Week Ending, Friday, January 15, 2021
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Dear Residents -
As with everything COVID related, I guess we should have expected that the roll out of the vaccine was not going to be easy. I know that we all hoped that the process would have been more efficient but, on the bright side, we have a vaccine and every day, someone, somewhere, is getting it. I realize that the process has been extremely frustrating for many but we need to be patient as more vaccines become available. So keep trying to find an appointment, and remember that my office is here to help anyone that needs it.
As we go through the cold, quiet months of January and February, we are preparing for everything spring - Saint Patrick's Day, Easter, Passover, and, hopefully, the return of Little League and weddings, just to name a few. Remember, spring is the season of new beginnings. I think it is fair to say that this year we need spring more than ever before.
If you are involved with a community event and would like it to be promoted in my weekly e-newsletter, please feel free to send a flyer, along with a little blurb to Supervisor@orangetown.com.
Please continue to stay safe.
Respectfully,
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Teresa M. Kenny
Town Supervisor
Town of Orangetown
26 Orangeburg Road
Orangeburg, New York 10962
(845) 359-5100 x 2293
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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King
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If Martin Luther King Jr. was still alive today, he would be 92 years old. He was born in 1929, the same year as Barbara Walters and Anne Frank.
Whether we remember it as it happened or learned it in school, everyone of us knows the march on Washington DC and the "I have a Dream" speech.
More than a quarter of a million people, from various ethnic backgrounds, attended the event on August 28, 1963. They were sprawled out in front of the Lincoln Memorial, onto the National Mall and around the reflecting pool. To say it was a huge success would be an understatement.
I have A Dream
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
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National Human Trafficking
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National Stalking Awareness Month
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January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month. Human trafficking is a crime in which force, fraud or coercion is used to compel a person to perform labor, services or commercial sex. It affects all populations: adults, children, men, women, foreign nationals and U.S. citizens, and all economic classes.
If you suspect an act of human trafficking in your area, you can report a tip to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. This national, toll free hotline is available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.
Stay safe.
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January 2021 marks the seventeenth annual National Stalking Awareness Month. What is stalking?
Stalking is a serious crime that can take a long-term emotional, physical, and financial toll on survivors. Despite the high-profile or celebrity cases involving stranger stalkers, stalking is most often perpetrated by someone the survivor knows and is defined as a pattern of behavior directed towards a specific individual causing them to feel fear.
If you believe you are the victim of stalking remember you are not alone.
1. Trust your instincts
2. Contact the police or campus safety
3. Keep a record
4. Save all evidence
5. Speak with an advocate
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