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Does hate have a home here? RVC residents want mayor to stop Proud Boys after marches in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, where there were chants of “white power” and “Jews will After two visits from the alt- not replace us.” On the same day right, “western chauvinist” that residents came to Village group the Proud Boys, Rockville Hall, five members of the Proud Centre residents Boys were charged vented frustrations with seditious conover the response spiracy for their from the village at roles in the riot at Monday’s board of the U.S. Capitol on trustees meeting. Jan. 6, 2021. They g athered According to viloutside Village Hall lage code, parades to voice their comand other procesplaints about the sions must have a ease with which the license granted by group paraded the chief of the vilthrough the village lage Police Departin November and ment at least a week again last month. before the event. Lisa Burch, 21, When the Proud spoke in front of the Boys marched building. across Sunrise High“This is a known way a few weeks hate group,” Burch LISA BURCH ago, police were said. “I happen to be Rockville Centre there to monitor any Jewish, and I’m pretsigns of disorder. ty sure that they “Is this the protohate me and all people who look col for marching groups that violike me. I want to feel safe going late village code?” resident shopping in my village, and if Christine Koehler asked the they’re going to show up at any trustees. “Will the response be time unannounced and no one is the same when the group inevigoing to make them leave, I’m tably returns? Why would they not going to feel that safe.” not return when there is no The Proud Boys were among those at the Unite the Right rally CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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CHRISTINE BROWN, LEFT, and Nicole Knorr, second from right, of the Gay/Straight Alliance, and the Rev. Scott Ressman ushered in Pride Month with Deputy Mayor Kathleen Baxley, far right.
South Side High School celebrates Pride Month By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
As acce ptance of the LGBTQIA+ community has g rown, South Side High S ch o o l a n d c o m m u n i t y groups have worked to continue to make students feel more welcome. On June 2, the RVC Pride Committee and the high school’s Gay/Straight Alliance received a Pride proclamation from Rockville Centre village officials. RVC Pride members, South
Side students and administrators and village officials packed into lobby of the high school with a large pride flag serving as the backdrop. The RVC Pride Committee is a small group of village residents who came together six months ago with the goal of promoting Pride Month and improving visibility for the local LGBTQIA+ community. The Rev. Scott Ressman, of United Church on Morris Avenue, a member of the newly formed committee, said
he planned to close Pride Month on June 26 with his annual pride service at 9:30 a.m. At the high school on June 2, Ressman used his oratorical skills to stress the importance of acceptance and support for the LGBTQIA+ population. “It is a historic day for Rockville Centre,” he said. “An official recognition of the diversity of the village, and a powerful statement for those CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
his is a known hate group. I happen to be Jewish, and I’m pretty sure that they hate me and all people who look like me.