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Robby Brod
Urban Rural Action and Pennsylvania Prison Society implemented a Vera Institute of Justice-funded criminal justice reform program in Adams County, PA and Philadelphia in 2019. (Urban Rural Action)
With hate crimes on the rise in Pennsylvania, a new coalition representing a cross-section of ideologies and cultures will use their differences to look for new ways to buck the trend.
Uniting to Prevent Targeted Violence (UPTV) has recruited 28 people from Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, and York counties – all of which have a higher-than-average risk of hate crimes compared to the rest of the country, according to a study from Princeton University.
UPTV’s co-director, Kira Hamman, said ‘Uniters’ plan to identify root causes of hate crime and work with emergency mental health resources in their communities to strengthen their services.
“I don’t necessarily mean someone you know threatening to blow up a school or something,” she said. “But if someone notices a behavior or a concern in the community, we have a network who…
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