AUGUST 2022

 

CALENDAR & NEWS ~ August 2022

Check event info and COVID policy at original poster to assure most updated and accurate info.

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ELECTIONS 

Aug 12 - Erie Rally with John Fetterman Bayfront Convention Center Erie PA Doors open 5:30pm

Aug 15 - Fall Election Kickoff! with PA United and Congressional candidate Summer Lee "Each chapter will come together at their respective county offices to learn about our midterm election work." Virtual event.

Aug 26-28 - Demstock   Venango Co. Fairgrounds Franklin PA Hosts: Venango Co. Dems and Demstock

Erie at Large: True Patriotism (Jim Wertz/Erie Reader) "As extremism escalates, balancing state legislature of the essence"

The PA Constitution as a Political Tool  (PoliticsPA)

Mastriano finally leaves extreme site Gab — but won't quit Christofascism (Salon) Heather Digby Parton, Salon
Judge says Erie postmaster can sue Project Veritas for libel over mail-in ballot claims (Erie Times-News) 

PA Supreme Court: Mail voting can stay (Spotlight PA) 

New Satire page: Candidate Jake Banta - PA 4th Legislative District Says Things | Facebook  Looks at the actual posts, remarks and actions of the ultra-MAGA who is now candidate for PA 4th    

ARTS

Aug 8 & 9 Chautauqua Cinema: The Revolution Generation: How Millennials Can Save America and the World

Aug 10 - Movies at The Reg - Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down Reg Lenna 116 E 3rd Jamestown NY 

Aug 12-14 - PACApalooza 1505 State "PACA is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a 3-day event of theatre, music, dance, comedy, poetry, film, fashion, art auction, and more! Free admission all weekend!"

Aug 19 - Nan Hoffman in concert 11:00am Fluvanna Free Library 3532 Fluvanna Avenue Extension, Jamestown, NY Info: 716-487-1773 

Sept 3 - Haudenosaunee Micro-Short Film Program Burchfield Penney Arts Center, Buffalo NY 

Buffalo History Museum debuts exhibit by renowned Seneca artist Marie Watt      “Hodinöhsö:ni’ Resurgence: Marie Watt, Calling Back, Calling Forward,” Runs till October 30.

Oct 23 - Randy Rainbow in Pittsburgh Carnegie Music Hall

Video: Restore the Legacy! The Burleigh Legacy Alliance presents Dr. Walter Greason - preeminent historian, educator, and urbanist - as he shares his work assessing, cataloging, and digitizing historic African American records from Northwest PA leading to an exhibit of the Ada Lawrence – Johnny Johnson Preservation Project. From 7/8/2022.

EARTH

Aug 9 - Envisioning Erie's 21st Century Bayfront Community Town Hall 6-7:30pm Hirt Auditorium, Blasco Memorial Library, 160 Front, Erie PA Hosts: Connect Urban Erie, Civitas Free and open to public In-person and streaming

Aug 21 - Celebrating Like Erie: Working Together to Protect Our Greatest Asset    Jefferson Ed. Society Jennifer Tompkins, B.A. Erie City Hall Council Chambers 4-5pm " Jenny Tompkins is PennFuture’s Campaign Manager for Clean Water Advocacy. She leads the Our Water, Our Future campaign" Free Also, Jenny presents proposal to 8/3 Erie City Council meeting for feasibility of Environmental Advisory Council (starts at 13:35) 

Sept 10 - 2022 French Creek Conservancy Cleanup Cambridge Springs Fairgrounds. Weigh-In 11am-3:30pm, Picnic: 12-3:30 Music: 12:30-3:30

Sept 16-18 - Green Fondo Chautauqua – A Climate Ride Event "Green Fondo [is] the cycling party that engages an energized community and benefits the sustainability revolution."

