Thursday, October 28, 2021

 



ARTS
Nov 11-14 - Playshop Theatre: "Bourbon at the Border" Allegheny College Meadville PA Nov 11-14 
Film Pittsburgh Virtual Step-by-Step Guide  Three Rivers Film Fest Nov 10-17, Pgh Shorts Nov 18-21. In-person and virtual.
Dec 3-4 - Lost & Found: A Pop-up Museum TMC's 2021 Fundraiser  In-person and Virtual “celebrating the community, art, and activism that has kept TMC going for almost fifty years.” 55150 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15224
JUSTICE
Mercyhurst, Mercy Heritage Room, Sullivan Hall. Discussion follows. Free and open to the public.
County Councilman Andre Horton proposes free community college tuition for former non-violent inmates

ARTS
Nov 11-14 - Playshop Theatre: "Bourbon at the Border" Allegheny College Meadville PA Nov 11-14 
Film Pittsburgh Virtual Step-by-Step Guide  Three Rivers Film Fest Nov 10-17, Pgh Shorts Nov 18-21. In-person and virtual.
Dec 3-4 - Lost & Found: A Pop-up Museum TMC's 2021 Fundraiser  In-person and Virtual “celebrating the community, art, and activism that has kept TMC going for almost fifty years.” 55150 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15224
K-12

PENNCREST School Board votes against teacher attending language conference because "laced with aspects of critical race theory".   Video: PENNCREST School Board (Oct 14, 2021) Conference discussion begins at 14:00 
Voices: Critical Race Theory Opinion by Julia Carden in Edinboro Now 

LGBTQ+

Chautauqua Institution’s Vice President of Religion and Senior Pastor Gene Robinson Is Retiring Robinson recognized for his groundbreaking work with the LGBTQ community, youth communities and those suffering from abuse and addiction.  In 2003, he became the first openly gay and partnered priest to be elected Bishop in historic Christendom
Erie Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil  (TBD presumably on Nov 20, not sure if in person or virtual) Check TransFamily of NWPA for updates 
Youngstown Transgender Day of Remembrance Speakers & Candlelight Vigil. St. John's Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave, Youngstown, OH
ELECTIONS

GEMISH
Erie DSA Social November 11,  Jekyll & Hyde’s happy hour from 5-7 PM 8 E 10th St, Erie, PA
The Hidden Tab · Spotlight PA Taxpayers foot huge bill to run Pa.’s full-time legislature, but are blocked from many details. Year-long investigation.

Photo: Deb Spilko 

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ARTS          

Nov 4 - ELIES Film Screening: "Mankiller: Activist, Feminist, Cherokee Chief”  7:30 pm
Mercyhurst, Mercy Heritage Room, Sullivan Hall. Dscussion follows. Free and open to the public.
Nov 11-14 - Playshop Theatre: "Bourbon at the Border" Allegheny College Meadville PA Nov 11-14 
Film Pittsburgh Virtual Step-by-Step Guide  Three Rivers Film Fest Nov 10-17, Pgh Shorts Nov 18-21. In-person and virtual.
Lost & Found: A Pop-up Museum TMC's 2021 Fundraiser  In-person and Virtual “celebrating the community, art, and activism that has kept TMC going for almost fifty years.” Location and dates TBD.  thomasmertoncenter.org/2021  
Jamestown To Implement Cameras Following anti-Semitic and anti-African American Vandalism Of StatuesVoices: Critical Race Theory Opinion by Julia Carden in Edinboro Now 

LGBTQ+
Chautauqua Institution’s Vice President of Religion and Senior Pastor Gene Robinson Is Retiring Robinson recognized for his groundbreaking work with the LGBTQ community, youth communities and those suffering from abuse and addiction.  In 2003, he became the first openly gay and partnered priest to be elected Bishop in historic Christendom
Erie Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil  (TBD presumably on Nov 20, not sure if in person or virtual) Check TransFamily of NWPA for updates 
Youngstown Transgender Day of Remembrance Speakers & Candlelight Vigil. St. John's Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave, Youngstown, OH

GEMISH
Erie strayer
Erie DSA Social November 11,  Jekyll & Hyde’s happy hour from 5-7 PM 8 E 10th St, Erie, PA
The Hidden Tab · Spotlight PA Taxpayers foot huge bill to run Pa.’s full-time legislature, but are blocked from many details. Year-long investigation.
WRFA Hosts Community Conversation on Jamestown’s Marginalized/Underserved Groups Each panel discussion will feature representatives from five community groups, including the local African-American Community, the Hispanic Community, LGBTQ+ Community, those affected by Chemical Dependency, and those impacted by Generational Poverty.

