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November 2024 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about National Native American Heritage Month, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Forensic Nurses Week, and the 40th Anniversary of the Victims of Crime Act.

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2022 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month Message From the Director


In June 1969, LGBTQI+ individuals and allies protested the Stonewall Inn raid serving as a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States. Yet, decades later many Americans are still having to fight. According to an analysis of National Crime Victimization Survey data, in about 1 in 5 violent hate crime victimizations, victims believed the hate crime was motivated by bias against persons...

June 2022 Featured Resources

This featured news content includes information about the #HAVhope National Day of Awareness, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month.