Local News
(2008-02-27)
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI
(wnmu) -
A Lake Superior State University group is campaigning against hatred. The Student Organization for Diversity aims to promote tolerance and understanding of all people at the university and in Sault Ste. Marie. Faculty advisor Kirk Mauldin says students were looking to raise awareness of hatred of all types on campus and around the world. He says understanding the problem is the first step in healing it.SOFD members have been distributing anti-hate buttons and handouts on what people can do in their own lives to prevent prejudice. They're also passing around a petition that pledges to speak out again prejudice and hatred whenever it's encountered.
Mauldin says the campaign was spurred by anti-gay killings in the west and genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan.
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