ONGOING PROJECTS > Racism Reporting System
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Racism Reporting SystemReporting Racist Incidents Speak Out Nelson Tasman provides a user-friendly way to report racist incidents. Reports can be made by the victim, a witness or support person on behalf of the victim. It is an initiative of the Nelson Multicultural Councilwith the support of government agencies and NGOs that make up the Nelson Safer Community Council along with support from the Human Rights Commission. Reporting can be done confidentially on the Speak Out Nelson Tasman website, www.speakout.org.nz to a free call number 0508 Speak Out (0508 773 256) or face to face at one of the community centres listed on the Speak Out Nelson Tasman website. All reports will be logged by the Human Rights Commission. Victims can choose to remain anonymous, if they wish, or provide their personal details for follow up purposes (e.g. counseling or police). Reporting of incidents is important whether or not the victim wants anything done about it as it provides important information to assist the police and other agencies regarding the extent of this problem and ways to address it. The Speak Out Nelson Tasman reporting system is based on recommendations contained in the research report, Towards a Reporting System in Nelson/Tasman: Diverse Communities Speak by Debbie Kohner, a Human Rights lawyer from Northern Ireland, which was published in August 2009. Debbie interviewed 184 people from 48 different ethnicities in focus groups over a period of months. Her findings indicated a very high percentage had experienced or witnessed racism but that very few had reported it. Significantly a large percentage - over 80% - indicated they would report such incidents if there was a user friendly way to do so. Rack card poster For Asia down under coverage of the Nelson Racism Reporting system please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkV8AUMzxsI Nelson Multicultural Council was instrumental in facilitating the research project which produced the report, towards a Reporting System for Racial Incidents in Nelson Tasman: Diverse Communities Speak written by Debbie Kohner.  Full Report Executive Summary Maggie Barry interview with Debbie Kohner on National Radio Radio Interview Racism Report Article on the Human Rights Commission website |