There are many organizations around the country that can help you learn more about issues raised by The Laramie Project, and can help you get involved in movements that really matter to you. Here are some good starting points:

www.matthewshepard.org

Dennis and Judy Shepard created The Matthew Shepard Foundation in December 1998 to honor the memory of their son. Their goal is to educate and replace hate with understanding, acceptance and compassion.

www.glsen.org

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community, including students and school personnel, is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

www.tolerance.org

A Web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (www.splc.org), Tolerance.org encourages people from all walks of life to fight hate and promote tolerance in their homes, schools, businesses and communities.

http://www.partnersagainsthate.org

Partners Against Hate is a joint effort of the Anti-Defamation League, the Leadership Conference Education Fund, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence to design and implement a program of outreach, public education, and training.

http://cphv.usm.maine.edu/

The Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence (from the University of Southern Maine) is committed to making schools and work-places safer by developing innovative ways to reduce the bias, prejudice and harassment that leads to violence and by assisting schools and communities in responding to hate crimes.

www.adl.org

The Anti-Defamation League endeavors to expose and combat the purveyors of hatred, responding to new challenges as they arise. The site includes information and tools.

www.hrc.org

The website for the Human Rights Campaign offers the latest coverage and analysis of national political issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, including information on how to take action.

http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/hate/

The American Psychological Association examines the subject of hate crimes and their motivations from a psychological perspective.

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/hate.htm

This site from the Federal Bureau of Investigation explains federal hate crimes statutes and reviews the most recently-compiled hate crime statistics (from 1999). The investigation of hate crimes is the number one priority in the FBI's Civil Rights Program

www.glaad.org

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of individuals and events in all media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

http://civilrights.org/

The mission of Civilrights.org is to empower the civil rights community to lead the fight for equality and social justice in the emerging digital society through the establishment of an online social justice network.

www.hbo.com/hate

This special HBO program explores hate as it is expressed and proliferated on the Internet