Campus to host Stop the Hate Week

By Meghan Volange

Stop the Hate Week will start this Saturday with a workshop on prejudice reduction from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Renaissance Room. This year, the theme is “Building a Culture of Peace.”

Fresno State and Fresno Pacific University are organizing this event.

“ This week’s event will focalize on the importance of people getting together, learning about different cultures, mixing an creating contacts,” says Morghan Young, who helped organize this event.

Along with the upcoming events the students on campus will have the opportunity to meet with Gandhi’s grandson, who will reserve part of Thursday afternoon from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., to an open discussion.

A candlelight vigil will take place at the Peace Garden on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

The organizing committee for the Stop the Hate week will also offer an educational forum at 6:30 p.m. at the Peace Garden on Friday.

The closing ceremony, the International Culture Night, will be held Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Satellite Student Union.