French Creek Indivisible "French Creek Indivisible is expanding to include Erie and Crawford Counties. Interested in joining? Email frenchcreekindivisible@gmail.com with your name, email, and contact information and we will add you to our email List-Serve." Find on Facebook and BlueSky. More information about Indivisible
Benedictines for Peace mailing list Go to benedictinesforpeace.com There's a blue box in the logo on the landing page, 'Join our mailing list.' There's a simple form, only asks for name and a captcha check.
Vote Save America PAC Local actions across the country
WOMEN
Erie's Mabel Howard is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year Poet, nonprofit director, cafe owner, youth advocate, art curator Mabel Howard received recognition as one of USA Today's Women of the Year. Read about Mabel and her dedication and work in the community.
NEXT with Marcus Atkinson: Sonya’s Year: Honoring a Woman Making History with Sonya Byes, host of Chatting with Sonya and Friends on Erie News Now, to celebrate her recent recognition as a 2025 Woman Making History by the Mercy Center.
WQLN Chronicles: Joyce Savocchio parts 1 & II Informative look at not just Erie's first elected woman mayor, but also local women in leadership and politics from mid-1960s through the 1990s. (from March 2024)
Shaping Leaders Through Destiny of Our Daughters Inc.: Shateria Franklin, B.A. Friday, March 7, 12:00pm-1:30pm Jefferson Educational Society 3207 State Erie, PA
Women Making History Mercyhurst University Performing Arts Center March 31, 2025 at 7:00pm Admission is free, and the public is encouraged to attend.
ARTS
WOW - Women of Word with a few Man Made Words March 10 at 6pm, at Basement Transmissions, 145 West 11th St., Erie. "Artists will present impactful perspectives on tough topics, including addiction, domestic violence, homelessness, PTSD, trauma and suicide for the 13th production of WOW..."
Hero: The Boy from Troy March 11 at 10AM Reg Lenna 116 East 3rd St. Jamestown, NY "A new musical about young John Lewis" . Grades Pre 3-8. Reserve seats 716-484-7070
PSU Smith Creative Writers Reading Series: Allegra Hyde, Fiction Writer Metzgar Lobby PSU Behrend, Erie PA. March 20 @ 6:00 p.m. ( 5:30 p.m.).Free, open to public. Info on Facebook at Penn State Behrend - BFA Creative Writing .
Rainbow Fest 2025 Sat, April 5 at 2:00 pm Basement Transmissions, 145 W 11th St, Erie PA $15 pre-sale/$20 door All ages, wheelchair accessible. Charity to be announced. "Join us for our second annual Rainbow Fest of Erie! All Queer Featured bands, vendors, drag, and more!" more.
2025 Women’s Show . on display March 5-29 Ashtabula Arts Center 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula OH Free admission.
I'm Still Here (2025) March 19 @ 7:00 PM Reg Lenna Center for the Arts 116 East 3rd St, Jamestown, NY, film "based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history"
'Unapologetically ourselves,' what Kendrick Lamar's act of resistance teaches us | Opinion (Kyra Taylor/Erie Times News)
At CHQ upcoming: Mary Chapin Carpenter and Brandy Clark Aug 8 Bonnie Raitt September 5
BIKE
Erie Bike Co-op Spring Bike Drive & Re-Opening "SSJNN’s Bike Program, which has long repaired used bicycles for community members, is celebrating its Opening Week as "Erie Bike Co-op with a used bike drive and new services.
The kick-off event will take place on Saturday, March 22nd, from 10am to 2pm at 436 E 26th St. Erie, PA 16504. This bike-centric occasion will feature a variety of activities for all ages and skill levels, including a bike donation drive, kid’s bike giveaway, adult bike sales, basic tune-up services, and chance to connect with Erie’s cycling community
BLASCO
Save Blasco! premiere 42:28 Documentary from 2nd State Films “The Power of Minerva”–Episode 1
EARTH
DCNR events Registration needed. Virtual P.I. and Erie Bluffs Flora and Fauna (March 24, 7pm) Honoring Conservation Pioneers "highlighting the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress (Mar 31, 11am) In-person Presque Isle Campfire Talk (March 19 6pm to 7:30pm) Rotary Pavilion, Presque Isle "The educators will explain the resource management techniques used at the park to promote healthy ecosystem"
Public comments about county page from Erie Co Council mtg 2/25: Freda 14:25. Matt 22:21 Gretchen 29:02 Erie Co Council poised to ban partisan posts on official county FB page (AO Rao/ Erie Times-News)
FOOD
Edinboro Market new location. Just moved into 211 Mill Street, Edinboro PA "Edinboro Market provides year-round access to fresh, local food; an entrepreneurial marketplace for local growers and producers.".
HEALTH
Remote Area Medical coming to Ashtabula RAM will be at Lakeside Junior High School, located at 6620 Sanborn Road, Ashtabula OH on March 22 and 23 doors open 6 a.m. each day, first come, first served.
The Republican House Budget Resolution’s Potential $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts by Congressional District (CAP)
HOME
Two on the history of housing discrimination
Shaking the Legacy of Segregation (Chloe Forbes/Erie Reader) Published 2/13/2025Tracing Erie's History of Redlining (Jonathan Burdick/Erie Reader) Article from 7/13/19 t
Erie County ICE detention public comments from: Alivia Haibach (MHEDS) at 26:36 Immigration attorney Alexandria Iwanenko.
Atty Alexandria Iwanenko addressing Erie City Council at 12:04 asking for clarification distinction between local law enforcement and immigration federal law enforcement.
NEXT with Marcus Atkinson: Undocumented Stories Guest is Monica Tornoe of Undocumented Stories, a project that gives voice to the men, women, and children who daily suffer under current U.S. immigration policies. Undocumented Stories connects and educates people through storytelling.
A government worker's message for Elon Musk (CBS News) 'Mine safety has been Mark's life's work. In his 20s, he left the [western PA] coalfields to earn a Ph.D., then returned as an engineer for the federal government. His efforts have helped save countless lives underground. "It was still maybe a coal miner every week that was being killed in a rock fall," he said. "In 2016, we had our first year with zero, a really tremendous accomplishment.".'
We Are the Rank and File (Music Video) Song and video celebrating nine decades of the United Electrical Workers (UE) democratic union founded in a 1936 Buffalo storm. Loads of photos and videos from then and now with locals around the country. Erie's UE 506 and 618 at :38 :53 2:12 3:10 3:36 4:21 4:53 4:54 5:49
'A political blitzkrieg' - what an Erie historian sees in DOGE, Trump | Opinion (Chris Magoc/Erie Times-News)
[LISTEN]NEXT with Marcus Atkinson Fighting for Justice: The ACLU’s Battle Against Executive Overreach Co-hosts Marcus Atkinson and Chuck Cammarata, along with returning guest Marc Blount, sit down with Vic Walczak, Legal Director of the ACLU.
[WATCH] WNY Peace Center :What We Can Do in these Challenging Times Feb 19, 2025 "With India Walton, Senior Strategist at RootsAction; Leighton Jones, Communications Coordinator for Our City Action Buffalo and Our City Buffalo; and Victory Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator, hosting. Topics: values; local effects of tRumpf 2.0; working for change in our personal sphere of influence; "A Force More Powerful" i.e., collective nonviolent direct action - PeoplePower; local campaigns for human rights, civil rights, and sustainability (April 5); how people can help and get more involved."
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