What should followers of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism) do to fix our misunderstood public image from intolerance?

Well if you are a devout follower of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism),and you live in a community or do not meet intolerant people very often,life is easy,you make spiritual progress,and you don't have to go through intolerance.But sadly,in the Western world,intolerance against Hindus is not inflicted apon the learned ones,but the vulnerable kids who attend public schools,they have no clue how to defend their faith,and they are terrorized.In 8th grade,two Punjabi Sikh boys (very angry about the Indian government's action in 1984) and a Christian boy terrorized me for 6 months.Saying all kinds of disgusting,putrid things about my faith.They wouldn't listen to my explanations.But for me its okay,I don't have it that bad,in California,a controversial school text book was released, and in that text book,evangalical views were depicted about Hinduism,all the facts were false.Knowing for our faith is great is okay,but what about the misunderstood public image?It has to be dealt with at some point.