FAQS: Frequently Asked Questions

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Who can participate in the training?

Answer:

Anyone. The training is targeted for all members of the college campus community. Participants have ranged from faculty members, campus police, student activities, residence life, and all types of student leaders. In order to have a comprehensive approach, we suggest a team of 2 to 3 participants (students, faculty, and staff) to attend from one campus if possible. Our goal is to have Stop The Hate educators on every campus across the United States.

Question:

How up-to-date is the info?

Answer:

The Stop The Hate Program represents a team of expert leaders inside and outside of academia that are involved in the ever-changing dynamics of bias-motivated violence and the various work happening in the area of hate crime prevention. The training manual and instructional resources reflect this and are updated annually and often times more frequently via STOPHATE.ORG. The strength of the program is in the development of resources and delivery of the program with educational partnerships with the Anti-Defamation League, Association of College Unions International, Campus Pride, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Wilbron Institute, Matthew Shepard Foundation, the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence and the Higher Education Center for Drug and Other Alcohol Abuse and Violence Prevention.

Question:

I'm not an expert on Hate Crimes, but have the passion.

Can I learn?

Answer:

Most definitely. All you really need is the passion and willingness to commit time to the topic beyond the training by becoming more familiar with the training curriculum and manual. All the resources and learning materials will be shared with you in a way to make it easy to conduct various workshops and seminars on your campus or region. All we really ask is for participants to have good presentations skills and to have a level of human diversity training that has instilled the values of human respect, civility and fairness toward all people.

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What instructional style is the training?

Answer:

Participants are in the role of "learner" for 70% of the time through the instruction, interactive exercises, role-playing, case studies, q & a, etc. The other 30% of the time, participants are the "trainer" and have practice time with the manual, typically in small groups and pairs observed by the expert leaders. The instruction and curriculum is divided into 12 different learning modules for any person to be able to combine or teach each module separately as a workshop/session. Each module is professionally designed as an outline with ready-made handouts, overheads and instruction tools for the educators to easily instruct, adapt and make their own. Much of the 250+ page curriculum training manual is designed for flexibility of various hate crime prevention efforts. Participants sign a basic agreement of expectations for their commitment over the next academic year and create an action plan to monitor their progress toward the end of the training experience. The training is intense, however, all participants have found the material easy to understand and apply on their campus or region.

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How long does it take?

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The training itself takes 18-20 hours to complete and is spread over three days. Often times the training will begin on a Friday around noon and continue until early afternoon on a Sunday -- depending on the individual training and dates. It is important that participants attend all the training in order to maximize the learning experience. Being absent or late for any part of the training will forfeit your training registration fees and void your ability to participate in that particular scheduled training experience.

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How is this training different from other workshops/seminars?

Answer:

As you may already know, there are not many resources for hate crime prevention in a college/university setting available. Stop The Hate Train The Trainer Program is the only training of it's kind working exclusively with colleges and universities to train members of the campus community with the tools to impact hate on campus. This training program is not merely a learning opportunity for professional development, but a life-long tool to inspire, lead and change the world. Each participant becomes part of a consortium of educators and develops an action plan that is monitored and supported by Stop The Hate throughout the next year. The learning takes place beyond the training and truly empowers people who desire to make a positive difference with the knowledge and resources to do so. Stop The Hate wishes for all campuses throughout the United States to have the people and educational resources to prevent and respond to hate crimes and hate incidents.

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After the training, what is my commitment?

Answer:

Each participant sets his/her own level of commitment through his/her action plan developed during the training experience. A signed agreement of expectations is required for all participants outlining the copyrights of the materials and reinforcing the standards of the Stop The Hate Program. Materials provided in the Train The Trainer manual are the property of Stop The Hate. As such, each participant must abide by the stipulations outlined in the trainer agreement to support the copyright and licenses on the materials. Stop The Hate offers ongoing resources and support for each trainer through STOPHATE.ORG.