Saturday, November 15, 2025

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FOOD HELP  🍴
List of area resources. Get food help, donate, volunteer. Compiled for the SNAP food crisis still posting as I'm not trusting we've seen the end of it.

ACTIVISM 

ARTS & READS

Making the Movement: Civil Rights Museum  2nd floor atrium Baron-Forness Library PennWest Edinboro 200 Tartan Rd, Edinboro, PA " explores the material culture of the Civil Rights Movement" The exhibit will be open through December 12, 2025.

Three Rivers Film Festival Nov 12 - 23 "2025 Film Pittsburgh presents independent films from around the world, deepening audiences’ understanding of various cultures, expanding acceptance and recognizing our common humanity." 

Miss Mabeline Presents The Poetry X-Change Open Mic Nov 16, 7:00 PM Werner Books & Coffee, 3608 Liberty St, Erie, PA 

Groundwork Erie Book Club 11/19 at 6 PM Island by Aldous Huxley Werner Books & Coffee, 3608 Liberty St, Erie, PA 

Album Review // Teenage Warhead // Fascists, Go Home! (Nick Warren/Erie Reader) 

Benevolent Beers: Erie Arts & Culture  December 4 at Erie Ale Works 416 West 12th St. Erie PA "Any purchase between 5:00pm and 8:00pm will provide a donation to this great group."


Marks of Resistance: Käthe Kollwitz Prints Erie Art Museum, Holstein Gallery 20 E 5th St. Erie, PA Till January 18, 2026 

CHELLO

CRITTERS
Originally compiled for the SNAP food crisis, which was affecting pet owners and rescues in specific ways. Still helpful info.

Chautauqua Co Humane Society pet pantry   Erie Animal Network's Pet Food Bank, bi-weekly pet food and supplies for those in need in Erie County. ANNA Cares food pantry 1555 E. 10th contact ANNA for specifics. Humane World for Animals   has national directory for pet owners needing help.

Also offer unused /unwanted pet food to friends or neighbors.

Drop-off donations: Erie area Pet Supplies Plus stores accept sealed, dry, and wet cat food. locally accepting for ANNA, Erie Animal Network, Erie Humane Society, Orphan Angels. Elsewhere check with individual PSP stores.
   
DEMOCRACY

To see coverage and photos of Oct 18 No Kings events. scroll down to No Kings heading.

Erie County PA Activism  Comprehensive list of local actions and groups, especially helpful for resistance connections. 

Remove the Regime Protest Trip from Erie to Washington DC  Deadline for reservations is Nov 15, but there might still be openings if you check. Reach out to Erie Bridge Brigade for questions: Bridgebrigade2000@proton.me $125/person - covers all transportation fees. Some "scholarships" available to help defray the cost.

EARTH

Erie on Track to Join Great Lakes Project (Liz Allen/Erie Reader) "Erie County shoreline integral to proposed Great Lakes Waterfront Trail"


ELECTIONS & GOVERNANCE

Fair Districts Pa: Redistricting Reform Wed., Nov 19th at 7pm, Edinboro Borough Hall 124 Meadville Street, Edinboro, Event is free -Reservations are for seating, handouts, etc. Promoted by: French Creek Indivisible 

Feds sued to stop SNAP, used hungry Americans for political gain amid shutdown | Opinion (Rock Copeland/Erie Times-News) 


Erie Co Exec race by municipality   (Reddit post) includes county map showing who went blue, and an interesting comment from a west county resident 

[Watch] Interview with Carlos Mora, an Erie County United organizer, talks about the organization's canvassing efforts regarding the May primary and the November election. (Erie Times-News)

IMMIGRANTS

ICE Rapid Response Network  HOTLINE NUMBER: 814-580-7090 (Erie and Crawford Counties) Answered 24/7 by bilingual English / Spanish speaker  Next trainings are online: Tuesday, Nov 25. 6pm-8pm Tuesday, December 16. 6-8pm Info: Carlos Mora at Erie County United. ( Carlos@paunited.org )

Local religious organizations protest ICE as part of nationwide movement (WJET/WFXP/YourErie) "Several local religious organizations gathered near the Erie County Prison on Wednesday afternoon to protest against increased ICE enforcement, participating in a national movement called One Church One Family."