Benedictine Sisters' goat blog Updates from sisters' efforts to deal with invasive species with the assistance of goat visitors

Mercy Ministry funds to strengthen Hurst’s sustainability efforts (Mercyhurst University) Mercyhurst receives $40,000 grant from the Sisters of Mercy that will be used to strengthen its sustainability efforts, and the university’s Environmental Science program, are working to develop a bluff erosion model with a NOAA grant.

Would food composting and glass recycling work in Erie? A college professor is studying it (Erie Times-News)

FOOD

Aug 13 - 4th Annual Farmer Neighbor Dinner    Grandview of Ellington 1116 West Hill Rd, Ellington, NY. Tickets $20 from Cassie Pinkoski at Chautauqua Co. Soil & Water Conservation District, Jamestown NY (716) 664-2351 Ext 116 or cpinkoski@soilwater.org

Aug 13-14 - Arts & Vegan Festival   Art, music, food 1020 Holland St. Lake Erie Vegan and 1020 Collective

Aug 14 - 2022 Edinboro Market Farm to Table Dinner Nature's Outlet, Edinboro PA.  $55/$35 under 12, proceeds for Market's expansion. 4PM to 7PM Locally sourced food, contra dancing with music provided by Toppish. Tickets at Edinboro Market info (814) 266-2993

Local products will see new supply chain between Erie, Crawford, Venango (YourErie) "About 100 local producers will have products at Edinboro Market in Edinboro, the Market House in Meadville, and Core Goods in Oil City... the three-store partnership expects to receive a $120,000 grant that will help create the transportation support and education to move products between the three stores. "

Erie Food Co-op downtown location now offers delivery Also Chef Lisa ready-to-go meals available at both locations

Sundae "Sundae is a vegan gourmet dessert & ice cream bakery for people & dogs! All homemade! Eco chic. Our mission is to help aid in the rescue and to end speciesism. 15% of all our proceeds benefit local shelters, farm sanctuaries & oceanic conservation!"

HOME & HEALTH

Aug 6-12 Chautauqua Week 7: More Than Shelter 

Aug 13 - Rally for Affordable and Safe Housing Meadville   1:30pm Diamond Park Meadville PA

 

Aug 21-27 - Healthcare4AllPA Tabling at at Crawford County Fair (under the grandstand) HealthCare4AllPA is non-profit dedicated to advancing the cause of single-payer healthcare. Our table will basically be for discussion with the public based on the literature we will be giving out to educate the public on single-payer healthcare both in Pennsylvania and nationwide.

Finding Your Way in PA PA-based mobile and desktop app designed to share services, resources, and information with young people and families, particularly those experiencing homelessness.

JUSTICE

Aug 11 - Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) and Second-Chance Sentencing Featuring: Maria Goellner, Esq. 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Jefferson Ed. Society (Satellite location) Erie Center for Arts & Technology (ECAT) 650 East Ave. Suite 120, Erie, PA Free.

Aug 16 - Stranger/Sister at Chautauqua Cinema. Documentary, Q&A after "follows two ordinary women, one Muslim and one Jewish who dare to believe they can join hands to stop the wave of white supremacist hate surging across the US. Learn about the work of Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom chapters... as they build a powerful network of hope in a time of chaos and hate. 

Aug 29 - Securing Freedom: Are the Slavery Amendments Relevant in Today's America? Featuring: Johnny Johnson, M.Ed 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Jefferson Ed. Society (Satellite location FAIRVIEW) Location: Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Rd. Erie, PA Free.

Sept 13 - Constitution Day Program: Plessy v. Ferguson   Robert H. Jackson Center Jamestown NY 9:30am. A Living Legacy. Plessy and Ferguson are descendants of the famous litigants in the case that established "separate but equal," which stood until Brown v. Board of Education. They also founded the Plessy Ferguson Foundation.  Backgrounder

Erie PD chief wants unit for mental health calls, domestic violence.  (Erie Times-News)

A beginner’s guide to requesting public records on Pa. law enforcement (Spotlight PA)

Erie County Human Relations Commission targets discrimination. Here's how it can help you (Erie Times-News)

NYCLU sues NY State Police for withholding misconduct records (NYCLU)

