Non-profit to discuss hate groups in Arizona (Southern Poverty Law Center)
• AzCentral.com
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is bringing a representative from the Southern Poverty Law Center to help raise awareness about the presence of the state's hate groups, the Nativist movement and White-supremacist organizations.
The Montgomery, Ala.-based non-profit organization identifies, monitors and investigates hate activity across the United States.
According to the center, the number of hate groups nationwide has risen 54 percent since 2000, fueled by opposition to non-White immigration, the economic recession and the election of the nation's first Black president.