TEST FEB

Erie County Councilman Rock Copeland requests investigation into administration  activity (YourErie) https://www.yourerie.com/news/erie-co-councilman-rock-copeland-requests-an-investigative-committee-into-administrative-activity/ стеклянная банка

Black History Month display at Blasco. More displays and local materials in the Heritage Room.

 

BLACK HISTORY EVENTS

Meadville Ebony Genealogy of Sorts (December 10, 2022) presentation by Dr. Armendia Dixon on the history of Black people in Meadville (1800 - 20th century) she co-authored with Dedra Presser in 1988. The work is being revived. (Video, 30 min.)

Erie Times News list of  2024 events

Celebrating Black History (Erie's Public Schools)

Historical Institute of Culture & the African-American Experience 315 E. 9th St. Erie PA

Feb 12 - Autumn Rose Miskweminanocauq Williams  Mercyhurst Walker Recital Hall 8:30 p.m. will speak on her Black and indigenous heritage. Free and open to the public

Feb 14 "Frederick Douglass: Progress through Struggle" noon on Zoom. link pennwest.edu/news Presenter: Joseph Croskey PennWest

Feb 22 - A History of US's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Featuring Johnny Johnson M.Ed 7pm at Jefferson Ed. Society 3207 State 

Feb 28 - UofB Speaker: Heather McGhee Author of "The Sum of Us" 7:00 p.m. Center for the Arts, UB North Campus University at Buffalo 

ARTS & READS

Interview with Werner Books co-owners (Erie Reader) 

 

Bob Marley One Love is in theaters February 14th

Feb 29 SUNY Visiting writer Lydia Conklin 7pm Rockefeller Arts Center SUNY Fredonia Conklin is a writer, cartoonist, and assistant professor at Vanderbilt whose work centers on the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people

Revolucion Chicha Erie Art Museum thru February. 'Features works by Peruvian artists and art collectives including Elliot Tupac, Amapolay, Familia Gutierrez, Nación Chicha, Moises Sants and Monky. Born from the working class, “chicha” has become synonymous with Peru’s indigenous culture and associated with the “lower classes.”'

John Mellencamp's March 16 concert at the Warner still has some tickets available. 

Posters without Borders through March 2 YSU Youngstown State University free and open to the public. The McDonough Museum is open 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 

"Living Voices" at Robert H. Jackson Center welcomes teachers and their students to the Center’s Cappa Theater. live performances combined with archival film and sound, transforming history into a moving, personal journey using historical perspectives based on real people and events." 

BLASCO

January 30, 2024 County Council Meeting   Public comments begin at 17:10 to 2:12

 

Blasco Fiasco Protest 

 

Blasco Bingo 

 

Events for February 

EARTH

Allegheny Front examines E,. Palestine derailment one year later 

Venango Twp rejects solar farm proposal (YourErie)

PA solar energy milestone (WESA)

ELECTIONS & GOVERNANCE

"Plato's Republic, Our U.S. Constitution, philosophy & history"   Host: Dr. Corbin Fowler online class 10am Feb 24, Mar. 2,9,16,23 ("maybe beyond")

2024 Elections Calendar & Important Dates

 

Civic Reading Group  At Edinboro Branch Library 6pm

FOOD

Erie Food Co-op: Downtown store closure (LeAnna Nieratko, CEO/GMErie Food Co-op) 

PennWest again named PA hunger-free campus (PennWest) . 

Editorial: Some governors put politics above hungry kids, but not PA (PennLive)

JUSTICE

City of Erie loses Right to Know case over blacked out police records (Erie Times-News) 

Erie Co. Council votes to give millions to DEI and ECCM (ENN)

Mercyhurst border awareness experience trip "six Mercyhurst University students who traveled to McAllen, Texas, Jan. 8-13 as part of a university-led Border Awareness Experience...led by Sister Michele Schroeck, RSM, with Mercyhurst employee Liz Patnode"

PA probation reform (WHYY) 

Millcreek, motorist settle lawsuit over his arrest related to remarks against Trump ETN 

 