Panel discussion: "Immigration and the Erie economy" 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM / November 18, 2025 Host: Public Policy Institute at Penn State Behrend The program is in the multipurpose room of the Federal House, free and open to the public.

Erie colleges, universities have fewer international students attending. The latest stats (Erie Times-News) 

Fact check: Do illegal immigrants receive SNAP benefits?   (MARCA) Dated Nov 11, 2025

INDIGENOUS

Interview with Haudenosaunee Seneca Leon Sam Briggs (2023)  Leon Sam Briggs, whose Seneca name is Hoya’degay hus, meaning “he helps always,” is an enrolled member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Hawk Clan, from the Tonawanda Seneca Territory He is a blacksmith, craftsmen, teacher, public speaker. Locally, he works with Fort Le Boeuf French and Indian War Museum in Waterford.

[Listen] Restoring Justice: Parker, Heritage, and Indigenous Voices (WBFO What's Next) "In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we reflect on the life of Ely S. Parker, Tonawanda Seneca leader, engineer, and Civil War officer who helped draft the surrender at Appomattox. Denied admission to the New York State Bar in the 1840s simply for being Native American, Parker’s legacy of justice and representation is finally being recognized."

JUSTICE

Robert H Jackson Center 80th Anniversary of Nuremberg Robert H. Jackson was the U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Chief U.S. Prosecutor at Nuremberg. The Jamestown NY-based Center named in his honor will be holding several events commemorating Nuremberg anniversary over the next couple months. 

LGBTQ+

Transgender Day of Remembrance  Nov 20 at 7pm at Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie, PA ."Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place ... There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward. 5:30-6pm is set aside for news coverage." Event by Transfamily of NWPA.

Building Understanding: A Conversation on Trans Lives Today   Nov 24, 6:00pm  Host: Idea Lab "Inspired by Sen. Sarah McBride’s 2018 book, Tomorrow Will Be Different Free. Registration required. 18+. Panel discussion, conducted through Zoom. Registrants will receive an event link prior to the event." . November is Transgender Awareness Month.

Compton's Capital Campaign Compton's Table looking to purchase a forever home. 

NO KINGS
Coverage and photos/video from second No Kings rallies Oct 18, 2025

SCHOOLS & YOUTH

Erie's Schools Enter a New Era by Dr. Jay Breneman (JB), Dr. Natalyn Gibbs (NG), and Ms. ShaQuita Gatewood (SG) Erie’s Public Schools Earn Recognition for Healthy Meals (Erie News Now)

In PA, The Blue Wave Sweeps A Once-Conservative School Board    (Peter Greene/Forbes) "The Central Bucks School District was, for a while, a nationally-noted example of a board that was remade in a conservative culture war image. Tuesday’s blue wave washed away the last traces of that image."

Group checked 193 PA school districts for censorship, LGBTQ+ policies (USA Today Network) "A recent analysis of dozens of Pennsylvania school boards found one in five of them have adopted culture war policies that censor material, ban books or target LGBTQ+ students."

WORKING PEOPLE

Labor, food bank leaders push for stable funding after benefit pause (AJ Rao/Erie Times-News)

Keystone Labor Report PA focus."the Keystone Labor Report, a twice-a-week newsletter...will cover the labor fights and economic policy battles that matter for workers in the commonwealth and put them at the center of our coverage. And along the way, we’ll do our best to hold powerful interests accountable."


SS Edmund Fitzgerald Tragedy Spurred Maritime Work Safety Improvements (Waterways Journal 11/14/2025) 

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Calendar and local info sharing for people who believe "a better world is possible." Focus is local/regional. All listed upcoming events are nonviolent. Not affiliated with any organization/ Submissions, corrections etc to brynn16501@proton.me
Blog URL https://eriebluegreen.blogspot.com/ 
 





🍴 FOOD HELP  🍴
List of area resources. Get food help, donate, volunteer. Compiled for the EBT food crisis but not trusting that's the end of it.

