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| May is Bike Month! |
BIKE
BikeErie is an Erie-based community group promoting bike advocacy. They're involved in many levels -- bikes for recreation, for transportation, for health; bikes as tools, bike repair bikes and the environment, etc. Check both their Facebook page and website for the full range.
Sisters of St Joseph Neighborhood Network is involved with getting bikes to kids and adults in their neighborhood and providing training for bike care and maintenance. Keep up with their activities on the SSJN Network Facebook page.
Crawford Area Transportation Authority BikeShare program lets people rent bikes by the hour to get around the Meadville area.
Erie By Cycle Friendly and practical You Tube channel "Bicycle stuff for the average person."
Crawford County bike and pedestrian path trail survey
Spokesfolk Volunteers making bicycle related programs and services available to Dunkirk area residents, like Meals on Two Wheels and the Every Kid Deserves a Bike Program.
Spokesfolk Volunteers making bicycle related programs and services available to Dunkirk area residents, like Meals on Two Wheels and the Every Kid Deserves a Bike Program.
EARTH
Climate Initiative Project at Chautauqua Institution 20 events May-September 2022. Speakers, activities and a couple parties.
Climate Initiative Project at Chautauqua Institution 20 events May-September 2022. Speakers, activities and a couple parties.
Allegany Nature Pilgrimage June 3-5 At "Camp Allegany" in the Red House area of Allegany State Park
Erie-area environmentalists question safety, viability of plastics recycling plant (Erie Times-News)
Wolf’s climate rule to be published, making Pa. first fossil fuel state to price carbon (StateImpact PA)
Pomfret NY Board OKs Solar Farm Plan (Post-Journal)
Literary Cleveland publishes environmental anthology from local writers. Reflections of The Land: Meditations on Environment & Industry features works of local poets, essayists and fiction writers (Cleveland Scene)
GUN VIOLENCE
Ceasefire PA rally at Capitol part of CeaseFirePA's Taking a Stand Against Gun Violence Advocacy Day on April 26.
Why are our young people dying to live on a T-shirt? (Vanessa Belen/Erie Times-News)
'Our view: Defeating Erie's gun violence starts with love (Erie Times-News Editorial Board)
JUSTICE
Death of a Jewish Radical in Erie, 1922 "On May 19 the Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a free Zoom program marking the 100th anniversary of a brutal murder of Herman Martius, an immigrant shopkeeper and political activist in Erie, Pennsylvania … a murder that came to symbolize the civic and social turmoil besetting American Democracy in the 1920s."
The Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum in Ashtabula will be open Memorial Day Weekend thru Labor Day 1-5pm by Reservation only.
Bosnian Islamic Community Erie receives security grant "The funding is part of a statewide package of grants to 120 churches, synagogues, mosques, temples and other nonprofit organizations that serve diverse communities and often face bias and hate crimes"
Exoneration for cops who assaulted 75 year old George Floyd protestor leaving him bleeding, (Associated Press)
Changes in Police Policy, Payouts to Latino Victims of PA State Police Traffic Stops and Arrests Following Investigations (ProPublica)
Changes in Police Policy, Payouts to Latino Victims of PA State Police Traffic Stops and Arrests Following Investigations (ProPublica)
Protestor kicked in 2020 wants to reopen lawsuit (WJET/Fox/YourErie) "Now the city and Silbaugh are unable to agree on the final terms of the settlement. Silbaugh’s lawyer is asking to reopen the federal case. U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter has scheduled Silbaugh’s hearing for May 12."
Virtual panel on Pa.’s compassionate release law for state prisoners (Spotlight PA)
SCHOOLS
UECDC Afterschool Programs (Tom Weber) "This is where I've worked since January. We offer a host of programs for kids and adults. Right now, the attention is focused on culturally responsive after-school programs for primarily New American kids at five centers throughout Erie. We think it helps their learning if there are adults present who look like them and speak their language. You can see the results in the video."
Albion area parents challenge elementary social-emotional learning (Erie Times-News) "The plan is to help kids learn and interact together, school officials said. Parents say plan usurps their rights and introduces critical race theory."
"Parents' group" sues to remove Millcreek school directors over previous mask requirements (Erie Times-News) The founder "has petitioned to remove 7 of 9 Millcreek school directors. He could pay if he loses."
"Don't Say Gay" Arrives in Ohio: Republicans introduce HB 616 in the Ohio House (Buckeye Flame) The bill would ban school districts from selecting “any textbook, instructional material, or academic curriculum that promotes any divisive or inherently racist concepts” including: Critical race theory, Intersectional theory, The 1619 project, Diversity, equity, and inclusion learning outcomes
Inherited racial guilt, Any other concept that the state board of education defines as divisive or inherently racist
Spotlight PA wants your help flagging health hazards in schools. (Spotlight PA) "We want to know about any infrastructure problems — a moldy ceiling, flaky paint, unreliable phone or internet connections, or faulty elevators, for example — that interfere with learning or create a potentially unsafe environment for students and staff."
