1	Tri-State Unity Coalition (TSUC)
2	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.
3	Somewhere in America… 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
4	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
5	Speaking Up for Each Other
6	Hate Pyramid
7	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.
8	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.
9	Ways to Fight Hate Unite Support the survivors Speak up Create an alterative Teach tolerance
10	“Hate Can’t Happen in My Town”
11	Pike County, PA Demographics Number Percent Increase Population – 1990 27,966 Population – 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 Welcome Each of Us has that Right!
12	“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
13	History of Hate Continues Today
14	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
15	Final Thought Silence is the welcome mat for hate to be accepted in the community
16	Posters, etc.
17	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
18	Proverbs (cont.) “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
19	Milton Bailey 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.
20	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.
21	Respect Everyone Poster
22	Tolerance Poster (Ages 3-7)
23	Unity Poster (Ages 3-7)
24	Tolerance Poster (Ages 8-14)
25	Unity Poster (Ages 8-14)
26	Celebrate Diversity Poster
27	Unity in Diversity Poster
28	Handicap Parking
29	Handicap Parking – PA Summary
30	Learning
31	We are All the Same Inside
32	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!
33	“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.”
34	“How the Beetle Got Her Colors” Children’s Fable for Grades K to 3 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
35	"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