Two years ago Pendle Hill Conference Center sponsored an in-person, four day conference, TRUTH AND HEALING, RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. Starting NEXT WEEK, through September and into October, Pendle Hill is offering the next steps in WORKING TOWARD RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIGENOUS … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The United States has a painful history with slavery—and those deep and systemic racial injustices have been carried forward for hundreds of years. EPI’s director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Congressman John Lewis was laid to rest last week after several events in Alabama, Georgia, and Washington, DC to remember and celebrate his life. During today’s funeral, three former presidents, the Speaker of the House, former staffers, … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): As part of the service for Rep. John Lewis, in addition to remembering John the man, the loyal friend, the loving father and dedicated congressman, the service was a call to action. It was … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/28/majority-americans-back-black-lives-matter-protests-and-think-demonstrations-will Published on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 by Common Dreams A new Gallup survey shows that 65% of U.S. adults support the protests. By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Protesters march through lower Manhattan over the death of George … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/20/feds-stay-clear-moms-are-here-portland-mothers-form-human-shield-protect-protesters Published on Monday, July 20, 2020 by Common Dreams “Portland moms are nothing to mess with.” by Julia Conley, staff writer A group of mothers stand arm-in-arm outside the federal building and Justice Center in downtown Portland, … Continued
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival held a congressional briefing for the launch of our Moral Policy Agenda to Heal America: the Poor People’s Jubilee Platform. Legislators from both sides of the aisle were invited to attend … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/09/holding-us-government-its-treaty-promises-once-supreme-court-rules-nearly-half Published on Thursday, July 09, 2020 by Common Dreams “The big news at the Supreme Court today will be Trump’s taxes,” said Cherokee writer Rebecca Nagle. “But for Indians in Oklahoma, we’ll be talking about today for decades.” By … Continued
Penn Capital-Star By Elizabeth Hardison June 30, 2020 Answering the calls of protesters who have occupied Pennsylvania’s streets throughout the month of June, the state Senate on Tuesday voted unanimously to send Gov. Tom Wolf a bill creating a new, … Continued
Download the endorsement form: PDF version Word version Driving Pennsylvania Forward is the state-wide effort to update policy and change legislation regarding accessibility of drivers licenses for Pennsylvanians, regardless of immigration status Please direct questions to Desi Burnette at desiburnette@gmail.com. … Continued