the multimedia resource center
- Learn about twenty things schools can do to prevent hate incidents against Arab-Americans, Muslims, and Sikhs
- Fact Sheets in Arabic and Punjabi
FBI’s Civil Rights Program: The FBI investigates hundreds of cases every year and works to detect and deter further incidents through law enforcement training, public outreach, and partnerships with community groups.
- Find your regional FBI office
- Learn about the FBI’s hate crime reporting process and statistics
- Read the hate crimes data collection guidelines and training manual
Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL): CRCL supports the Department of Homeland Security’s mission to secure the nation while preserving individual liberty, fairness, and equality under the law.
- Fact Sheet on Protective Security Advisor Program (PSA): PSAs are located in all 50 states and are security subject matter experts who provide voluntary security surveys and assessments of facilities, including houses of worship.