Thursday, August 6, 2020

Calendar & News ~ August 2020

ELECTION 2020

Mail In Requests If you live in Pennsylvania and intend to vote by mail, request your ballot now. Please. Don’t wait. Please do this now. Sign up today at VotesPA.com/ApplyMailBallot
Author-Activist Amy Siskind: How We Rescue America in 2020!  "Join progressive friends throughout Pennsylvania for a free, energizing evening with Amy Siskind, author of The Weekly List, on Thursday Aug. 13 at 8 PM.
‘The Craziness Is Exhausting People’ How Trump could lose the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. (by Daniel McGraw, The Bulwark 8-3-2020)

EARTH

Erie group’s ‘shoe strike’ highlights climate change  (GoErie 7-24-2020) “A youth group at the Inner-City Neighborhood Art House, 201 E. 10th St., put out about 100 pairs of donated shoes to draw attention to the global climate crisis. The shoe strike took the place of a public protest due to the threat of COVID-19.“
Unearth Premiere Dates Set  (Erie Reader 7-21-2020) “Locally produced and filmed 'eco-horror' feature digs into fracking”
The Story of Us, Then and Now, Petmin, and Why We Need Community Rights (by Lisa Burroughs, North Coast Voice July 8- Aug 5, 2020) A look at the Petmin Pig Iron Plant in Ashtabula, and the history of environmental devastation in that county. written by a member of :Ashtabula County Water Watch and Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Begins on page 9.
Grand jury report on fracking should be a catalyst for change. This is why | Opinion (7-26-2020 Penn Capital-Star) "The report pulls back the veil on the significant damage to public health and the environment caused by the unconventional gas industry and offers some straightforward, commonsense recommendations to the governor and legislature to introduce some safety and sanity in regulating the industry."

JUSTICE

Letter to the City of Erie from NAACP (Your Erie 7-20-2020)
Erie City Council Study Session: Body Cameras  City of Erie Government August 6, 2020
2020 Virtual March on Washington    "The virtual march — which will bring forward a bold National Black agenda — will take place on August 27 and August 28, 2020, the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. " #NonstoptoNovember #goodtrouble
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signs two police reform bills (WTAE 7-14-2020)
Driver at Farrell protest pleads to disorderly conduct (7 24 2020 Sharon Herald)

LABOR 

2020 NWPA ALF Labor Day Parade is Canceled/ video project planned Video will air on Cable Access Media and Spectrum Channel 1021 on Labor Day.
Battle of Homestead Foundation offers videos and zoom events related to western PA people’s history, especially labor. Check out Charlie’s Monday Markers for weekly videos by Charles McCollester.

HUNGER

The Second Harvest Food Bank of NWPA is now accepting food drive donations from organizations wanting to help during this difficult time. Individual and smaller amounts are being directed to City Mission. Monetary donations always welcome and they need volunteers now.
Erie Animal Network Food Pantry Set up to help people keep their pets when they're going through a temporary setback, as many are right now.

ALSO

Erie's Black Wall Street  Directory of local Black-owned businesses.
Chautauqua Cinema now showing virtual cinema (includes For They Know Not What They Do and John Lewis – Good Trouble)
Chautauqua Mall Cinema  "Dipson movies at home...25% of proceeds donated to WNY Food Bank"
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts streaming movies, 50% of the net proceeds will go directly to The Reg. Among offerings this month is The Fight, which follows legal battles that lawyers for the ACLU are facing during the Trump administration. 
Story table Carrie, owner and operator of Novel Destination independent bookstore in Jamestown will be hosting SPROUTS tent at Jamestown Public Market 8/29 and last Saturday of month. Any child OR senior visitor can visit Carrie during market hours to share a story.and get a $2 voucher to shop for fruits and veggies. ..."
Indigenous Peoples Nuclear Free Future Day Online Facebook  zoom at The Buffalo History Museum on Aug 9 2020 4-9 pm to celebrate life and work for a Nuclear Free Future.... Haudensaunee art, craft, songs, dance, stories, prayers. BLM, nuclear, Columbus, change name Speakers.Interfaith prayers" Hosted: Indigenous Women's Initiatives and WNY Peace Center. 
Erie Blues & Jazz Festival was livestreamed this year. If you missed it you can still watch here: 
🌄 Just including some places to get out in the fresh air and move around. Thanks to Caitlyn Strohmeyer for tips on Erie listings:
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Poster announcing Erie Equal weekly meetings at Perry Square


In non-pandemic times, this is a calendar of events for people who believe "a better world is possible." Published monthly.  Focus is local/regional. Not affiliated with any organization All upcoming event listings are nonviolent. Event submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com 
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