WORKING PEOPLE
How a bunch of WNY Starbucks baristas built a labor movement Inside Starbucks’s successful 21st-century union drive. Meanwhile Federal labor officials accuse Starbucks of unfair labor practices in Buffalo , Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield and Amos Hall Starbucks became the first in PA to unionize and here's the update on the Cleveland area Also nationwide list here
Carpenters, lawmakers in PA Capitol for crackdown on wage theft, worker misclassification "Union members and several state lawmakers filled the rotunda in the Pennsylvania Capitol on Tuesday to call for new measures to crack down on worker misclassification, tax fraud and wage theft as part of a nationwide initiative to shine a spotlight on labor issues."
How a bunch of WNY Starbucks baristas built a labor movement Inside Starbucks’s successful 21st-century union drive. Meanwhile Federal labor officials accuse Starbucks of unfair labor practices in Buffalo , Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield and Amos Hall Starbucks became the first in PA to unionize and here's the update on the Cleveland area Also nationwide list here
Carpenters, lawmakers in PA Capitol for crackdown on wage theft, worker misclassification "Union members and several state lawmakers filled the rotunda in the Pennsylvania Capitol on Tuesday to call for new measures to crack down on worker misclassification, tax fraud and wage theft as part of a nationwide initiative to shine a spotlight on labor issues."
ARTS
May 9-June 16 - Living Voices: Through the Eyes of a Friend Cappa Theatre, Presented by Robert H Jackson Center, Jamestown NY. Young people during the Holocaust.
May 17 - 17th Annual Young Readers Program Featured speaker Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of Finding Langston. Presented by Robert H Jackson Center, Jamestown NY.
May 9-June 16 - Living Voices: Through the Eyes of a Friend Cappa Theatre, Presented by Robert H Jackson Center, Jamestown NY. Young people during the Holocaust.
May 17 - 17th Annual Young Readers Program Featured speaker Lesa Cline-Ransome, author of Finding Langston. Presented by Robert H Jackson Center, Jamestown NY.
May 28 - Station Hope "Engage with over 200 artists and 50+ community and professional arts & culture organizations from across Northeast Ohio as they envision, interrogate, and seek out hope on the grounds of Cleveland's first authenticated Underground Railroad site."
Oct 6 - Fran Lebowitz at Mercyhurst essayist and commentator. Mercyhurst University, Erie PA. Tickets June/August
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Neighborhood Art House classes and events for month of May "The mission of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie Inner-City Neighborhood Art House is to enable youth to experience beauty, grow in positive self-expression and self-discipline, and develop into full and productive human beings."
ETC
16th District Dem candidates primary debate (WQLN) Democrats Dan Pastore and Rick Telesz on the issues.
Innovation From the Other Side of the Tracks How Erie's PACA is making history and revitalizing (Erie Reader) downtown
Your mass transit ride in Pennsylvania may get better, thanks to new federal funding (WITF) Interviews riders and looks at issues in Erie, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. The pitch for this story came from Erie resident and transit advocate Freda Tepfer, who is also interviewed.
Video: Poverty in Chautauqua Co NY Presented by League of Womwn Voters Chautauqua Co
New “Insurrection Index” identifies 16 Pa. politicians who supported Jan. 6 insurrection Searchable database, and yes, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Butler) is in there. (Pgh City Paper and Public Wise)
PA Superior Court judge delivers seismic ruling addressing farm animal welfare (Vox) A recent court ruling in Pennsylvania could offer a new legal route for farm animal activists.
PA Superior Court judge delivers seismic ruling addressing farm animal welfare (Vox) A recent court ruling in Pennsylvania could offer a new legal route for farm animal activists.
ROE
If you're not connected on this for local and state actions, you can check out the Indivisible/Resistance groups, Planned Parenthood of Western PA, Women's March, Erie DSA, Erie County United, ACLU of Pennsylvania and others.
Consistent Life Ethic folks
Erie DSA called a protest in front of the Federal Courthouse on May 3. The protest was part of a nationwide rapid response called for 5pm local time that day, in front of Federal buildings and courthouses.
PHOTO
May 4 noon protest in front of the office of Congressman Mike Kelly. The protest was called by Dan Pastore, Democratic candidate for the 16th District Congressional seat.
Video (via Czech for Senate) 32:46 https://www.facebook.com/CzechforSenate/videos/3112820689032387
PHOTO
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=144048181525260&set=pcb.144048228191922
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