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| Rally to oppose leasing Blasco Library to Gannon held on November 4. See concerns and actions in heading under Project NePtwne |
ARTS & READS
Live at the Met: The Life and Times of Malcolm X November 18 at Fredonia Opera House, Tinseltown Erie, and Lakewood Cinema.
Cabaret November 2-4 and 9-11 Theatre at Penn State Erie
Harry T Burleigh Week Burleigh's birthday is observed December 2, check with the City of Erie and Burleigh Legacy Alliance for events surrounding it TBA
EARTH
Erie residents voice concerns about former Erie Coke property before condemnation vote
(YourErie)
Report shows PA needs to boost renewable energy production (Penn Capital Star)
East Bayfront Greenway Trail Project update (YourErie)
PA Court: State can't join RGGI. (State Impact) Rules climate program is an illegal tax and that the state cannot join RGGI
Proposed solar farm Venango Twp (Erie Times- News via Yahoo) This is the best and most accessible I could find for presenting the two sides.
PA Hydrogen Hubs: Decarbonization (NPR) "What could go wrong" (Penn Capital Star) "Secrecy around details" (Spotlight PA)
FOOD
Local non-profits expanding access to food in east Erie with new food bank (YourErie)
Empty Bowls Project Dec 9 at St Luke's Episcopal Church 404 N Main in Jamestown NY 11am-2pm
EFPAC Potluck mtg Erie Food Policy Advisory Council meeting 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. November 14 at 10/20 Collective, 1020 Holland, Erie PA. RSVP
HEALTH
Black Maternity Health Caucus launched (PA House/PLBC) Three state lawmakers announced this week the creation of the Black Maternal Health Caucus in an effort to find legislative solutions to Pennsylvania’s high rates of Black maternal mortality and morbidity.
PA Medicaid review issues (Spotlight PA) Pennsylvania's wholesale review of Medicaid eligibility for hundreds of thousands of adults and children has been made more difficult by outdated tech, policy issues, and staffing shortages
HOME
Erie City Council passes Erie Rental Housing Ordinance (YourErie)
SafeNet chief applauds domestic violence protections in Erie eviction ordinance (Erie Times-News)
Our Neighbor's Place Seasonal Shelter needs volunteers (EUMA)
INDIGENOUS
Chronicles: ErieLlhonan part 1 WQLN documentary (2022) Features Miguel Sague Jr. Artist/Educator/Community activist; Leon Briggs Tonawanda Seneca Elder and Educator; Dr Joe Stahlman, Director of Onöhsagwë:de‘ Culture Center; Dr. Will Meyer, Asst. Professor of Anthropology/Archeology at Mercyhurst. Also: WQLN and other PBS affiliates have special programming for Native American Heritage month
Presentation by Leon Briggs Tonawanda Seneca Elder and Educator Leon Briggs will be at Little Church on the Hill November 24 at 7pm. 10410 High St., Albion PA Free with Q&A afterward.
The Original Peoples Podcast Ongwehonwe
JUSTICE
CHQ County jail first in NY State to implement IGNITE education rehab program (WIVB)
Casey bill to make hate crimes less deadly (Penn Capital-Star) Sen. Bob Casey has introduced the “Disarm Hate Act.” It would prevent people who have been convicted of violent misdemeanor hate crimes from buying or possessing guns. Companion legislation has been introduced in the House.
LGBTQ+
Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20 at 730 p.m. at 201 West 11, Erie PA w/ Journey to a Trauma-informed Life Join TransFamily of NWPA "We will come together to remember and honor our transgender siblings that have been lost to senseless acts of anti-transgender violence, marginalization and stigma by reading their names and short bios aloud." In-person and livestream.
Transgiving November 25 from 2-5pm "Potluck with chosen family and TransFamily of NWPA 3104 State w/ Compton's Table at Community Outreach Center
PROJECT NePTWNE
Erie County Council meeting Oct 17 2023 public comments and vote
News coverage of meeting and vote (YourErie)
Why it's a problem
Live at the Met: The Life and Times of Malcolm X November 18 at Fredonia Opera House, Tinseltown Erie, and Lakewood Cinema.
Cabaret November 2-4 and 9-11 Theatre at Penn State Erie
Harry T Burleigh Week Burleigh's birthday is observed December 2, check with the City of Erie and Burleigh Legacy Alliance for events surrounding it TBA
EARTH
Erie residents voice concerns about former Erie Coke property before condemnation vote
(YourErie)
Report shows PA needs to boost renewable energy production (Penn Capital Star)
East Bayfront Greenway Trail Project update (YourErie)
PA Court: State can't join RGGI. (State Impact) Rules climate program is an illegal tax and that the state cannot join RGGI
Proposed solar farm Venango Twp (Erie Times- News via Yahoo) This is the best and most accessible I could find for presenting the two sides.
