Community United Against Hate Committee

Community United Against Hate (CUAH)

As a result of incidents in the spring of 2005, the City of Boulder's Human Relations Commission (HRC) and Department of Housing and Human Services staff initiated a community effort to create an action plan that promotes goodwill and mutual respect among Boulder's various communities and condemn racism, bigotry, harassment and discrimination.

Committee Mission

As originally initiated by the City, The CUAH's mission was to develop a set of short- and longer-term recommendations for action that can be taken by the City of Boulder to ensure rapid response to acts of discrimination, ethnic or racial intimidation, harassment and violence, and to ensure ongoing effective engagement with community groups.

Since the delivery of recommendations to the HRC, the CUAH has voted to continue its existence as a community-based group working against hate, now called Boulder Community United.

Work of the Committee

The Community United Against Hate committee met through July and August and presented a set of  recommendations (19.46 KB) to the HRC at its September 19, 2005 meeting. The HRC considered these recommendations at its October 17 meeting and forwarded them to City Council in a October 27, 2005 Weekly Information Packet.

Committee Meetings

CUAH met biweekly during July, August and September to develop short- and longer-term recommendations for consideration by the HRC. After the September 19 submission of recommendations, CUAH members decided to continue the existence of the committee beyond its original mission and timeframe. Boulder Community United (BCU) has expanded its membership and is now completely a community-based effort, no longer staffed by the City, working to reduce hate-motivated incidents in Boulder. BCU continues to meet monthly.

Results of the Committee:

City Council took action on the following recommendations stemming from the CUAH meetings:

Hotline: On May 16, 2006, Council supported one-time funding of an anti-bias hotline administered by community agencies, if the community can raise approximately one-third of the program cost.

Policy: On May 16, 2006, Council approved a policy statement regarding bias-motivated incidents.

Ordinance: On January 16, 2007, Council approved a third reading of an ordinance to increase the maximum fine for bias-motivated crimes to $2000. Click here to read the Agenda Item.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 April 2007 08:16