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Press Conference: Preble Street Resource Center,
5 Portland Street, Portland, ME

February 9, 2005

On Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. at the Preble Street Resource Center, the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence will release a report on bias motivated violence and discrimination against Maine's homeless individuals.

The 80-page report, compiled over the preceding 18 months, is based on over 150 interviews with homeless persons and social service providers throughout Maine.

The report details an extremely disturbing level of violence and discrimination against homeless people motivated by anti-homeless bias. The report recommends adding the category of homelessness to the Maine Civil Rights Act.

Editor's Note: For more information, contact Stepen Wessler, Executive Director, Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, 228-8152 or 232-9905.

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