Event: Hate Crimes in the Heartland

Rachel Lyon’s 2004 documentary Hate Crimes in the Heartland explores current and past hate crimes that have been committed in America by studying two that occurred in Tulsa, Okla. — the 1921 Race Riots and the 2012 shootings that targeted African-

Mar 17, 2015 at 2:44 pm

Rachel Lyon’s 2004 documentary Hate Crimes in the Heartland explores current and past hate crimes that have been committed in America by studying two that occurred in Tulsa, Okla. — the 1921 Race Riots and the 2012 shootings that targeted African-Americans. Mayerson JCC will screen the film Tuesday. A panel discussion afterward will include Lyon; Rabbi Dr. Gary Zola, historian of American Jewry; Cincinnati Chief of Police Jeffrey Blackwell; Shakila T. Ahmad, president of the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati; and Local 12’s Dan Hurley.

7 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Mayerson JJC, 8485 Ridge Road, Amberley, mayersonjcc.org.