Monday, December 7, 2020

CALENDAR & NEWS ~ December 2020

 OPERATION HEALTHCARE HERO

from Molly Brechtel, SEIU Healthcare PA organizer:  
Nursing Homes Members and Residents could use your support!! Please consider sending a Christmas Card to either a Healthcare Hero or a Resident. Three of my homes in particular could use some extra Cheer this season: Oil City Rehab, Titusville Rehab, and Twin Brook Rehab. Please write either “staff” or “resident” on envelop and send card to:
  • Oil City Rehab 1293 Grandview Rd, Oil City, PA16301
  • Titusville Rehab 81 Dillon Drive, Titusville, PA 16354
  • Twin Brook Rehab 3805 Field St, Erie, PA 16511
The frontline is exhausted, residents haven’t seen loved ones for months, and your support and kind words are so appreciated this holiday season. Let’s flood them with love, and well wishes!! Event link

EARTH

Friend or Foe: Should Erie embrace a supersized, plastic processing plant? Host: Green New Deal Coalition. Dec. 11 at 6pm via Zoom. Community Roundtable to discuss proposed plan by International Recycling Group for a plastics facility. 
"Local Groups Unveil Community-Driven Document to Protect Lake Erie " (PennFuture, 12/3/2020) 13 local organizations released a new blueprint designed to protect the Lake Erie Watershed in PA from threats like plastics pollution, climate change, invasive species and surface runoff, among others. 
Judy Einach of Westfield on western NY as a 'sacrifice zone' (Talking Peace 11/18/2020) Part of the WNY Peace Center Talking Peace series.

JUSTICE

"Dahlkemper wants inclusion, diversity officer" (Erie Times-News 11/12/2020) 
"Right Wing Extremism in WNY" (WNYmedia Network 12/5/2020)
"FBI declared Pittsburgh a new white supremacy hub, but it has been this way for decades" (Pittsburgh City Paper November 15, 2020) 

MEDIA

"Learning and Living on the Airwaves" (Mary Birdsong 11/18/2020) WQLN efforts to address home learning during the pandemic. 
Pat Howard: "Thank you, Erie for a hell of a ride" (Erie Times-News November 29, 2020) Pat Howard, 32-year veteran at the Times-News, shares his decision to accept his employer's buyout offer, and the changes in the news business that went into that decision.

LGBTQ

PA LGBTQ Townhall Host: PA Commission on LGBT Affairs Dec. 9 at 6 PM on Facebook 

IMMIGRANTS

"City of Erie, PA latest to join Certified Welcoming places in America" (Welcoming America | November 18, 2020) "We provide a roadmap and support for places to reduce barriers to full participation and build bridges between immigrants and long-time residents through direct contact and dialogue." ~ Welcoming America 
New immigrant statue to replace Columbus in Buffalo Park (WKBW 10/12/2020) 

VARIOUS

Podcasts: Sister Carolyn on Creation Spirituality Erie Benedictine Sister Carolyn Gorny- 
Sister Carolyn
Kopkowski 
brings her experience and insights to a new audience via her podcast series.
"Make Big Plans to Shop Small" (Liz Allen, Erie Reader, 11/18/2020) Source for many small (and local) businesses.
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," by Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson, starts streaming on Netflix December 18.
How to Help the Democrats Win Georgia (The Nation, 11/20/2020) 

PA ELECTIONS

John Fetterman: RS Interview Special Edition (Rolling Stone 11-12-2020) 
"Election week was stressful in Pennsylvania. Will future elections look the same?"  (Charlie Wolfson | Public Source 11/25/2020) 
Erie United 2021 Local Election Info Session Designed for progressives interested in seeking office. December 19, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
National Popular Vote - PA National effort for state-by-state move to popular vote in presidential 
elections. 

DINOSAURS     
At the November 18 Erie City Council meeting, Councilwoman Liz Allen brought up concerns about process (1:24:00) Councilman Ed Brzezinski later responded to Allen by calling her a "nut" and a "broad." (2:14:06).  Several organizations and individuals wrote to the Erie Times-News about the remarks.  At the December 2 meeting, several citizens addressed Brzezinski's remarks (39:20); Brzezinski apologized but quickly added, "If you kick a dog, you could get bit." (1:23:45)

SHELTER

Erie Home Team Homeless resources for Erie County, PA, very comprehensive website.   
Crawford County Coalition on Housing Needs
"More than $200,000 for pandemic-related shelter needs" (Rep. Pat Harkins, Merski 11/30/2020) "Funding from the CARES Act will protect residents from combined threats during a particularly dangerous season." 
Erie Overflow Shelter calender Our Neighbors’ Place Seasonal Overflow Shelter November 18, 2020 – March 17, 2021

Blanket and outerwear left for anyone who might need some warmth, W. 10th & State

Resident of Dobbins Landing doing some leg warm-ups 😊


Photos: Sister Carolyn via Erie Benedictine Sisters, other photos Deb Spilko


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