Stand Up to Bullies!

Stand Up to Bullies: Bible Stories (a short list)

• Old Testament:
  • Moses: kills Egyptian for beating a Hebrew (Exodus 1:11-12)
  • Moses and Phaorah (Exodus 3-12)
  • David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
  • Nathan, David, Uriah and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:1-24)
  • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego v. Nebuchandnezzar (Daniel 3)
• Jesus:
  • Unclean Spirit (Mark 1:21-26)
  • Gerasanes Demoniac "Legion" (Mark 5:1-13)
  • Pharisees and Scribes (Mark 7:1-13)
  • Chief Priests, Scribes, and Elders (Mark 11:27-33)
  • Rich Man (Mark 10:17-25)
  • Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
  • Scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23:1-36)
  • Cleansing the Temple (Matthew 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-17)
• Other New Testament:
  • Peter and John, priests and Sadducees (Acts 4:1-22)
  • Paul, Silas and the slave girl (Acts 16:16-40)

Organizations

Responding to Domestic Violence

• Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley
  - "a safe place where victims of abuse and their children can find refuge."

• CeaseFirePA
• Everytown for Gun Safety
• Heeding God's Call

• The Valley Against Sex Trafficking (VAST)
  • sex trafficking in the Lehigh Valley

• Resurrected Community Development Corporation
• Campaign for Change
• James Lawson Freedom School
• POWER NE
• International Institute for Restorative Practices (Bethlehem, PA)
• NAACP Allentown - on Facebook
• NAACP Bethlehem - Web, on Facebook.

Legislation

• PA Senate Bill 851 "Safe Harbor in Human Trafficking" - would make anyone under age 18 immune from prosecution under state prostitution laws, and it would require the Pennsylvania Human Services Department to develop education and job-training programs, short-term housing, and offer counseling services to the victims of sex trafficking and forced labor.

Reports

• Hours before San Bernardino shooting, doctors urged Congress to lift funding ban on gun violence research (Wash. Post: Dec. 2, 2015)
• To Counter Gun Violence, Researchers Seek Deeper Data (NPR: Sept. 28, 2014)

• Legislation would assist victims of human trafficking (Morning Call: June 11, 2015)
• Woman says Allentown arrest kept her from life as a sex slave (Morning Call: May 11, 2015)

• ASD Annual Report 2013-14 (PDF)
  
• ASD Annual Report 2012-13 (PDF)
  
• Allentown School District (Wikipedia) - includes statistics on racial/ethic identity of students and academic performance in recent years
• The Allentown School District was ranked 486th in academic performance out of 500 Pennsylvania school districts in 2013 by the Pittsburgh Business Times, based on student academic achievement on the last three years of PSSA test results.
  ASD rank was 485/500 in 2012.
• PA School Dropout Rates (grades 7-12):
  - 2013-14 School Dropout Rates
  - 2012-13 School Dropout Rates
  In 2012-13, ASD had 2nd highest dropout rate of PA Public School Districts (5.72%)
  In 2013-14, ASD had 4th highest dropout rate of PA Public School Districts (5.11%)
• Public School Graduates bound for college or other post-secondary education.
  2013-14 Public School Graduates
  2012-13 Public School Graduates
  70.9% of ASD graduates were post-secondary bound in 2013-14 school year
• Allentown school board member angered colleagues met with group alleging rampant racism
  (June 21, 2015)
• Community must join together, press Allentown School District for change
  (Jude-Laure Denis, June 11, 2015)
• Allentown School District officials pressed to open community dialogue on race relations
  (April 9, 2015)
• Allentown man ejected from school board meeting during spoken word poetry protest -- video
  (re: Dejour Scott, April 10, 2014)

Last Updated: 12/7/2015
Created: July 20, 2015