ACTIVISM 

ARTS & READS

Making the Movement: Civil Rights Museum  Bruce Gallery, Baron-Forness Library PennWest Edinboro 200 Tartan Rd, Edinboro, PA The exhibit will be open through December 12, 2025 

Voices of Resistance Nov 12 from 6-8pm at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie. Benefits French Creek Indivisible, featuring Monica Lewis, Trajectory Jane, Bryan Hed and Lucy Ventura. Donations encouraged.

Three Rivers Film Festival Nov 12 - 23 "2025 Film Pittsburgh presents independent films from around the world, deepening audiences’ understanding of various cultures, expanding acceptance and recognizing our common humanity." 

Single Voice Reading Series - Soledad Caballero & Catharina Coenen  Nov13 at 7:00pm  Allegheny College, Tippie Alumni Center Meadville, PA Catharina Coenen: "winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing." Soledad Caballero: Her collection, I Was a Bell won the 2019 Benjamin Saltman poetry prize, was the 2022 International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry book of the year, and a 2022 International Latino Book Award 

Miss Mabeline Presents The Poetry X-Change Open Mic Nov 16,, 7:00 PM Werner Books & Coffee, 3608 Liberty St, Erie, PA 

Groundwork Erie Book Club 11/19 at 6 PM Island by Aldous Huxley Werner Books & Coffee, 3608 Liberty St, Erie, PA 

Album Review // Teenage Warhead // Fascists, Go Home! (Nick Warren/Erie Reader) 

Benevolent Beers: Erie Arts & Culture Erie Ale Works 416 West 12th St. Erie PA "Any purchase between 5:00pm and 8:00pm will provide a donation to this great group."


Marks of Resistance: Käthe Kollwitz Prints Erie Art Museum, Holstein Gallery 20 E 5th St. Erie, PA Till January 18, 2026 

CHELLO
Justice for Chello yard signs here

CRITTERS

Chautauqua Co Humane Society pet pantry   Erie Animal Network's Pet Food Bank, bi-weekly pet food and supplies for those in need in Erie County. ANNA Cares food pantry 1555 E. 10th contact ANNA for specifics.

Drop-off donations: Erie area Pet Supplies Plus stores accept sealed, dry, and wet cat food. locally accepting for ANNA, Erie Animal Network, Erie Humane Society, Orphan Angels. Elsewhere check with individual stores.
 
Humane World for Animals   has national directory for pet owners needing help.

Also offer unused /unwanted pet food to friends or neighbors.
   
DEMOCRACY

Erie County PA Activism  Comprehensive list of local actions and groups, especially helpful for resistance connections. 

Remove the Regime Protest Washington DC  "This is not a 50-state protest. On November 22, 2025, we will peacefully descend on the seat of power in Washington, DC to demand unmistakably that this lawless administration come to an END."

See No Kings heading below for coverage and photos of Oct 18 No Kings events. 


Erie on Track to Join Great Lakes Project (Liz Allen/Erie Reader) "Erie County shoreline integral to proposed Great Lakes Waterfront Trail"


ELECTIONS & GOVERNANCE

Erie's General Election Results (Alana Sabol / Erie Reader) 


[LISTEN] NEXT: The County Executive's Role: with Kathy Dahlkemper Hosts Marcus Atkinson and Marc Blount are joined by Kathy Dahlkemper, former U.S. Representative and Erie County Executive

IMMIGRANTS

Local religious organizations protest ICE as part of nationwide movement  (WJET/WFXP/YourErie) "Several local religious organizations gathered near the Erie County Prison on Wednesday afternoon to protest against increased ICE enforcement, participating in a national movement called One Church One Family."

2025 Refugee Owned Business Directory (Erie Arts & Culture) EBT halt is impacting local, independent food stores`. Consider doing some shopping in those stores to help them out through this period. 

Fact check: Do illegal immigrants receive SNAP benefits?   (MARCA) Dated Nov 11, 2025

INDIGENOUS

Canandaigua Treaty of 1794 (Cayuga Nation) "This treaty was signed in Canandaigua, New York on November 11, 1794... For 217 years, the Cayuga Nation was landless. That ended in 2011, when we had to repurchase our lands and reestablish ourselves as a people."