PEACE

 

"Another devastating war in Gaza" Presented by Baher Ghosheh PhD $10 Jefferson Educational Society 3207 State, 7pm

 

Erie County United multiple events 

SCHOOLS

USA TODAY Network analyzed library policies in more than 400 Pa. school districts (phillyburbs.com)

Right wing "parental rights" activist faces charges: assault, harassment,providing minors with alcohol (The Bucks County Herald)

WORKING PEOPLE

Erie nurse sues UPMC alleging labor abuses (Healthcare Dive)

Romolo's to pay $280k unpaid wages (YourErie)

 

Meadville Starbucks didn't get enough votes to unionize (YourErie)

PA minimum wage stalls as nearby states see increases (Axios Philadelphia)

PA workplace deaths reach highest level in 10 yrs (Patch.com)

 

Independent contractor rule could upend gig economy (Reuters)

Childcare crisis: In Erie Reader "Erie's Childcare Crisis" by Chloe Forbes, At Jefferson Educational Society "Tackling Erie's Childcare Crisis" with Court Gould noon Feb 16

GEMISH

PA Supreme Court rebuttal of Justice Alito on abortion (MSNBC) 

 

CDC Map: Life expectancy gaps in Erie areas (YourErie)

New YSU president is congressional election denier (Business Journal Daily,)

Inviting immigrants to help invigorate Erie  (PennLive/NPR)

 

 

Clearing space at Blasco library for Gannon's Project Neptwn. Seen through the window is the Intermodal Center, whose empty east end would have made more sense.

 

 

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Calendar and local info sharing for people who believe "a better world is possible."Focus is local/regional. Not affiliated with any organization All upcoming event listings are nonviolent. Event submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com

 

IN MEMORIAM notices: I prefer being contacted by a loved one about notifying the community of a passing, preferably acting within the wishes of the person who has passed. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erie County Councilman Rock Copeland requests investigation into administration

 activity (YourErie)

https://www.yourerie.com/news/erie-co-councilman-rock-copeland-requests-an-investigative-committee-into-administrative-activity/

стеклянная банка

Black History Month display at Blasco. More displays and local materials in the Heritage Room. 

Black History Month display at Blasco. More displays and local materials in the Heritage Room. 

BLACK HISTORY EVENTS

Meadville Ebony Genealogy of Sorts (December 10, 2022) presentation by Dr. Armendia Dixon on the history of Black people in Meadville (1800 - 20th century) she co-authored with Dedra Presser in 1988. The work is being revived. (Video, 30 min.)

Erie Times News list of  2024 events

Celebrating Black History (Erie's Public Schools)

Historical Institute of Culture & the African-American Experience 315 E. 9th St. Erie PA

Feb 12 - Autumn Rose Miskweminanocauq Williams  Mercyhurst Walker Recital Hall 8:30 p.m. will speak on her Black and indigenous heritage. Free and open to the public

Feb 14 "Frederick Douglass: Progress through Struggle" noon on Zoom. link pennwest.edu/news Presenter: Joseph Croskey PennWest

Feb 22 - A History of US's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Featuring Johnny Johnson M.Ed 7pm at Jefferson Ed. Society 3207 State 

Feb 28 - UofB Speaker: Heather McGhee Author of "The Sum of Us" 7:00 p.m. Center for the Arts, UB North Campus University at Buffalo 

ARTS & READS

Interview with Werner Books co-owners (Erie Reader) 

Bob Marley One Love is in theaters February 14th

Feb 29 SUNY Visiting writer Lydia Conklin 7pm Rockefeller Arts Center SUNY Fredonia Conklin is a writer, cartoonist, and assistant professor at Vanderbilt whose work centers on the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people

Revolucion Chicha Erie Art Museum thru February. 'Features works by Peruvian artists and art collectives including Elliot Tupac, Amapolay, Familia Gutierrez, Nación Chicha, Moises Sants and Monky. Born from the working class, “chicha” has become synonymous with Peru’s indigenous culture and associated with the “lower classes.”'

