Diversity Department’s Major Initiatives
¡Ya Es Hora!
HRC has joined ¡Ya Es Hora!, a coalition of faith, labor, media, and community-based organizations, to host volunteer citizenship workshops around the country as part of a civic engagement campaign aimed at providing immigrants with resources to apply for citizenship and to become active participants in U.S. democracy.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program
In response to a swell of violence against LGBT students on Historically Black Colleges and Universities campuses, in 2002 HRC launched its HBCU program to educate and organize students, faculty and administrators in creating safe and welcoming campuses black LGBT youth.
Partnership with California Faith for Equality
A key finding of “At the Intersection” is the impact religiously motivated prejudice has on LGBT people of color. This year HRC formed a strategic partnership with California Faith for Equality, a statewide group of 6,000 faith leaders established to educate, support and mobilize California's faith communities on LGBT equality. The partnership not only expands CFE's impressive work, but also ensures that California voters know that many people of faith support same-sex marriage.
Resources for Coming Out in Communities of Color
Many people of color face challenges when they come out as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. To address these issues, the National Coming Out Project has developed resources on coming out in the African-American and Latino/a communities.