Interview with Haudenosaunee Seneca Leon Sam Briggs (2023)  Leon Sam Briggs, whose Seneca name is Hoya’degay hus, meaning “he helps always,” is an enrolled member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Hawk Clan, from the Tonawanda Seneca Territory He is a blacksmith, craftsmen, teacher, public speaker. Locally, he works with Fort Le Boeuf French and Indian War Museum in Waterford.

LGBTQ+

Transgender Day of Remembrance  Nov 20 at 7pm at Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie, PA ."Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place ... There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward. 5:30-6pm is set aside for news coverage. You are welcome to join us for the ceremony as well."

Building Understanding: A Conversation on Trans Lives Today Nov 24, 6:00pm  " Inspired by Sen. Sarah McBride’s 2018 book, Tomorrow Will Be Different Free. Registration required. 18+. Panel discussion, conducted through Zoom. Registrants will receive an event link prior to the event." Location: Idea Lab at Blasco, Erie Co. Public Library. November is Transgender Awareness Month.

NO KINGS
Coverage and photos from second No Kings rallies Oct 18, 2025

SCHOOLS & YOUTH

Erie's Schools Enter a New Era by Dr. Jay Breneman (JB), Dr. Natalyn Gibbs (NG), and Ms. ShaQuita Gatewood (SG) Erie’s Public Schools Earn Recognition for Healthy Meals (Erie News Now)

In PA, The Blue Wave Sweeps A Once-Conservative School Board (Forbes)   (Forbes) "The Central Bucks School District was, for a while, a nationally-noted example of a board that was remade in a conservative culture war image. Tuesday’s blue wave washed away the last traces of that image."

Group checked 193 PA school districts for censorship, LGBTQ+ policies (USA Today Network) "A recent analysis of dozens of Pennsylvania school boards found one in five of them have adopted culture war policies that censor material, ban books or target LGBTQ+ students."

WORKING PEOPLE

A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets (CPBB) SNAP provides criitcal benefits to workers and their families (CPBB) PA minimum wage stuck at $7.25 where it has been since 2009. (Gov Josh Shapiro) 

GEMISH
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Links to No Kings 2 coverage and photos under No Kings heading


🍴 FOOD HELP 🍴
List of area resources. Get food help, donate, volunteer. 

ACTIVISM 

ARTS & READS

Making the Movement: Civil Rights Museum  Bruce Gallery, Baron-Forness Library PennWest Edinboro 200 Tartan Rd, Edinboro, PA The exhibit will be open through December 12, 2025 

Voices of Resistance Nov 12 from 6-8pm at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie. Benefits French Creek Indivisible, featuring Monica Lewis, Trajectory Jane, Bryan Hed and Lucy Ventura. Donations encouraged.

Three Rivers Film Festival Nov 12 - 23 "2025 Film Pittsburgh presents independent films from around the world, deepening audiences’ understanding of various cultures, expanding acceptance and recognizing our common humanity." 

Single Voice Reading Series - Soledad Caballero & Catharina Coenen  Nov13 at 7:00pm  Allegheny College, Tippie Alumni Center Meadville, PA Catharina Coenen: "winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing." Soledad Caballero: Her collection, I Was a Bell won the 2019 Benjamin Saltman poetry prize, was the 2022 International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry book of the year, and a 2022 International Latino Book Award 

Miss Mabeline Presents The Poetry X-Change Open Mic Nov 16,, 7:00 PM Werner Books & Coffee, 3608 Liberty St, Erie, PA 

Groundwork Erie Book Club 11/19 at 6 PM Island by Aldous Huxley Werner Books & Coffee, 3608 Liberty St, Erie, PA 

Marks of Resistance: Käthe Kollwitz Prints Erie Art Museum, Holstein Gallery 20 E 5th St. Erie, PA Till January 18, 2026 

CHELLO
Justice for Chello yard signs here

COMMUNITY

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CRITTERS

Chautauqua Co Humane Society pet pantry   Erie Animal Network's Pet Food Bank, bi-weekly pet food and supplies for those in need in Erie County. .ANNA Cares food pantry 1555 E. 10th contact ANNA  for specifics. 

