LEAF at Frontier Park after the rain.
ARTS & READSCafé 7-10 reopening Mabel Howard says she hopes to have the newly-renovated 7-10 Cafe ready for re-opening on July 10.
The AmeriMasala July 20 Saturday, July 20 Downtown Erie, PA 11am-6pm. Opening parade from 4th and State to Perry Square at 12noon.
Poets Against Racism & Hate July 25, 5–6 PM Poetry Reading, Franklin Public Library, 421 12th St., Franklin PA "Members from the northwestern PA region will meet at the Franklin Public Library for a reading of social justice poetry. The event is free and all are welcome." Info contact the library (814) 432-5062
Newsies at Erie Playhouse July 26 - Aug 11 Based on the 1992 musical film and inspired by the Newsboys' strike of 1899.
Book Signing: Kerrie Taber author of Quarantining Hate Wednesday, July 31 at 5 PM Werner Books 3608 Liberty Street Erie PA
Erie Blues & Jazz Fest Aug 3-4 Frontier Park Erie PA "The People's Festival"
Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls August 16 at Chautauqua $2 from each single ticket will go to the co-headliners charities: Etheridge Foundation and First Peoples Fund.
Erie Blues & Jazz Fest Aug 3-4 Frontier Park Erie PA "The People's Festival"
Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls August 16 at Chautauqua $2 from each single ticket will go to the co-headliners charities: Etheridge Foundation and First Peoples Fund.
One World Tribe August 16 at Celebrate Erie
Studio at St Mary's (Erin Phillips/Erie Reader) "How Erie's first parochial school became an inspiring art and community safe-space"
Studio at St Mary's (Erin Phillips/Erie Reader) "How Erie's first parochial school became an inspiring art and community safe-space"
Chautauqua Cinema closed for 2024 season. Issues with building.
BLASCO
KOLP Contact, FAQs and Donation Info Our address is Keep Our Library Public; PO Box 8361; Erie PA 16505. https://keepourlibrarypublic.com/ has a donate button that will take you to our fundraising site. Or, if you are local, we can make arrangement for drop off or pick up.
Appeal from Mary Rennie Former executive director of Erie Co. Public Library, who offers a brief appeal for support for KOLP legal fund.
EARTH
EPA to sample soil of Erie Coke neighbors to check for toxic pollutants (Erie Times-News) "Residents in the neighborhood just southeast of the former Erie Coke Corp. property will have an opportunity to have their soil sampled for toxic pollutants that were emitted from the coke plant.
The Environmental Protection Agency will host a public meeting about the sampling July 18 at 6 p.m. at East Middle School, 1001 Atkins St."
EPA to sample soil of Erie Coke neighbors to check for toxic pollutants (Erie Times-News) "Residents in the neighborhood just southeast of the former Erie Coke Corp. property will have an opportunity to have their soil sampled for toxic pollutants that were emitted from the coke plant.
The Environmental Protection Agency will host a public meeting about the sampling July 18 at 6 p.m. at East Middle School, 1001 Atkins St."
Bill McKibben & Frank Sesno Chautauqua Institute July 24 at 10:45am. "Chautauqua Lecture Series and Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative welcome environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben back to the Amphitheater stage, where he’ll be joined by journalist Frank Sesno as they discuss work both men are doing to catalyze climate action across generations."
Opinion: The Stark Contrast Between Biden and Trump’s Environmental Policies (The Keystone) Author Katie Blume is the Political & Legislative Director for Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania
Opinion: The Stark Contrast Between Biden and Trump’s Environmental Policies (The Keystone) Author Katie Blume is the Political & Legislative Director for Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania
Volunteers for Statewide Bird Count (PGC)"The Game Commission, together with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, is conducting the third Pennsylvania Bird Atlas in state history. Between now and February 2029, it will document what birds live in Pennsylvania, where and in what numbers."
Updates on Defend Ohi:yo' river journey
PennFuture: Economic focus must redirect away from fossil fuels
Heather Cox Richardson & Tom Nichols will be at the Global Summit October 29 in Erie, location TBA.
Erie City Council evening meetings at centers Regularly scheduled evening meetings of the Council of the City of Erie will be held remotely at three different locations at 6:30 PM, at the following locations:
• July 17, 2024, MLK Center – 312 Chestnut St, Erie, PA
• August 21, 2024 JFK Center – 2021 E 20th St, Erie, PA
These meetings are open to the public.
Demstock 2024 Aug 23-24 Butler County Farm Show.
Philadelphia Inquirer calls on Trump to leave the race (Editorial by Philadelphia Inquirer) "lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump's usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office..."In fact, the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump"
HEALTH
Civic Reading Group Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe July 30, 2024Time:6:00pm - 7:30pm :Edinboro Branch Library
Who's paying less for inhalers and why (Keystone) "Pennsylvanians with asthma are seeing the price of their inhalers drop from $645 to $35, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act."