Photo: Deb Spilko 

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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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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

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ARTS
Nov 4 - ELIES Film Screening: "Mankiller: Activist, Feminist, Cherokee Chief”  7:30 pm
Mercyhurst, Mercy Heritage Room, Sullivan Hall. Dscussion follows. Free and open to the public.
Nov 11-14 - Playshop Theatre: "Bourbon at the Border" Allegheny College Meadville PA Nov 11-14 
Film Pittsburgh Virtual Step-by-Step Guide  Three Rivers Film Fest Nov 10-17, Pgh Shorts Nov 18-21. In-person and virtual.
Lost & Found: A Pop-up Museum TMC's 2021 Fundraiser  In-person and Virtual “celebrating the community, art, and activism that has kept TMC going for almost fifty years.” Location and dates TBD.  thomasmertoncenter.org/2021  
Jamestown To Implement Cameras Following anti-Semitic and anti-African American Vandalism Of Statues
Chautauqua Institution’s Vice President of Religion and Senior Pastor Gene Robinson Is Retiring Robinson recognized for his groundbreaking work with the LGBTQ community, youth communities and those suffering from abuse and addiction.  In 2003, he became the first openly gay and partnered priest to be elected Bishop in historic Christendom
Erie Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil  (TBD presumably on Nov 20, not sure if in person or virtual) Check TransFamily of NWPA for updates 
Youngstown Transgender Day of Remembrance Speakers & Candlelight Vigil. St. John's Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave, Youngstown, OH

ETC
Erie strayer
Erie DSA Social November 11,  Jekyll & Hyde’s happy hour from 5-7 PM 8 E 10th St, Erie, PA
The Hidden Tab · Spotlight PA Taxpayers foot huge bill to run Pa.’s full-time legislature, but are blocked from many details. Year-long investigation.
WRFA Hosts Community Conversation on Jamestown’s Marginalized/Underserved Groups Each panel discussion will feature representatives from five community groups, including the local African-American Community, the Hispanic Community, LGBTQ+ Community, those affected by Chemical Dependency, and those impacted by Generational Poverty.

Photo: Deb Spilko 






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Saturday, October 2, 2021

LINK CHECK

SCHOOLS
PENNCREST update: CRT policy up for first reading, though may change (9/9/)
Clarion-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 b authors of color after backlash from students 
Pa. House panel approves bill to post school curriculums online

JUSTICE 
Longtime Erie activist pushes city to embrace 'deep and meaningful' policing dialogue
Kevin Flower talks with local activist Art Leopold
PA ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal class action as hundreds testify in civil hearing


EARTH

Local advocates gather together for ‘Climate Strike’ in Perry Square Sept 24
Local students statements at Climate Strike
Unearth will screen at Eerie Horror Fest Oct. 30 at 6pm, Erie Playhouse. 
Interfaith Candlelight Vigil for the Earth Oct 4   Hosts: Gannon U. Center for Social Concerns, Cathedral of St. Paul, Benedictines for Peace, Erie Benedictines
NextGen America launches $32 million program to turn out young voters in 2022: Will organize in PA, TX, AZ, NC, NH,MI,WI and NV with a goal to "register, inform and mobilize" hundreds of thousands of young voters, the group says.”
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)

ARTS
Live at the Met: Fire Shut Up in My Bones  Terence Blanchard's opera adaptation of Charles M. Blow's moving memoir. Fredonia Opera House (10/23), Tinseltown Erie (10/23 & 10/27), Lakewood 8 (10/23)
‘Al Franken to perform at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall’: Oct. 23 Strict vax/test/ID requirements
Cauleen Smith: Pandemic Diaries Online "engaging with the intersecting crises of the pandemic and social injustice through her lens o  active care, radical imagination, and collective consciousness."
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, 2021 '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. No vigils or protests scheduled so far... however, it is important to remind Americans that the cuddly old guy calling for decency and tolerance was responsible for some of the most horrific behavior of modern times: 

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. 
True Quotes of an Erie Working Man and Erie Wannabe Man, Brenton Davis+++ https://www.facebook.com/eriewannabeman
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"

ETC
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." 
‘People called us heroes’: Pa. nurses sound the alarm on unsafe working conditions


PHOTOS
women's march+++



Erie Wannabe Man, Brenton Davis

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