PA Hydrogen Hubs: Decarbonization (NPR) "What could go wrong" (Penn Capital Star) "Secrecy around details" (Spotlight PA)
FOOD
Local non-profits expanding access to food in east Erie with new food bank (YourErie)
Empty Bowls Project Dec 9 at St Luke's Episcopal Church 404 N Main in Jamestown NY 11am-2pm
EFPAC Potluck mtg Erie Food Policy Advisory Council meeting 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. November 14 at 10/20 Collective, 1020 Holland, Erie PA. RSVP
HEALTH
Black Maternity Health Caucus launched (PA House/PLBC) Three state lawmakers announced this week the creation of the Black Maternal Health Caucus in an effort to find legislative solutions to Pennsylvania’s high rates of Black maternal mortality and morbidity.
PA Medicaid review issues (Spotlight PA) Pennsylvania's wholesale review of Medicaid eligibility for hundreds of thousands of adults and children has been made more difficult by outdated tech, policy issues, and staffing shortages
HOME
Erie City Council passes Erie Rental Housing Ordinance (YourErie)
SafeNet chief applauds domestic violence protections in Erie eviction ordinance (Erie Times-News)
Our Neighbor's Place Seasonal Shelter needs volunteers (EUMA)
INDIGENOUS
Chronicles: ErieLlhonan part 1 WQLN documentary (2022) Features Miguel Sague Jr. Artist/Educator/Community activist; Leon Briggs Tonawanda Seneca Elder and Educator; Dr Joe Stahlman, Director of Onöhsagwë:de‘ Culture Center; Dr. Will Meyer, Asst. Professor of Anthropology/Archeology at Mercyhurst. Also: WQLN and other PBS affiliates have special programming for Native American Heritage month
Presentation by Leon Briggs Tonawanda Seneca Elder and Educator Leon Briggs will be at Little Church on the Hill November 24 at 7pm. 10410 High St., Albion PA Free with Q&A afterward.
The Original Peoples Podcast Ongwehonwe
JUSTICE
CHQ County jail first in NY State to implement IGNITE education rehab program (WIVB)
Casey bill to make hate crimes less deadly (Penn Capital-Star) Sen. Bob Casey has introduced the “Disarm Hate Act.” It would prevent people who have been convicted of violent misdemeanor hate crimes from buying or possessing guns. Companion legislation has been introduced in the House.
LGBTQ+
Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20 at 730 p.m. at 201 West 11, Erie PA w/ Journey to a Trauma-informed Life Join TransFamily of NWPA "We will come together to remember and honor our transgender siblings that have been lost to senseless acts of anti-transgender violence, marginalization and stigma by reading their names and short bios aloud." In-person and livestream.
Transgiving November 25 from 2-5pm "Potluck with chosen family and TransFamily of NWPA 3104 State w/ Compton's Table at Community Outreach Center
PROJECT NePTWNE
Erie County Council meeting Oct 17 2023 public comments and vote
News coverage of meeting and vote (YourErie)
Why it's a problem
Mary Rennie Column Oct 16 Erie Times-News)Mary Rennie post Oct 18
Action
Group: Project Minerva "Concerned about recent attacks on the Erie County Library? Please join a group of concerned citizens to discuss our love of the library and efforts to protect this treasure of an institution in the group Project Minerva." ~Paige
Speak out at Council REGULAR MEETINGS
Online petition: Oppose the lease of the Blasco Library to Gannon University Online petition by Anna McCartneyPaper petitions text or call Paige 412-748-1526
More formalized entity probably in the making, according to Mary Rennie
SCHOOLS
Moms for Liberty get pushback: In Bucks County PA: (Salon) Parents in this Bucks County school district are fighting back Grandmas for Love (Curmudgucation) Elizabethtown PA seniors' group in opposition to M4L
A Downingtown school board candidate pretended to be the ‘Society of College Medicine’ to challenge books (Philadelphia Inquirer)
FB Post: Warren County: Every school board candidate is a registered Republican but will appear as a Democrat. (via Chester County Marching Forward) Example of how to expose this stealth tactic.
WORKERS
Bill: UC for striking workers (Americans for Fair Treatment)
Whistleblower sues Brenton Davis (Erie Times-News) Lawsuit by Shawn Held alleges he was fired from Edmund Thomas Detention Center about complaint about food served to residents.
ETC.
Baher Ghosheh, Ph.D. "New Americans Book Release Tour Harborcreek Township — 5601 Buffalo Rd., Harborcreek, , November 29 at 6 p.m. Admission: free
Baher Ghosheh, Ph.D. "New Americans Book Release Tour Harborcreek Township — 5601 Buffalo Rd., Harborcreek, , November 29 at 6 p.m. Admission: free
PHOTO
Photo by Deb Spilko
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