John Mellencamp's March 16 concert at the Warner still has some tickets available. 

Posters without Borders through March 2 YSU Youngstown State University free and open to the public. The McDonough Museum is open 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 

"Living Voices" at Robert H. Jackson Center welcomes teachers and their students to the Center’s Cappa Theater. live performances combined with archival film and sound, transforming history into a moving, personal journey using historical perspectives based on real people and events." 

BLASCO

Events for February Blasco Memorial Library - LibCal - Erie County Public Library (erielibrary.org)

EARTH

Venango Twp rejects solar farm proposal (YourErie)

PA solar energy milestone (WESA)

ELECTIONS & GOVERNANCE

"Plato's Republic, Our U.S. Constitution, philosophy & history"   Host: Dr. Corbin Fowler online class 10am Feb 24, Mar. 2,9,16,23 ("maybe beyond")

2024 Elections Calendar & Important Dates

Civic Reading Group  At Edinboro Branch Library 6pm

FOOD

Erie Food Co-op: Downtown store closure (LeAnna Nieratko, CEO/GMErie Food Co-op) 

PennWest again named PA hunger-free campus (PennWest) . 

Editorial: Some governors put politics above hungry kids, but not PA (PennLive)

JUSTICE

City of Erie loses Right to Know case over blacked out police records (Erie Times-News) 

Erie Co. Council votes to give millions to DEI and ECCM (ENN)

Mercyhurst border awareness experience trip "six Mercyhurst University students who traveled to McAllen, Texas, Jan. 8-13 as part of a university-led Border Awareness Experience...led by Sister Michele Schroeck, RSM, with Mercyhurst employee Liz Patnode"

PA probation reform (WHYY) 

Millcreek, motorist settle lawsuit over his arrest related to remarks against Trump ETN 

PEACE

"Another devastating war in Gaza" Presented by Baher Ghosheh PhD $10 Jefferson Educational Society 3207 State, 7pm

Erie County United multiple events 

SCHOOLS

USA TODAY Network analyzed library policies in more than 400 Pa. school districts (phillyburbs.com)

Right wing "parental rights" activist faces charges: assault, harassment,providing minors with alcohol (The Bucks County Herald)

WORKING PEOPLE

Erie nurse sues UPMC alleging labor abuses (Healthcare Dive)

Romolo's to pay $280k unpaid wages (YourErie)

Meadville Starbucks didn't get enough votes to unionize (YourErie)

PA minimum wage stalls as nearby states see increases (Axios Philadelphia)

PA workplace deaths reach highest level in 10 yrs (Patch.com)

Independent contractor rule could upend gig economy (Reuters)

Childcare crisis: In Erie Reader "Erie's Childcare Crisis" by Chloe Forbes, At Jefferson Educational Society "Tackling Erie's Childcare Crisis" with Court Gould noon Feb 16

GEMISH

PA Supreme Court rebuttal of Justice Alito on abortion (MSNBC) 

CDC Map: Life expectancy gaps in Erie areas (YourErie)

New YSU president is congressional election denier (Business Journal Daily,)

Inviting immigrants to help invigorate Erie  (PennLive/NPR)

