INDIGENOUS
Niagara Falls' Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration features internationally renowned Standing Rock Lawyer Activist Chase Iron Eyes and Lakota Wisdom Keeper Chief Bear Cross of the Ghost Nation. Three events, Oct. 8 & 9 in Niagara Falls NY. Hosted by the Atlantis School For Gifted Youngsters.
Photo album from September 30 Community Healing Walk whose path was on the grounds of the former Thomas Indian School (TIS) in Irving, NY on the Cattaraugus Territory. Also there is a group exhibition at the Sully Huff Heritage Center (12857 Route 438, Irving ) until October 16 before it is expected to travel. The exhibition features works by Hodino:so’nih artists and community members. Contact Sharon Francis of Crime Victim Services at 716.532.4900, ext. 5060 with any questions or comments.
JUSTICE
Longtime Erie activist pushes city to embrace 'deep and meaningful' policing dialogue
Kevin Flowers talks with local activist Art Leopold
Kevin Flowers talks with local activist Art Leopold
Whistleblower complaints about migrant facility in Erie and others (Source: Whistleblower Network News)
PA ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal class action as hundreds testify in civil hearingEARTH
New public hearings, environmental study sought in lawsuit over Erie's Bayfront Parkway
Pa. House panel approves bill to post school curriculums onlineNearly half of Pa. school principals surveyed said they’ve been threatened over mask order‘People called us heroes’: Pa. nurses sound the alarm on unsafe working conditions
Wyatt and Elisa at Women's March in Erie's Perry Square October 2, 2021. March was one of hundreds across the country, timed with the new Supreme Court term, and motivated by the Texas abortion law. PHOTO: Anna Lindvay
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PennEast cancels pipeline Victory stops NE PA to Mercer Co pipeline
NextGen America launches $32 million program to turn out young voters in 2022: Will focus on PA, TX, AZ, NC, NH,MI,WI and NV
PA Dem candidates on fracking ban Pa. Dems running for Senate shun talk of fracking ban (Source: from E&E, an energy and environment publication presently owned by Politico)
SCHOOLS
PENNCREST update: CRT policy up for first reading, though may changeClarion-Limestone anti-CRT school board member arrested for DUI Board member Gary Sproul, who worked for the ban, seems to have issues with public health as well. Aside from the DUI, he has cheered on anti-mask recklessness.
York county school district rolls back bans on books by authors of color after backlash from students Pa. House panel approves bill to post school curriculums online
ARTS
Live at the Met: Fire Shut Up in My Bones Terence Blanchard's opera adaptation of Charles M. Blow's memoir. Tinseltown Erie (10/23 & 10/27), Lakewood 8 (10/23), Fredonia Opera House (10/23)
Eerie Horror Fest Oct 27-30... a couple events that may be of particular interest "Race, Horror & Transference with Dr. Rhonda Matthews" Oct. 28; "Unearth" on Oct 30 at 6pm (Q&A follows)
Alternative Look at Black History through Music Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center Zoom Presentation by Randy Andropolis, Adjunct Professor in Music Histories, Niagara University. October 15, 22, and 29, 2021 at 7 pm.
‘Al Franken to perform at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall’ Oct. 23 Strict vax/test/ID requirements
Cauleen Smith: Pandemic Diaries Online on-demand "engaging with the intersecting crises of the pandemic and social injustice through her lens oF active care, radical imagination, and collective consciousness."
Cauleen Smith: Pandemic Diaries Online on-demand "engaging with the intersecting crises of the pandemic and social injustice through her lens oF active care, radical imagination, and collective consciousness."
City Step Poems Oct 28 7:30pm. Virtual.
Food Justice: Growing a Healthier Community through Art Pittsburgh thru March 19, 2022
Bourbon at the Border Presented by Playshop Theatre, Allegheny College November 11–14. 'Howard University students May and Charlie joined hundreds of other Americans in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 for a voter registration drive. Years later, they are still searching for a way back from the damage that was done to them during that long ago Freedom Summer.
Food Justice: Growing a Healthier Community through Art Pittsburgh thru March 19, 2022
Bourbon at the Border Presented by Playshop Theatre, Allegheny College November 11–14. 'Howard University students May and Charlie joined hundreds of other Americans in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 for a voter registration drive. Years later, they are still searching for a way back from the damage that was done to them during that long ago Freedom Summer.
WAR & PEACE
Peace activists protest at Niagara Falls airbase over Afghanistan drone attacks "We came to honor them, to remember them, to think about the drones that bury innocent live and to read the names and talk about the program that is killing nine people for every person they are aiming at," Victoria Ross said.
No Drones Niagara and WNY Peace Center work to raise awareness about killer drones and prevent the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station from adding a drone operation. No Drones Niagara is part of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars.
George W. Bush will be in Erie November 9, hosted by Jefferson Educational Society. Nothing against variety of opinions, but it would be helpful to remind Americans that the cuddly old guy was responsible for some of the most horrific behavior of modern times: ELECTIONS
True Quotes of an Erie Working Man and Erie Wannabe Man, Brenton Davis offer up sayings of the actual (!) GOP candidate for Erie County Executive.
vote.pa.gov New URL for PA voter website vote.pa.gov.
Erie County Executive Live Debate Oct 12 YourErie (JET 24 TV) live at 7 p.m.
Erie County Executive Live Debate Oct 12 YourErie (JET 24 TV) live at 7 p.m.
Erie County Voters Guide to the Municipal Election
Draw the Lines: The PA Citizens' Map Combines the 1,500 congressional maps Pennsylvanians have submitted to Draw the Lines. This is the first such map that has ever been created by citizens.
Draw the Lines: The PA Citizens' Map Combines the 1,500 congressional maps Pennsylvanians have submitted to Draw the Lines. This is the first such map that has ever been created by citizens.
Wolf creates new redistricting oversight panel ahead of fraught map-drawing process
AG Shapiro sues to block GOP election subpoena
PA Dems sue over GOP election "investigation"
AG Shapiro sues to block GOP election subpoena
PA Dems sue over GOP election "investigation"
To avoid Wolf’s veto, Pa. GOP proposes giving voters final say on stricter ID rules, other election changes
Ed Rendell is targeting the ‘Treason Caucus’ in Congress
Pa.’s poll worker shortage
Become a poll worker
Ed Rendell is targeting the ‘Treason Caucus’ in Congress
Pa.’s poll worker shortage
Become a poll worker
GEMISH
Study: Economic impact of immigrants on Erie County A new study from the Economic Research Institute of Erie at Penn State Behrend
Food as Healing with Shane Bernardo Gannon, Palumbo Academic Center (3rd floor) Oct. 28 3PM "Shane Bernardo is co-founder of Food As Healing, a grower, facilitator and food justice organizer based in Detroit, Michigan that uses food and storytelling as mediums for healing and decolonizing." WOMEN
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Local coverage of Erie march: "Dozens march through downtown Erie Saturday highlighting women’s reproductive rights" (JET/FOX66)
Photos: Jamestown NY Women's March (via Jamestown Justice Coalition)
LOOK BACK
Happy birthday Occupy Erie! Photos by Mark Haller
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General assembly of Occupy Erie, Perry Square gazebo. October 22, 2011. PHOTO: Mark Haller. ~~~ |
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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