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 LibraryP.O. Box 752 - Milford, PA 18337 - (570) 686-5555 - www.tristateunity.org

Celebrate DiversityPromote Human Rights

Create a Moral Barrier to HateEnhance Community Harmony

Tri-State Unity Coalition (TSUC)

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TSUC Programs

• 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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Somewhere in America…

• Every Hour Someone commits a hate crime

• Every Day8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 Jews and 1 Latino become hate crime victims

• Every WeekA cross is burned

“Tens Ways to Fight Hate” by the Southern Poverty Law Center

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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

“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be

judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their

character."

- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Speaking Up for Each OtherIn Germany they came first for the Communists,

and I didn't speak upbecause I wasn't a Communist.

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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Hate Pyramid

Everyday Interactions

Public Tensions

Organized Hate Groups

Unlawful Discrimination

Hate Crime

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What is a Hate Crime?

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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Report Bias-Related Incidents

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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Ways to Fight Hate

• Unite• Support the survivors• Speak up• Create an alterative• Teach tolerance

“Tens Ways to Fight Hate” by the Southern Poverty Law Center

Apathy will be interpreted as acceptance by the public, the offenders and the victims

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“Hate Can’t Happen in My Town”

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Pike County, PA Demographics

Number Percent Increase

Population – 1990 27,966Population – 2000 46,302 66%

White 43,109 93.1% 57%Black 1,513 3.3% 491%Hispanic* 2,315 5.0% 255% Asian 288 0.6% American Indian 111 0.2%Other 602 1.5% 452%Disabled 8,419 18.2%

Population – 2005 56,337 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 WelcomeEach of Us has that Right!

* Includes people of more than one race. http://quickfacts.census.gov

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“It’s Just Kids”

• 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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History of Hate Continues Today

Welcome to Milford…Now Go Home!

Tom Quick Monument Honors a Killer of Native Americans

Matamoras, PA - Photo from Pike County’s Official Historical Record

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.

Please don’t use words or symbols that could offend or intimidate others.

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Tips for Speaking Out

• 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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Final Thought

Silence is the welcome mat for hate to be accepted in the community

Speak Out by Saying

“Not Around Me!”

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Posters, etc.

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Proverbs From Around the World

“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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“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

Proverbs (cont.)

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• 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 African-American, answered his nation's call to service in the Korean Conflict, and gave his life for his country.

Milton Bailey

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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.

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

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Handicap Parking

Source: www.handiplate.com

Do Not Park in Designated Handicap Spaces

Unless Authorized

Its NOT Nice and

Its Against the Law!

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Handicap Parking – PA SummaryHandicap Parking Statutes - Summary for Pennsylvania

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. 

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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Learning

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We are All the Same Inside

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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• 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!

We are All the Same Inside

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“How the Beetle Got Her Colors”

• “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

Take a Copy from Bin to Read Later

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

Coloring Project on Back!

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"Village of 100"

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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