NY Health Dept issues standing order for doula services (WBNG)
NY Health Dept issues standing order for doula services (WBNG)
The Impact of the Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Network Presented by Susannah Faulkner MPA and Patrice Swick MPA July 31 at 12:00pm. Free General Admission, $5 Community Conversation Lunch, $5 Community Conversation Lunch (Veggie) Location: Jefferson Educational Society 3207 State St Erie, PA
Our collective housing dilemma (Susannah Faulkner/Erie Reader) Susannah Faulkner
Downtown-Erie-Farmers-Market-Pay-What-You-Can Stand Fridays starting July 12 thru October from 4pm to 6pm
The SSJNN neighborhood garden at 19th & Myrtle is healed and thriving once again after vandalism in early June destroyed several month's work. Volunteers and neighborhood teens responded to a call for help and local nurseries and businesses made donations.
JUSTICE
City of Erie fined over unredacted documents refusal. (Erie Times-News via aol) "The records concern the policies and procedures of the Erie police's SWAT Team ... The request, according to court records, was related to his investigation of a case in which a client, Lance Thornton, claimed he was mistreated during a search of his residence in Millcreek Township in March 2023."
Lance Thornton's YouTube channel. Shows search of home in March 2023.
Ceremony celebrates Tree of Life rebuilding (Penn Capital Star) New structure "will include a memorial, a center for Jewish life, a museum and education center, and an institute for countering hate and antisemitism " "Members of Tree of Life and the two other congregations...came under attack at that building on Oct. 27, 2018 — the deadliest crime against Jews in American history"
Law to help expunge criminal records for some in PA goes into effect (YourErie) This builds on the Clean Slate law signed by former Gov. Wolf in 2018
PA public defense system is unconstitutional, underfunded by at least $100M, new ACLU suit says
Video: Abolition: Pennsylvania’s fight against slavery (PBS) Aired 6/4/2024, Does not gloss over PA's own history with slavery.
PA advocacy group forms (PennLive)
TransFamily NWPA Summer Picnic July 14 Perry Monument Presque Isle noon-5pm
Meadville Pride July 27 from 1-5pm "This event will be held on upper Chestnut Street and Diamond Park, and will include a pride walk, street festival, food trucks, and exhibits by local vendors and artists. ...After the Opening Ceremonies please join us in a Pride March around Diamond Park to the Street Fair." Hosted by NW PA Pride Alliance
First Venango Pride beyond successful (Austin Gray/ Derrick/Titusville News-Herald) Very large turnout with happy reviews from attendees; plus, the hateful meanies never showed up.
Video of Youngstown drag story time Presented by Full Spectrum Community Outreach of Youngtown. As lovingly uneventful as a rational person would expect.
Where Erie-area kids can get free breakfast and lunch this summer (ETN) list also includes Albion and Meadville Chautauqua Co. Summer Food
YWCA Jamestown Broadscast: Ep 55 - Teen Talk - Build A Stronger Community Thoughtful discussion from older Jamestown teens about how to make their community better.
#FinishTheJob From Erie's Public Schools: "Please join us in encouraging our legislators to #FinishTheJob and fully fund our schools! The PA Schools Work campaign supports the following:..."
Opinion: Where does PA charter school money go (Lehigh Valley Live)
Video of Youngstown drag story time Presented by Full Spectrum Community Outreach of Youngtown. As lovingly uneventful as a rational person would expect.
SHENANGO DEPOT MASSACRE
July 14, 1943 Shenango Personnel Replacement Depot, Mercer County PA - White military police opened fire on a group of Black soldiers in the WW II military facility also known as Camp Reynolds. The camp was extremely segregated, with Black soldiers suffering terrible conditions and open racial hostility. The Army seems to have made an effort to downplay or obfuscate the details of the event, with a vague description of the lead up and an "official" toll of 7 Black troops shot, one dead and six wounded. Other witness accounts vary, all the way up to an estimated 15 dead Black soldiers.
Dempsey Travis was shot three times, and offered a more detailed account of the shootings and the shocking accounts of how the shooting victims were treated. Studs Terkel interviewed him and included the interview in his 1984 book The Good War. You can also read Mr. Travis' account at Another Century blog. https://anothercenturyblog.wordpress.com/2020/10/29/the-shenango-depot-massacre/
SPIRIT
Webinar: Mary Lou Kownacki's Spirituality of Nonviolence July 13, 2024 at 2:00 pm Anne McCarthy, OSB will present a webinar through John Dear’s The Beatitudes Center for Christian Nonviolence, on the teachings of Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB, the poet, activist, and founder of Benedictines for Peace who died in 2023. Registration $30
July 14, 1943 Shenango Personnel Replacement Depot, Mercer County PA - White military police opened fire on a group of Black soldiers in the WW II military facility also known as Camp Reynolds. The camp was extremely segregated, with Black soldiers suffering terrible conditions and open racial hostility. The Army seems to have made an effort to downplay or obfuscate the details of the event, with a vague description of the lead up and an "official" toll of 7 Black troops shot, one dead and six wounded. Other witness accounts vary, all the way up to an estimated 15 dead Black soldiers.
