This project will strengthen social cohesion and resilience to hate through direct investments and capacity-building to sustainable, scalable community-led initiatives. In addition to facilitating funding to local community-based organisations, Strong Cities will partner with city governments and local leaders to prevent harm through developing mutually beneficial, reliable relationships of trust between communities and their local and regional governing institutions; increasing public awareness on what constitutes a hate crime and how to access help; enhancing the quality, integrity and consistency of reporting and data on incidents; and delivering training, technical support, and other in-person and virtual learning opportunities in partnership with a national pool of subject-matter experts in this field. By the end of the project, participants will build: