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Newly-Assembled Group Seeks to Address Rise in Hate Crimes Across Pennsylvania

Jason Leung
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Unsplash

Hate crimes are on the rise in Pennsylvania, but a new coalition of more than two dozen people from a cross-section of ideologies and cultures will use their differences to look for new ways to buck the trend.

They plan to identify root causes of hate crime and work with emergency mental health resources in their communities to better tackle the problem. WITF’s Robby Brod explains the make-up of the group – and how they hope to turn their conversations into real-world change.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 2/13/23)

Robby Brod is WITF's Democracy Beat Reporter covering mis/disinformation and the harm they cause communities across Pennsylvania.