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| Terrell Thomas ACLU Senior Field Organizer |
Sep 30 - Campaign for Smart Justice 7pm Jefferson Educational Society, Erie PA. ACLU's Smart Justice Campaign addresses sentence reform, bail reform, prosecutorial reform, parole and release, and re-entry. Join ACLU Senior Field Organizer Terrell Thomas to gain an understanding of the Campaign for Smart Justice in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation. Also featuring: Turahn L. Jenkins, John Trucilla, Rev. Charles Mock. Moderated by: Nicci Page. Registration required: 814-459-8000 Co-sponsored by ACLU-PA Northwest Chapter
Oct 1 - American Tapestry: We tell ourselves stories, Part III: Freedom's fault lines: Stories of race and gender 7pm Jefferson Educational Society, Erie PA Andrew Roth PhD
Oct 7 - PA: Last Day to Register to Vote in General Election
Oct 9 - "Blinded by the Light" Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown NY
Oct 10 - Democratic Party Presidential Candidate LGBTQ Town Hall Viewing 8 PM Bourbon Barrel, 1213 State, Erie PA
Oct 10 - Single Voice Reading Series: Malcolm Hansen Allegheny College Meadville PA "His debut novel, They Come in All Colors, won the First Novel Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was nominated for a NAACP Image Award."
Oct 11 - Vigil for Immigrant Children 4:30 to 5:00 pm Federal Building Erie PA. Co-Sponsors: Erie NETWORK Grassroots Advocates, Benedictines Sisters of Erie, Sisters of St. Joseph of Northwestern PA, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas NYPPAW, Social Justice and Life Office, Diocese of Erie
Oct 12 - “Waking Up White” With Debby Irving Speaking at Wayside Presbyterian (1208 Asbury Road) and Jefferson Educational Society 3207 State
Oct 12 - "The Progressive Era and Suffrage: How Reform Drove the Vote" 1pm Palumbo Academic Center, Gannon University, Erie PA Part of the CHESS series #MakeChange: Stand Up. Speak Out.
Oct 13 - Impeachment Rally 4pm -5:30pm Perry Square, Erie PA
October 14 - Indigenous Peoples Day Discussion SUNY Fredonia, Jewett Hall, Fredonia NY 7pm Public invited"Please join Sue John Blacksnake and Agnes Williams for a discussion. Refreshments served. Sponsored by the Native American Student Union, the Native American SUNY: Western Consortium Office, and Ethnic and Gender Studies.
Oct 15 - Bill McKibben discusses latest book Clarion University, Clarion PA Free, public.
Oct 15 - "Little Stones" screening Kent State Ashtabula, Main Building, Ashtabula Ohio. 7pm "follows four talented women from around the world who use their creative talents and art to combat violence against women and to empower women and girls globally." Livestream Q&A with filmmaker after. Free, donations apprecdiated for Cleveland Rape Crisis and HomeSafe.
Oct 16 - 2019 Sustainable Cleveland Summit Cleveland Public Auditorium, Avenue Cleveland, OH
Oct 17 - Community Town Hall with Erie County HRC. 6pm Blasco Memorial Library Erie PA Hosted by Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Oct 17 - Al Stone Lecture Series: "Climate Change" with John Vanco Edinboro University - Diebold Center for the Performing Arts 217 Meadville St. Edinboro, PA. Info: Jordan McMillan 814-732-1250 jgass@edinboro.edu
Oct 18 - Graham Nash Warner Theater Erie PA
October 18-19 - Two Days with Edwina Gateley Guest speaker at two events in Oil City: Poet, mystic, prophet, advocate and single mother, recipient of Benedictine Sisters' 2019 "Prophet of Peace" award, Details
Oct 19 - An Evening with Paula Poundstone Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown NY
Oct 19 - Harvest for Justice When Justice is Scarce "a fall retreat for lesbian / bisexual / queer /trans Catholic women & women friends, 10 AM to 4 PM at Mount St. Benedict, 6101 E Lake Road, Erie PA. Suggested donation $15, coffee and lunch provided." Contact: Breanna at bmekuly@emmauserie.org
Oct 20 - "Representation as Resistance" a performance by The Dream Unfinished. 7pm, First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, 250 W Seventh, Erie PA
Oct 22 - Candidates Forum 6-8pm MLK Center, Green Room, 312 Chestnut, Erie PA. Erie chapter NAACP, Minority Political Caucus, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and MLK Center.
Oct 22 - Responding to Climate Change: Reality, Action, and Hope Jim D'Aloisio, a structural engineer with expertise on sustainability in the construction and building operations fields, will give a talk 7pm SUNY Fredonia Science Center, Kelly Auditorium (Room 105). Free, public.
Oct 23 - Defend The Water: Day of Action During Shale Insight Conference Noon-7pm Point State Park, Pittsburgh "Stand in solidarity with members of the Seneca, Sioux, Lakota and other Native and faith leaders to protect our rivers and waters."
Oct 28 - Thinking Differently about Race and Belonging Hosted by Jefferson Educational Society Camille Busette, Director of Brookings Institution’s Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies.
Oct 28 - Lecture: "The Great Mexican-American Migration" Allegheny College, Quigley Hall, Meadville PA Award-winning journalist Alfredo Corchado will present a free, public lecture 7pm
Nov 1 - Green New Deal: Root Causes Training 1001 State St, Erie, PA 5:30-8:30pm Hosted by Keystone Progress Erie and Green New Deal Coalition
ALSO
- Venango County Friends meeting starting up Friends (also known as Quakers) meeting starting up in Venango County area.
- UE endorses Green New Deal (UE Aug. 29, 2019) "First U.S. industrial union to endorse Green New Deal cites opportunity to create millions of good, union jobs."
- "Pa. has no standards for teaching climate change in the classroom — so it might not be taught at all " (Andy Lubis, AlleghenyFront 9/20/2019) State has begun effort to modernize curriculum, include climate change
- Art Exhibition Opening: Speculative Geographies Oct 8-Nov 17 Allegheny College Meadville PA "Speculative Geographies incites shifts in perspective: from the human body to the environment, from the present to a hypothetical future or alternate reality. "
- “Coming Home: Reentry After Incarceration” Cummings Gallery at Mercyhurst University continues through Oct. 26. “collaborative project featuring photography by Errol Daniels with essays by writer Katherine Russell. By documenting formerly incarcerated people as they return to society, this exhibit humanizes criminal justice statistics and portrays the challenges of post-incarceration life through word and photograph."
- Upcoming releases 9/27 "The Day Shall Come" 10/25 "The Kill Team", "By the Grace of God" 11/1 "Harriet"
CLIMATE STRIKE ERIE!
Climate Strike was a a global event with an estimated 4 million people taking part in around 2500 organized events. Climate Strike Erie! was held on September 20 and ran from 10am to 8pm. It attracted several hundred people. Vox backgrounder- Inner City Neighborhood Art House Photo from Neighborhood Art House
- Video from Keystone Progress Erie Keystone Progress Erie
- High school student speaks by Diane Esser
- Green New Deal Coalition photos from Green New Deal Coalition (local)
- Video of spirituality speakers Mary Scutella
- Neighborhood Art House photos from Benedictine Sisters of Erie
- Photo album still unedited 132 photos, Deb Spilko
- Video of noon march out of park by Deb Spilko
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