Drop-off donations: Erie area Pet Supplies Plus stores accept sealed, dry, and wet cat food. locally accepting for ANNA, Erie Animal Network, Erie Humane Society, Orphan Angels. Elsewhere check with individual stores. 

Humane World for Animals has national directory for pet owners needing help. 

Also offer unused /unwanted pet food to friends or neighbors.  
DEMOCRACY

See No Kings heading below for coverage and photos of Oct 18 No Kings events. 
See Activism heading at top for actions and groups 


Erie on Track to Join Great Lakes Project (Liz Allen/Erie Reader) "Erie County shoreline integral to proposed Great Lakes Waterfront Trail"


ELECTIONS & GOVERNANCE


[LISTEN] NEXT: The County Executive's Role: with Kathy Dahlkemper Hosts Marcus Atkinson and Marc Blount are joined by Kathy Dahlkemper, former U.S. Representative and Erie County Executive

IMMIGRANTS

Local religious organizations protest ICE as part of nationwide movement  (WJET/WFXP/YourErie) "Several local religious organizations gathered near the Erie County Prison on Wednesday afternoon to protest against increased ICE enforcement, participating in a national movement called One Church One Family."

2025 Refugee Owned Business Directory (Erie Arts & Culture) EBT halt is impacting local, independent food stores`. Consider doing some shopping in those stores to help them out through this period. 

Fact check: Do illegal immigrants receive SNAP benefits?   (MARCA) Dated Nov 11, 2025

INDIGENOUS

Canandaigua Treaty of 1794 (Cayuga Nation) "This treaty was signed in Canandaigua, New York on November 11, 1794... For 217 years, the Cayuga Nation was landless. That ended in 2011, when we had to repurchase our lands and reestablish ourselves as a people."

Interview with Haudenosaunee Seneca Leon Sam Briggs (2023)  Leon Sam Briggs, whose Seneca name is Hoya’degay hus, meaning “he helps always,” is an enrolled member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Hawk Clan, from the Tonawanda Seneca Territory He is a blacksmith, craftsmen, teacher, public speaker. Locally, he works with Fort Le Boeuf French and Indian War Museum in Waterford.

LGBTQ+

Transgender Day of Remembrance  Nov 20 at 7pm at Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie, PA ."Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place ... There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward. 5:30-6pm is set aside for news coverage. You are welcome to join us for the ceremony as well."

Building Understanding: A Conversation on Trans Lives Today Nov 24, 6:00pm  " Inspired by Sen. Sarah McBride’s 2018 book, Tomorrow Will Be Different  Free. Registration required.  18+. Panel discussion, conducted through Zoom. Registrants will receive an event link prior to the event." Location: Idea Lab at Blasco, Erie Co. Public Library. November is Transgender Awareness Month.

NO KINGS
Coverage and photos from second No Kings rallies Oct 18, 2025

SCHOOLS & YOUTH

Erie's Schools Enter a New Era by Dr. Jay Breneman (JB), Dr. Natalyn Gibbs (NG), and Ms. ShaQuita Gatewood (SG) Erie’s Public Schools Earn Recognition for Healthy Meals (Erie News Now)

In PA, The Blue Wave Sweeps A Once-Conservative School Board (Forbes)   (Forbes) "The Central Bucks School District was, for a while, a nationally-noted example of a board that was remade in a conservative culture war image. Tuesday’s blue wave washed away the last traces of that image."
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Group checked 193 PA school districts for censorship, LGBTQ+ policies (USA Today Network) "A recent analysis of dozens of Pennsylvania school boards found one in five of them have adopted culture war policies that censor material, ban books or target LGBTQ+ students."

WORKING PEOPLE

A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets (CPBB) SNAP provides criitcal benefits to workers and their families (CPBB) PA minimum wage stuck at $7.25 where it has been since 2009. (Gov Josh Shapiro) 

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