Clearing space at Blasco library for Gannon's Project Neptwn. Seen through the window is the Intermodal Center, whose empty east end would have made more sense.

~~~~~~~~~~

Calendar and local info sharing for people who believe "a better world is possible."Focus is local/regional. Not affiliated with any organization All upcoming event listings are nonviolent. Event submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com

IN MEMORIAM notices: I prefer being contacted by a loved one about notifying the community of a passing, preferably acting within the wishes of the person who has passed. 

BLACK HISTORY EVENTS

Meadville Ebony Genealogy of Sorts (December 10, 2022) presentation by Dr. Armendia Dixon on the history of Black people in Meadville (1800 - 20th century) she co-authored with Dedra Presser in 1988. The work is being revived. (Video, 30 min.)
https://youtu.be/pW4wVnKQTQ8?si=W4c-4uRRxW8lfsUV

Erie Times News list of events

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/02/01/black-history-month-2024-where-celebrate-around-erie-pa-frederick-douglass-mlk-penn-state-behrend/72426788007/

Celebrating Black History (Erie's Public Schools)

https://www.eriesd.org/Page/20982

Historical Institute of Culture & the African-American Experience 315 E. 9th St. Erie PA

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094890203548&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Feb 12 - Autumn Rose Miskweminanocauq Williams  Mercyhurst Walker Recital Hall 8:30 p.m. will speak on her Black and indigenous heritage. Free and open to the public

Feb 14 "Frederick Douglass: Progress through Struggle" noon on Zoom. link pennwest.edu/news Presenter: Joseph Croskey PennWest

johnny johnson+++

UB Speaker: Heather McGhee Author of "The Sum of Us" Wed., Feb. 28, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. Center for the Arts, UB North Campus University at Buffalo https://www.buffalo.edu/ub-speakers/speakers/McGhee.html

ARTS & READS



Interview with Werner Books co-owners (Erie Reader) 



Feb 29 SUNY Visiting writer Lydia Conklin 7pm Rockefeller Arts Center SUNY Fredonia Conklin is a writer, cartoonist, and assistant professor at Vanderbilt whose work centers on the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people

https://events.fredonia.edu/event/mary_louise_white_visiting_writer_lydia_conklin



Revolucion Chicha Erie Art Museum thru February.

https://www.erieartmuseum.org/revolucion-chicha



John Mellencamp's March 16 concert at the Warner still has some tickets available. https://www.eriewarnertheatre.com/events/list/03/16/2024


Posters without Borders through March 2 YSU Youngstown State University free and open to the public. The McDonough Museum is open 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. https://ysu.edu/news/mcdonough-museum-opens-first-spring-2024-exhibit#:~:text=Posters%20Without%20Borders%20began%20in,Boelts%20of%20Brain%20Bolts%20Design

"Living Voices" at Robert H. Jackson Center welcomes teachers and their students the Center’s Cappa Theater. live performances combined with archival film and sound, transforming history into a moving, personal journey using historical perspectives based on real people and events." https://www.roberthjackson.org/events/

Bob Marley One Love is in theaters February 14th
https://www.onelovemovie.com/





BLASCO



Events for February Blasco Memorial Library - LibCal - Erie County Public Library (erielibrary.org)


EARTH
Venango Twp rejects solar farm proposal (YourErie)
https://www.yourerie.com/news/pennsylvania-news/erie-county/venango-township-supervisors-reject-solar-farm-proposal/


PA solar energy milestone (WESA)
https://www.wesa.fm/environment-energy/2024-01-03/pennsylvania-solar-energy-milestone



ELECTIONS & GOVERNANCE




"Plato's Republic, Our U.S. Constitution, philosophy & history" Host: Dr. Corbin Fowler online class 10am Feb 24, Mar. 2,9,16,23 ("maybe beyond")



2024 Elections Calendar & Important Dates



https://www.vote.pa.gov/About-Elections/Pages/Upcoming-Elections.aspx



FOOD
Erie Food Co-op: Downtown store closure (LeAnna Nieratko, CEO/GMErie Food Co-op) https://eriefood.coop/blog/post/8





PennWest again named PA hunger-free campus (PennWest) . https://www.pennwest.edu/news/hunger-free-campus
Editorial: Some governors put politics above hungry kids, but not PA (PennLive)


https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2024/01/some-governors-are-putting-politics-above-hungry-children-but-not-in-pennsylvania-pennlive-editorial.html

JUSTICE
