Derika B. Sutton
Hate Crime Program Owner, FBI, U.S. Department of Justice
2023, 2024, 2025
Derika B. Sutton is the Program Owner for the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program Hate Crime Statistics Data Collection. Ms. Sutton facilitated the first ever Hate Crime Symposium, August 2023 and the first annual Hate Crime Awareness Week, October 2024, both held at CJIS. Ms. Sutton was a presenter at the 2023 and 2024 Eradicate Hate Global Summit. She collaborates with additional government agencies and advocacy/community groups regarding increased NIBRS reporting and reducing underreporting for hate crime, while building strong relationships between government and community.
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
