Transcript Tri-State Unity Coalition

Tri-State Unity Coalition
(TSUC)
Celebrate Diversity
Promote Human Rights
Create a Moral Barrier to Hate
Enhance Community Harmony
Non-political, non-profit (501c3) and completely volunteer organization. The only
organization exclusively focused on human relations in Pike (PA) but also serve
Sussex (NJ) and Orange (NY)
Meetings 6 pm on 2nd Wednesday of the Month at Dingman Public Library
P.O. Box 752 - Milford, PA 18337 - (570) 686-5555 - www.tristateunity.org
• Education
– Teach about various cultures, lifestyles and
religious beliefs through workshops, seminars,
presentations, etc.
• Outreach
– Reach out to the public at large and collaborate
with other community groups to promote and
enhance intra-group awareness.
• Response
– Support survivors of prejudice, discrimination
and/or hate crimes by providing for their physical
and emotional needs.
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TSUC Programs
• Every Hour
Someone commits a hate crime
• Every Day
8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 Jews
and 1 Latino become hate crime
victims
• Every Week
A cross is burned
“Tens Ways to Fight Hate” by the Southern Poverty Law Center
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Somewhere in America…
- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lessons:
• Treat others with respect
• Avoid using stereotypes
– Even seemingly positive ones, such as generalizing a whole
ethnic group as exceptionally good at math or musically talented
• Make it clear that prejudice is wrong
• Don't allow bigoted comments by others, even friends or
family members, to go unchallenged
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Martin
“I have a dream that my four
Luther
King,
Jr. day live in a
children
will one
nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin
but by the content of their
character."
Speaking Up for Each Other
Then they came for the Jews,
And I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came or the trade
unionists, and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time
no one was left to speak up.
By Reverend Martin Niemoller (1945) - Protestant minister in Germany during World War II and
a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps. Later, he served as the president of the World Council
of Churches in the 1960s.
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In Germany they came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Communist.
Crime
Unlawful
Discrimination
Organized Hate Groups
Public Tensions
Everyday Interactions
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Hate Pyramid
Hate
A criminal offense committed against persons,
property or society that is motivated, in whole or
in part, by an offender’s bias against a specific
characteristic of an individual or a group such as
race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender,
age, disability or sexual orientation.
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What is a Hate Crime?
Any incident in which an action taken by a person or
group is perceived to be malicious or discriminatory
toward another person or group based on bias or
prejudice relating to such characteristics as race,
color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental
or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender, or
gender identity OR any situation in which intergroup
tensions exist based on such group characteristics.
Many Bias-Related Incidents are not violations of
any law, yet they can create dangerous levels of
tension that can escalate into violence or civil
unrest.
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Report Bias-Related Incidents
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Unite
Support the survivors
Speak up
Create an alterative
Teach tolerance
Apathy will be interpreted as acceptance by
the public, the offenders and the victims
“Tens Ways to Fight Hate” by the Southern Poverty Law Center
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Ways to Fight Hate
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“Hate Can’t Happen in My Town”
Number
Population – 1990
Population – 2000
27,966
46,302
White
Black
Hispanic*
Asian
American Indian
Other
Disabled
43,109
1,513
2,315
288
111
602
8,419
Population – 2005
56,337
Percent
Increase
66%
93.1%
3.3%
5.0%
0.6%
0.2%
1.5%
18.2%
57%
491%
255%
452%
21.7%
Presently Ranked 87th of the 100 Fastest Growing Counties in the U.S.
http://www.census.gov/popest/counties
Let’s Make Everyone that Visits or Lives in Pike County Welcome
Each of Us has that Right!
* Includes people of more than one race.
http://quickfacts.census.gov
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Pike County, PA Demographics
• Anti-Semitic graffiti on the Old Milford Inn in
Aug/Sep 2000
• Candle light vigil at the site
• Pike County Commissioners issued a resolution
– Condemning acts of intolerance and express the
desire that Pike County be a place of religious, ethnic
and personal tolerance (Resolution No. 00-31)
• Community meeting was held and the Tri-State
Unity Coalition was formed
• TSUC has since worked to prevent future
incidences of intolerance and hate
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“It’s Just Kids”
History of Hate Continues Today
Tom Quick Monument Honors
a Killer of Native Americans
Please don’t use words or symbols
that could offend or intimidate others.
Matamoras, PA - Photo from Pike County’s
Official Historical Record
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The history of hate in Pike County
continues today as it does to some
degree everywhere. Its not uncommon to
see the below bumper sticker or the
confederate flag flying proudly. In this
country, we have freedom of speech but
let’s use it responsibly.