WATCH: A free Q&A on the limitations of Pa.’s police misconduct database (Spotlight PA) 

LGBT

Aug 13 - 29th Annual Pride Picnic Rotary Pavilion at Presque Isle, Erie 1 PM - 6 PM.  Host NWPA Pride Alliance

Aug 20 - Annual TransFamily Summer Picnic 11am - 3pm Glenwood Park, Erie. Host: TransFamily of NWPA

Sharon's first-ever Pride event (Sharon Herald)  Profiles the mom who organized the event and works with LGBT teens, and a 57-year-old man who hid who he was until recently. 

Listen To The Speech Glenn Thompson Gave At His Gay Son’s Wedding Days After Voting Against Marriage Equality (BuzzfeedNews) 

PA-16

ICYMI: Mike Kelly blew a gasket over an opinion column by Jim Wertz, Erie Co. Democratic chair.   published in the Erie Reader.  On 7/22 Kelly called a press conference during which he ranted incoherently and attacked local reporters and called on his opponent to condemn the allegations. The Erie-Times News posted an excellent overview of the presser, and provided video and audio of event and Wertz's response. The Erie Reader issued a  response to Kelly on 7/26. 

Contact info for Letters to the editor of publications in PA-16 

Dan Pastore campaign yard signs and T-shirts now available. Also, reminder that campaign volunteers and donations are always needed, and there are campaign headquarters in Erie, Meadville and Butler. Visit danpastore.com

SCHOOL

Teen journalist challenges Penncrest School Board members' trans rhetoric (Luthea Sweeney/Erie Times-News) 

“Moms for Liberty” is a book banning, racist, homophobic, science-denying mob bent on destroying public education. Seriously, it really is and it’s probably in or near your community"    (Emptying My Brain blog) Chester Co. Rich Heiland blogger offers backgrounder on the national group that does indeed have a local presence. 

Millcreek, N.E. school districts, anti-mask group in court before Erie judge (GoErie) "School directors' authority, the right to breathe clean air and a link between mask-wearing and 'satanic ritual'". 

End Of The Summer Back To School Jam August 27 at Vets stadium 1pm hosted by Erie's Juneteenth Celebration. Free Backpacks and school supplies, free food, flag football, etc 

WORKERS

through Aug 26 - “The Industrial Revolution Came and Went” Exhibit by Danny Mitchell 10/20 Collective

Sep 5 - 2022 Erie Labor Day Parade Parade begins 10am, step-off 11th & State. Host: Great Lakes Construction and Building trades Council

Video: The Bootleg Coal Rebellion Battle of Homestead Foundation presents a book discussion of “The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry, 1925-1942” (PM Press) by labor historian Mitch Troutman interviewed by cultural anthropologist Maura Bainbridge, PhD.

New PA Tipped Worker Rules Now in Effect (PA Dept of L&I) 

GEMISH

August 18-20 Netroots Nation Pittsburgh PA   "Since 2006, Netroots Nation has hosted the largest annual conference for progressives, drawing thousands of attendees from around the country and beyond."

VIDEO: Gary Horton vision for revitalization of the Buffalo Road corridor

Erie Blue Coats encourage parents to join the fight against youth gun violence (goerie.com)  

ROE

Aug 26 - Keep Your Mitts Off My Oven!  A collaborative art and bake sale in support of bodily autonomy Proceeds to benefit Western PA Fund for Choice. Collab with   Herb & Honey Bakery "You can expect: Prints from @paperowlpress and @caliemee specially designed for this event. Merch and information on local resources from Erie County United. Delicious baked goods from us made specially for this event. Art and baked goods will be available for presales closer to the event as well as day of at the bakery."  

Former WNY anti-abortion activist Rev. Robert Schenck: Our movement has lost its soul (Amanpour and Company) A series of events forced Schenck to re-evaluate the term “pro-life” and the power of words. Interview with Michel Martin.

Gov. Wolf Sues State Legislature for Attempt to Ban Abortion

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