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YOUTH ISSUES WORK GROUP During an examination of critical local human rights issues at its contacting Centro LatinoAmericano, Womenspace, and other FY 2004 work retreat, the commission identified youth issues as a agencies. Participants were solicited through school districts, top priority. In its work plan, the commission agreed to form a Committed Partners for Youth, and the 20Below section of The work group to address youth issues. Led by Commissioner Mo Register-Guard. Using the "Study Circles" dialogue model, the Young, the group decided to recruit peer facilitators and hold a group is in the process of making final preparations to hold the dialogue on youth issues. Facilitators were recruited by dialogue session in late July 2004. Youth Issues Work Group: Sheila Coats, David Kelly, Sid Moore, Andrea Ortiz, Mo Young RESPONDING TO HATE During the last year, several major incidents of bias occurred. Program staff received the statewide FBI Director's Award for Commission members and staff collaborated with local advocates Community Service. to provide aid to those targeted and worked to support the community. Hate Leafleting In February 2004, during showings of the movie "The Passion of Hate Group - Related Arrests The Christ" at Cinema World in Eugene and Gateway Mall's In March 2004, two separate altercations occurred at Samurai Movies 12 in Springfield, cars in the parking lots were leafleted Duck and the WOW Hall, at which people allegedly associated with anti-Semitic fliers attributed to the Volksfront and Aryan with white supremacy groups were arrested. The commission Nations hate groups. Leafleting also took place near Civic was kept apprised of the incidents and staff and commissioners Stadium and Temple Beth Israel. A separate distribution of hate worked with people involved in these incidents, flyers was distributed in neighborhoods in at least three separate areas of Eugene in June. Flyers referenced the hate groups The program continues to receive reports about issues and National Alliance and Aryan Nations, among others. Staff and incidents targeted against local community members in the commissioners worked together to deliver the message on TV aftermath of September 11, 2001, and in the wake of the current news and through a letter to the editor in The Register-Guard that war in Iraq. In recognition of its work to support community it's everyone's responsibility to speak out against hate. members during these international events, Human Rights EUGENE HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM REPORT AND WORK PLAN PAGE 14