The programs are expected to begin on the Island in December, she said, adding: "Theoretically, high school is too late, and we should start prejudice reduction when kids are 3 years old.

Prior to joining EPI, Dorsey served as chief executive officer for various non-profit organizations promoting children's literacy, prejudice reduction and affordable housing.

On Wednesday, he said, the state board will consider recommendations on forming an institute of prejudice reduction to guide state colleges and universities through possible pitfalls of intolerance.

Working with an Anti-Defamation League curriculum for elementary schoolteachers in the area of prejudice reduction, "The Wonderful World of Difference" was introduced to more than 200 elementary school principals in three all-day sessions last winter.

Perhaps these teachers will benefit from the "prejudice reduction" workshops lately set up for the faculty.

They learn skills in non-violent communication, active listening, prejudice reduction, and mediation.

We teach conflict resolution, peer mediation and the principles of prejudice reduction not just in Louisville's neighborhoods and schools, but also throughout Kentucky.

Since then, over 500 studies have been done on prejudice reduction under variations of the contact hypothesis, and a meta-analytic review suggests overall support for its efficacy.

Antiracists have rightly pointed to the limited nature of multiculturalism's focus on prejudice and attitudes, and its strategy of prejudice reduction by teaching about 'other cultures'.