ROCHESTER, Minn. – An anti-hate forum has been scheduled in Rochester by the local chapters of the black-based organization NAACP and the interfaith organization ISAIAH. It will be at  3 p.m. on Sunday at the Rochester Civic Center. The forum follows an uptick in racist and hateful gestures.

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