Dempsey Travis was shot three times, and offered a more detailed account of the shootings and the shocking accounts of how the shooting victims were treated. Studs Terkel interviewed him and included the interview in his 1984 book The Good War. You can also read Mr. Travis' account at Another Century blog. https://anothercenturyblog.wordpress.com/2020/10/29/the-shenango-depot-massacre/
SPIRIT
Webinar: Mary Lou Kownacki's Spirituality of Nonviolence July 13, 2024 at 2:00 pm Anne McCarthy, OSB will present a webinar through John Dear’s The Beatitudes Center for Christian Nonviolence, on the teachings of Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB, the poet, activist, and founder of Benedictines for Peace who died in 2023. Registration $30
Najeeba Syeed Chautauqua Institution Monday, July 22nd 2024 @ 2:00 pm |$19. "Najeeba is the inaugural El-Hibri endowed chair and executive director of Interfaith at Augsburg. She has been a professor, expert practitioner and public speaker for the last two decades in the fields of conflict resolution, interfaith studies, mediation, education, deliberative democracy, social, gender and racial equity."
Kaitlin B. Curtice Chautauqua Institution Friday, July 26th 2024 @ 2:00 pm |$19. " As an enrolled citizen of the Potawatomi nation, Kaitlin writes on the intersections of spirituality and identity and how that shifts throughout our lives. She also speaks on these topics to diverse audiences who are interested in truth-telling and healing. As an inter-spiritual advocate, Kaitlin participates in conversations on topics such as colonialism in faith communities"
WORKERS
2024 Erie Labor Day Parade Sept 1, 2024. 10am at 10th & State Erie PA.. Entries close August 19
WORKERS
2024 Erie Labor Day Parade Sept 1, 2024. 10am at 10th & State Erie PA.. Entries close August 19
Battle of Homestead Foundation Labor History Archives "Here we preserve the historical materials of the people whose labor built our region and shaped the local communities in which we live today." The Battle of Homestead Foundation has completed three collections and are fundraising to do more. Here are the first three collections. Mike Stout collection is a good place to start.
GEMISH
Update in Gaza Presented by Baher Ghosheh PhD July 25 07:00pm $10 General Admission $15 General Admission + Guest Jefferson Educational Society 3207 State St Erie, PA 16508
Lake Erie Cyclefest July 25-28, 2024 Benefits Asbury Woods, Because You Care Inc., Bike Erie, Erie Downtown Partnership, Northern Allegheny Mountain Bike Association and the Presque Isle Partnership.
New Fort Pitt Museum exhibit explores W. PA's Indigenous past and future (Pgh City Paper) "Homelands: Native Nations of Allegheny is a look back at a time when relations between European colonizers and American Indians were in flux — and what happened when a new country turned from compromise to extermination in its quest to expand." Also planned is cultural programming, Runs thru 2025 Created in collaboration with four federally recognized tribes — Delaware, Seneca, Seneca-Cayuga and Shawnee
An Evening with Liz Cheney and Sister Joan Chittister Oct 17 at 7:30pm Part of the JES Global Summit XVI Erie PA location TBA.
Eddie Glaude Jr. PhD November 15, 7:30-9:00PM General: $25 (Early Bird) Preferred Seating $50 (Early Bird) JES Global Summit XVI Erie PA location TBD "Glaude’s latest book, We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, was released in April 2024. Based on the Du Bois Lectures he delivered at Harvard University, Glaude shows how ordinary Black Americans can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and pursue self-cultivation and grassroots movements to achieve a more just and perfect democracy"
YESTERDAYS
August 2, 2008 at Erie Blues & Jazz Fest, Jim Wise collecting signatures for petition to Gov. Rendell to keep the PA National Guard out of Iraq. Jim passed on earlier this year.
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Calendar and local info sharing for people who believe "a better world is possible."Focus is local/regional. Not affiliated with any organization All upcoming event listings are nonviolent. Event submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com
Blog URL https://eriebluegreen.blogspot.com/
IN MEMORIAM notices: I prefer being contacted by a loved one about notifying the community of a passing, preferably acting within the wishes of the person who has passed.
IN MEMORIAM notices: I prefer being contacted by a loved one about notifying the community of a passing, preferably acting within the wishes of the person who has passed.
Photos: Deb Spilko
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