Bucks Human Relations Commissions Gather At BCCC For Unity Meeting

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — The Bucks County Community College hosted a Unity Meeting of Human Relations Commissions from across Bucks County on July 26 ahead of the upcoming school year.

The goal was to unify and coordinate HRC officials’ responses to potential discrimination cases against K-12 students.

Kevin Antoine, the college’s associate vice president of community and government relations and chief DEI officer, called the meeting along with Bernie Hoffman, chair of the Bucks County Human Relations Council. Antoine also chairs the Newtown Township HRC.

It was the first such gathering of HRCs county-wide, representing Bucks County, Doylestown Borough, Newtown Borough, Newtown Township, New Hope Borough, Solebury Township, and Yardley Borough.

Bernie Hoffman, chair of the Bucks County Human Relations Council, shares a brochure about how to combat hate and extremism from the Southern Poverty Law Center at the Unity Meeting of Human Relations Commissions at Bucks County Community College . The first-ever meeting gathered nearly two dozen members of HRCs from across the county, with the goal to serve as resources for each other concerning the types of complaints that come before them. (CREDIT: Samantha Walter, Bucks County Community College)