MCN HATE CRIME PREVENTION REPORT 2022
MCN’s Hate Crime Prevention Initiative is divided into 3 main areas: Community Safety training, Hate Crime Prevention Survey Data Collection, and Policy Advocacy. MCN engaged community members, especially youth and Mosque goers in training sessions and conversations about hate crime prevention. During these sessions, data was collected through a survey on how the Muslim community has been experiencing hate crimes. Additionally, they have been advocating on the city, state, and national levels to speak up against hate crimes and advocate for bills and resolutions to prevent hate.
MCN Community Safety Training sessions have been offered at various institutions and communities across NYC. So far, our training sessions have taken place in Bronx, Harlem, Queens, and Brooklyn (NYC Council Districts 8, 9, 11, 48, and 24). They have provided community safety training to over 100 NYC residents and since 2019 have surveyed over 200 NYC Muslims on their experiences with hate crimes. The data they have collected depicts the urgent need to address hate crimes and pass policies that will prevent them. This report is a summary of the surveys collected between 2019 and 2022 including policy recommendations to address the rise in anti-religious hate crimes in NYC.
