Hate Crimes Assistance

Click Here to Report a Hate Crime

No one has the right to take away your self-esteem, security, or violate you in any way. The steps listed below are designed to help you if you become the target of a Hate Crime. Please read through them.

  1. Make sure you are safe. Get to a safe location such as a public place, a police station, a friend’s home.  Secure yourself against further harm.
  2. If necessary, get medical attention. If you need an ambulance, call 911. For rape victims or victims of other forms of sexual assault, we strongly advise that you go to a hospital as soon as possible.  Hospitals can treat damage that is not readily obvious and place you in contact with a rape or sexual assault counselor. (Refer to the GenEq Sexual Assault Info Sheet)
  3. Make sure to collect and preserve evidence. This can mean taking photographs, saving written or electronic messages, recording threatening voicemails, not showering after sexual assault keeping soiled clothes in a plastic sealable bag, keeping a journal of the dates and times of events, etc.…
  4. Contact a friend or family member who can help you and support you.
  5. Report the incident (see below for details). Note that you do not have to press charges, and you can file a report on the incident anonymously. Reasons for not pressing charges vary, but reporting anonymously can help the police build a file on the accused, which helps prevent the assault from happening to someone else, and can inform the police about the prevalence of Hate Crimes in a locality.
  6. Consider contacting a counselor to help you process and resolve any problems that develop because of the attack. Having someone to talk to who understands can be a valuable resource and aid healing.
  7. Most importantly, do not blame yourself or otherwise internalize or make yourself responsible for the hate that has come at you. You do not and did not deserve to be targeted

 

Resources for Education, Advocacy, Reporting, and Support:

UC Berkeley Police Department
1 Sproul Hall
(510) 642-6760 (non-emergency)
(510) 642-3333 (emergency)

To report incidents anonymously go to: http://stophate.berkeley.edu

Berkeley Police Department
2100 Martin Luther King Jr. Way

(510) 981-5900 (non-emergency)
911 or (510) 981-5911**cell phone (emergency)

University Health Services(UHS)
2222 Bancroft Way #4300
(510) 642-2000
For sexual assault contact Social Services: (510) 642-6074
Counseling and Psychological Services: (510) 510-642-9494
Urgent Care: (510) 642-3188

Attorney for Students(free consultation)
102 Sproul Hall
(510) 642.5171

Gender Equity Resource Center
202 Cesar Chavez Student Center
Billy Curtis
(510) 643-0788
billyc@berkeley.edu

Education, Support and Reporting
2010 Tang Center
Allan Creighton
Health Educator: Social Justice and Violence Prevention
(510) 643-9049
allanc@uhs.berkeley.edu

Reporting,Support Services,Other Information
http://www.tolerance.org/
http://www.splcenter.org/

For more information regarding Hate Crimes, click here.