Gettysburg Recreation Park September 2, 2006 noon - 5 pm

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Educational Events

Click on the links below to learn more about our educational events prior to Sept. 2.

August 24. Community Education Seminar: "What to do When Hate Comes to Town"

Week of August 28. Floyd Cochran: "Can a Racist Really Change?" (multiple presentations)

"What to do When Hate Comes to Town-- A Community Education Seminar in Preparation for September 2nd."

Thursday, August 24, 2006. 7:00-9:00 pm, Gettysburg Fire Hall. Sponsored by the organizers of Community Unity Day, Mayor William Troxell, and the PA Interagency Task Force, consisting of

• Ann Van Dyke, the PA Human Relations Commission
• Timothy Johnson, US Department of Justice, Community Relations Service
• Lt. John Bey, PA State Police, Heritage Affairs Officer
• Harold Dunbar, Civil Rights Enforcement Section, PA Office of Attorney General 

The purpose of this seminar was to help community members understand:

• The First Amendment issues involved
• The recruitment goals and strategies of racial supremacist groups
• What they have learned about effective responses the day of rallies
• Community conditions in which hate crimes occur and in which hate groups are able to recruit

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Floyd Cochran: "Can a Racist Really Change?"

Floyd Cochran, civil rights activist, educator, and former high-ranking member of the Aryan Nation, visited the Gettysburg Area the week prior to September 2nd, with several public speaking engagements. For more information about Floyd, visit www.citizensagainsthate.com. Click here to listen to Floyd Cochran's interview of Reverend Judith Guasch as they discuss unity in community in the face of hate.

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