Marcelle DuPraw’s beloved 23-year-old nephew was murdered in a hate crime in Oregon five years ago. She still finds it “unbelievable” that someone so vibrant, smart and determined to promote change is “gone — just … gone.” She has taken comfort in the astonishing network of people determined to vanquish what she sees as the “tsunami of hate and bias sweeping our country.” This week in Santa Cruz, DuPraw and others have organized the countywide United Against Hate Week, which offers a full schedule of programming — a “priceless opportunity” for our community to learn from each other.
