Hate crimes, particularly against members of the South Asian, Arab and other middle eastern communities, have increased dramatically in the aftermath of 9/11. APABA has formed the Hate Crimes Prevention/Tolerance Education Project to address this problem. This sub-committee has already disseminated information at Sikh temples about hate crimes and government offices and agencies to contact if victimized by hate crimes. We also have developed and implemented a program to educate and raise awareness among intermediate and high school students about hate crimes, including prevention, reporting and consequences, tolerance education and respect for differences. We are currently making presentations to two intermediate schools and we need volunteers to assist us in making these presentations.