Press Release

December 15, 2004 Contact:   HND: Pang Houa Moua, 202-463-2118, panghoua@hndlink.org; NAPALC: Aimee J. Baldillo, 202-296-2300, abaldillo@napalc.org; SEARAC: Doua Thor, 202-667-4690, doua@searac.org

Hate Crime/Hate Incident Tracking Form

Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND), National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC), and the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) are coordinating efforts to collect information on hate crimes or hate incidents that occur against the Hmong community. If you experience, witness, hear or read about any racial bias as a result of the Chai Soua Vang hunting matter in Wisconsin or any other matter, please report the incident to NAPALC. Incidents can be reported online at www.napalc.org/reporthate/ or by selecting the "Online Hate Crimes Incident Reporting Form" link on the NAPALC homepage (www.napalc.org).

When completing the online form, try to provide as much information as possible. If you have actual newspaper clippings, photos, emails, letters, etc., please mail, fax, or email them to:

Aimee Baldillo, Esq.
National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-2300 [P]
(202) 296-2318 [F]
email: abaldillo@napalc.org

If you do not have access to the Internet, have difficulty accessing the page, or need Hmong language assistance, please contact Doua Thor (doua@searac.org — 202-667-4690) at SEARAC or Pang Houa Moua (panghoua@hndlink.org — 202-463-2118) at HND.

For general inquiries, please contact:
HND: Pang Houa Moua, 202-463-2118, panghoua@hndlink.org;
NAPALC: Aimee J. Baldillo, 202-296-2300, abaldillo@napalc.org;
SEARAC: Doua Thor, 202-667-4690, doua@searac.org.

Additional information and resources on hate crimes and hate incidents can be found at: www.napalc.org/aavpubs

**END**