• Don’t condemn or try to win-over the
offender
• Don’t argue point for point
• Speak and act to help the victim(s)
and community heal
• Freedom of speech issue is two-sided
• Don’t take it personally
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Tips for Speaking Out
Silence is the welcome mat for hate
to be accepted in the community
Speak Out by Saying
“Not Around Me!”
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Final Thought
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Posters, etc.
“Opinions founded on prejudice are always
sustained with the greatest violence.” Israel
“Equality is not easy, but superiority is painful.”
Senegal
“If you have one finger pointing at somebody, you
have three pointing towards yourself.” Nigeria
“A frog in the well does not know the ocean.”
Japan
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Proverbs From Around the World
“The bridge is repaired only after someone falls in
the water.” Somalia
“Those who seek revenge must remember to dig
two graves.” China
“When the right hand washes the left hand and the
left hand washes the right hand, both hands
become clean.” Nigeria
“A wise person changes their mind.” Japan
Source: http://www.esrnational.org/proverbs.htm
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Proverbs (cont.)
• Milton Bailey was the great great grandson of Abraham Davis, an
African-American who was a veteran of the Civil War. Shortly after
the war ended, Abraham Davis, with his military pension, purchased
a home in the 300 block of West High Street in Milford,
Pennsylvania. It remained the family home for more than 100 years.
• Milton Bailey was the only son of Beatrice Bailey who lived in that
same Milford home in the mid-20th Century.
• Milton Bailey, a Milford and Pike County resident, and an AfricanAmerican, answered his nation's call to service in the Korean
Conflict, and gave his life for his country.
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Milton Bailey
Memorial Day Parade 2001 – TSUC
was the only group that honored
and remembered Milton Bailey on
the 50th Anniversary of the Korean
Conflict on Memorial Day 2001.
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Milton Bailey
• For more than a decade after his
death, his mother, Beatrice Bailey
placed flowers on his grave each
Memorial Day and each Veterans'
Day - Joining others in our community
remembering those who served and
returned from service, and those who
did not.
• Of more than 300 Pike County
residents who served in the Korean
Conflict, Milton Bailey was the only
Pike County resident officially listed
as "killed in action". Only one other
resident also died during the Korean
Conflict.
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Respect Everyone Poster
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Tolerance Poster (Ages 3-7)
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Unity Poster (Ages 3-7)
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Tolerance Poster (Ages 8-14)
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Unity Poster (Ages 8-14)
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Celebrate Diversity Poster
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Unity in Diversity Poster
Its NOT Nice
and
Its Against the
Law!
Source: www.handiplate.com
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Do Not Park
Handicap
Parking
in Designated
Handicap
Spaces
Unless Authorized
Handicap Parking – PA Summary
Handicap Parking Statutes - Summary for Pennsylvania
Placard design: A removable windshield placard issued by the Department of
Motor Vehicles.
Enforcement/Penalties: Any person that parks in the parking space designated
for persons with disabilities when not entitled to it - a summary offense
punishable by a fine of not more than $100; Any person that uses disabled
parking placard to park for a period of 60 minutes in excess of the legal
parking period - a summary offense punishable by a fine of not more than
$15; Any person that parks in the space designated for a disabled person
upon a request by such, or misuses the privileges provided by the
handicapped placard when not entitled to them - a summary offense
punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200 and additional
fine of $50.
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Criteria for determining the disability: Unable to walk 200 feet without stopping to
rest; unable to walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, another person,
prosthetic device, etc.; restricted by lung disease; use of portable oxygen
needed; restricted by a cardiac condition; restricted by arthritic, neurological,
orthopedic condition; a blind person; no full use of an arm or both arms; any
person in loco parentis of a person specified above.
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Learning
M & M’s are all different colors but
inside they are all chocolate
People are different colors
too but inside we are all
flesh and blood
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We are All the Same Inside
• Tolerance
– Willingness to recognize and respect the
beliefs or practices of others
• Breakdown Stereotypes
– A way of grouping people together by the
same qualities or characteristics for
everyone in the group - positive or
negative; conscious or unconscious
And each person is unique!
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We are All the Same Inside
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“You ugly little thing!”
..day after day he listened..
“I didn’t know”
“Don’t judge others by their
appearance.”
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“How the Beetle Got Her Colors”
Children’s Fable for Grades K to 3
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Story Summary
• Rat teases beetle because he was plain gray.
• Parrot speaks up!
• Rat and beetle have a race.
• Beetle wins because he can fly.
• Rat didn’t know beetle could fly and learns not to judge others by their
appearance.
• Beatle gets new colors from Parrot!
Leasons:
• Speak up
• Get to know someone
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“How the Beetle Got Her Colors”
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If the world's population was
shrunk to a village of just 100
people what would it look
like?
There are no right answers
but how close was your
guess to the estimates!
Flip sheet over for the
answers
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"Village of 100"