JUNE TNT

 JUNETEENTH

June 17 - 19 - Erie's Juneteenth Celebration
June 18 - 19  Juneteenth of Buffalo 

June 17-19 - Western PA Juneteenth Celebration  
June 19 - Youngstown Juneteenth Cultural Festival 

GATHERINGS & FESTS
(see also PRIDE and JUNETEENTH celebrations elsewhere here)
June 11 - Race Unity Picnic Presque Isle Shelter 1 2-6pm Hosts: Erie Area Bahais, Race Unity Dialogue Group, Amerimasala Festival Committee
June 25 - Taste of Diversity Festival Buffalo

Last Sundays - Shops on the Hill Artisan Fleas "live music, great food, and shopping from local artists and vendors. Pet friendly outdoor event!10am-3pm last Sunday of the month thru Sept

EARTH

June 11-13 - Pennsylvania Climate Convergence Harrisburg PA Press Release

  

July 2 - 9 -Chautauqua Institution Week Two: The Wild: Reconnecting with Our Natural World 

Mike Stout's new video: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle   on Vimeo or YouTube Mike Stout is a Pittsburgh area musician, labor militant and environmental activist. The topic is familiar to most but +++

Zip Line
https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2022/05/12/erie-pa-zip-line-scott-enterprises-liz-allen-bayfront-city-council-vote/65354540007/

Meltdown: Three Mile Island Netflix (2022)

NYS Climate Plan Act comments till June 10 


PRIDE MONTH

June 11 - Jamestown Pride Downtown Jamestown NY 10 AM. "activities and entertainment for the whole family to enjoy crafts dancing music and of course some drag! Thanks to our amazing sponsors all Jamestown Pride events are free and open to everyone."

June 18 - Rainbow Family Storytime @ Blasco  160 E Front St Erie, PA 10-10:45 am "storytime event celebrating LGBTQ+ families and their allies! Our children's librarians will showcase LGBTQ-friendly picture books from our collection and lead the group in upbeat music and movement activities. Children will receive a family photo frame to decorate and light refreshments will be served. All families with children are welcome to attend. No registration required." Host: Erie Co. Public Library 

June 18 - Warren County Pride Day Betts Park 11am - 6 pm "Activities, contests, games, speakers, music, dancing, vendors, food, giveaways, and camaraderie. We will have 2 bounce houses for children...Activities for families have been a focus for us."

June 25 - Erie Pridefest & Parade  March to Perry Square: step-off noon from The Zone 133 W 18th. Fest will include tables, vendors, performers. "we will include a first-ever Youth Zone, thanks to our Partners at the Erie Playhouse. This zone will include inflatable children's rides, a story corner, etc. This event is family-friendly and open to all ages at no cost. This event is also tobacco-free, thanks to our partners at Erie County Health Department and the NWPA Tobacco Control Program." For a complete list of parade units, vendors, information tables, and performers, visit nwpapride.org

JUSTICE

Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly and Moral March on Washington and to the Polls March is June 18. There is a bus scheduled to leave Erie from 7851 Peach, 40 riders needed by June 11. The event will also be livestreamed. Info: poorpeoplescampaign.org/

Some Buffalo shooting links Spoken Word, visual, thoughts, roundups. +++

Crawford County man charged with sparking May 2020 riots (Erie Times-News)

Federal judge ends dispute, brokers final deal between kicked protester, city of Erie   (Erie Times-News) . 

Patrick Lyoya’s death in a Michigan police shooting shakes immigrants in Erie, nationwide (Erie Times-News)

Educate to Combat Hate: PA  Advocates Rally for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Erie News Now)
 

Father John Neiman will speak at a hybrid event put on by Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh June 12 at 3pm "Father Neiman will share the story of his relationships with Anne Frank's father and Miep Gies, one of the upstanders who hid the Franks, as his larger studies about the topic of the Holocaust. Q&A will follow." 

"Death of a Jewish Radical in Erie PA" is now posted on the Battle of Homestead Foundation You Tube channel.

Fresh Air interview: The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison (NPR) This interview with author Hugh Ryan offers a look at the NYC Women's House of D (1932 to 1974) and some of the shocking laws and attitudes that put them there (NYS and NYC)

WORKING

Forum on organizing a labor movement for the 21st century w/ Chris Smalls Amazon Labor Union organizer and union president . 5:30 PM Building Laborer's Local 310 Hall 3250 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH. Host: North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor Open to non-delegates and the general public, but all attendees must register in advance.

For Summer Break, Department Of Labor & Industry Reminds Pennsylvanians Of Child Labor Act Protections For Young Workers https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/labor-and-industry-details.aspx?newsid=690

CRITTERS

Ringling Bros Circus return to Erie reportedly will not have animal acts. The last few years they appeared they were greeted with protests against well-documented mistreatment of elephant performers.

Police investigating after complainant alleges Marineland held illegal dolphin shows during opening weekend (Niagara Falls Review)  Recently, Marineland banned lawyer, filmmaker, scientist, activists from entering park (CTV)

GEMISH

North East School Board hit with anti-mask lawsuit (Erie Times-News) "Among the claims ...is that requiring quarantines for students and staff infected with COVID-19, as part of the North East School District's mask policy, was tantamount to solitary confinement and a violation of the Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment."

Economists: Ohio Abortion Ban Would Have Negative Impacts on Labor Force, Education (Cleveland Scene)

GUN VIOLENCE

March for Our Lives to End Gun Violence June 11 Perry Square 11am-1pm. In partnership with Pennsylvania United Erie County. 

Pennsylvania’s highest court could give cities the go-ahead to craft their own gun laws https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2022/06/uvalde-shooting-pennsylvania-gun-laws/
Millcreek https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=324791816501630&set=a.174459251534888