Frank Gunn
September 27th, 2005, 10:01 PM
Kirksville Daily Express (http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/articles/2005/09/16/news/news10.txt)
(It looks as if this article was printed very recently, the url has "2005/9/16" in it).
KIRKSVILLE - According to Karen Aroesty, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, the best way to counteract hate is with PIE.
PIE, an acronym for Protect, Investigate and Educate, are the goals of the ADL, Aroesty said. It tries to protect people by investigating hate groups and educating people and law enforcement about these groups.
Aroesty spoke on two occasions in Kirksville Wednesday (September 14). The first speech was in the Georgian Room at Truman State University at noon and was titled, "Know Your Enemy: Update on Extremism in the Midwest." At 7 p.m. Aroesty spoke at the First Christian Church about "Community Responses to Hate and Bias Incidents."
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Later that night, Aroesty spoke to about 60 members of the community at First Christian Church about how to combat hate in Kirksville.
She suggested forming an umbrella organization of the many current groups, such as civic and school groups. The purpose of this larger organization would be to get people out of their comfort zones and have optimistic discussions and activities emphasizing there is not place for hate.
The point is to show people who spread hate they will be ignored and will become irrelevant.
Dr. Dan Mandell, associate professor of history at TSU, has already helped form a local group called Citizens United Against Hate. Their first event was to bring Aroesty to Kirksville to speak, but this is just the beginning of the group's plans, Mandell said. They plan on using her idea of an umbrella organization with positive events and discussions.
(It looks as if this article was printed very recently, the url has "2005/9/16" in it).
KIRKSVILLE - According to Karen Aroesty, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, the best way to counteract hate is with PIE.
PIE, an acronym for Protect, Investigate and Educate, are the goals of the ADL, Aroesty said. It tries to protect people by investigating hate groups and educating people and law enforcement about these groups.
Aroesty spoke on two occasions in Kirksville Wednesday (September 14). The first speech was in the Georgian Room at Truman State University at noon and was titled, "Know Your Enemy: Update on Extremism in the Midwest." At 7 p.m. Aroesty spoke at the First Christian Church about "Community Responses to Hate and Bias Incidents."
[...]
Later that night, Aroesty spoke to about 60 members of the community at First Christian Church about how to combat hate in Kirksville.
She suggested forming an umbrella organization of the many current groups, such as civic and school groups. The purpose of this larger organization would be to get people out of their comfort zones and have optimistic discussions and activities emphasizing there is not place for hate.
The point is to show people who spread hate they will be ignored and will become irrelevant.
Dr. Dan Mandell, associate professor of history at TSU, has already helped form a local group called Citizens United Against Hate. Their first event was to bring Aroesty to Kirksville to speak, but this is just the beginning of the group's plans, Mandell said. They plan on using her idea of an umbrella organization with positive events and discussions.