We all deserve to live in communities where we are safe and not targeted for who we are. Building those communities requires ensuring strong responses to acts of hate, supporting victims, and developing a range of programs to prevent extremism and support community resilience, cohesion, and wellbeing.
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Resources
The below guides are a selection of the many resources designed to help people in a range of settings, from individuals and community organizations to government officials to campus leaders.
Individuals & Community Organizations
10 Ways to Respond When a Hate Crimes or Incident Occurs in Your Community: A guide by SPLC with steps to respond to and prevent future incidents.
Building Resilience & Confronting Risk: A Parents & Caregivers Guide to Online Youth Radicalization: A guide from PERIL and SPLC for primary parents and caregivers.
Not in Our Town: A guide with steps for starting a Not in Our Town campaign. NIOT is a program for people and communities working together to stop hate.
Government
Supporting Community Resilience: A Resource for Municipalities on Preventing and Responding to Hate Crimes: This 2025 guide by The Leadership Conference Education Fund focuses on building inclusive communities, developing and strengthening anti-hate infrastructure, and supporting victims and survivors of hate.
A Guide for Mayors: Preventing and Responding to Hate, Extremism & Polarisation: This Strong Cities Network guide helps mayors address threats by addressing key questions, exploring key decision points, and sharing good practices.
A Guide for City-Led Response: This Strong Cities Network guide addresses city-led responses to threats, attacks, incidents, and impacts of hate, polarization, and violent extremism.
Campus
Leading a Divided Campus: Ideas and Illustrations: A guide for campus leaders published by the Divided Communities Project at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Responding to Hate and Bias at School: An SPLC guide for K-12 administrators and educators.
Building Resilient & Inclusive Communities of Knowledge: Created by PERIL in partnership with the Lumina Foundation, this higher educational toolkit includes guidance across capacities.
Not in Our School: How to launch a NIOS Campaign, a guide to help students.