City of Erie loses Right to Know case over blacked out police records (Erie Times-News) https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2023/12/29/city-of-erie-pa-loses-right-to-know-case-over-blacked-out-police-records-swat-team-mcnair-checque/72047027007/#:~:text=The%20city%20redacted%20most%20of,to%20release%20an%20unredacted%20copy.




Erie Co. Council votes to give millions to DEI and ECCM (ENN)
https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/50401271/erie-county-council-votes-to-give-millions-to-dei-commission-and-eccm



Mercyhurst border awareness experience trip "six Mercyhurst University students who traveled to McAllen, Texas, Jan. 8-13 as part of a university-led Border Awareness Experience...led by Sister Michele Schroeck, RSM, with Mercyhurst employee Liz Patnode"

https://www.mercyhurst.edu/news/border-awareness-experience-enlightens-inspires-mercyhurst-students









PA probation reform (WHYY) https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-probation-system-overhaul-courts-seal-more-criminal-records/

Millcreek, motorist settle lawsuit over his arrest related to remarks against Trump ETN https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/01/10/settlement-ends-lawsuit-tied-to-millcreek-twp-pa-motorist-anti-donald-trump-tirade-thomas-sebastian/72159496007/

SCHOOLS

USA TODAY Network analyzed library policies in more than 400 Pa. school districts (phillyburbs.com)
https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/state/2024/01/03/pa-school-library-policies-data-reporting-method-usa-today-network/72013616007/



Right wing "parental rights" activist faces charges: assault, harassment,providing minors with alcohol (The Bucks County Herald) https://buckscountyherald.com/stories/testimony-parental-rights-activist-did-shots-with-teens-at-her-buckingham-home,36294


WORKING PEOPLE

Erie nurse sues UPMC alleging labor abuses (Healthcare Dive)

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/healthcare/2024/01/29/upmc-lawsuit-antitrust-class-action-erie-pa-nurse/72352201007/ alternative link https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/nurse-sues-upmc-monopoly-labor-abuse-pennsylvania/705287/

Romolo's to pay $280k unpaid wages (YourErie)
https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/romolos-chocolates-to-pay-back-280k-for-claims-of-unpaid-wages/


PA minimum wage stalls as nearby states see increases (Axios Philadelphia)
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2022/01/12/pennsylvania-minimum-wage-2022-increases

PA workplace deaths reach highest level in 10 yrs (Patch.com)

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/across-pa/workplace-deaths-pa-reach-highest-level-nearly-10-years



Meadville Starbucks didn't get enough votes to unionize (YourErie)

https://www.yourerie.com/news/pennsylvania-news/crawford-county/meadville-pa-starbucks-fails-to-get-necessary-votes-to-unionize/



Childcare crisis: In Erie Reader "Erie's Childcare Crisis" by Chloe Forbes, At Jefferson Educational Society "Tackling Erie's Childcare Crisis Court Gould noon Feb 16



Independent contractor rule could upend gig economy (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-admin-announce-independent-contractor-rule-that-could-upend-gig-economy-2024-01-08/











ETC

CDC Map: Life expectancy gaps in Erie areas (YourErie)

https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/new-cdc-map-reveals-20-year-gap-for-life-expectancy-in-erie-areas/



New YSU president is congressional election denier (Business Journal Daily,)

https://businessjournaldaily.com/johnsons-first-day-as-ysu-president-met-with-protest/



Inviting immigrants to help invigorate Erie and +++ (PennLive/NPR)
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/01/amid-heated-national-debate-two-pa-mayors-are-asking-immigrants-to-help-reinvigorate-their-cities.html

BLACK HISTORY EVENTS



Meadville Ebony Genealogy of Sorts (December 10, 2022) presentation by Dr. Armendia Dixon on the history of Black people in Meadville (1800 - 20th century) she co-authored with Dedra Presser in 1988. The work is being revived. (Video, 30 min.)



https://youtu.be/pW4wVnKQTQ8?si=W4c-4uRRxW8lfsUV



Erie Times News list of events

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/02/01/black-history-month-2024-where-celebrate-around-erie-pa-frederick-douglass-mlk-penn-state-behrend/72426788007/



Celebrating Black History (Erie's Public Schools)

https://www.eriesd.org/Page/20982



Historical Institute of Culture & the African-American Experience 315 E. 9th St. Erie PA

#HICAAE

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094890203548&mibextid=ZbWKwL





Feb 12 - Autumn Rose Miskweminanocauq Williams

Mercyhurst Walker Recital Hall 8:30 p.m. will speak on her Black and indigenous heritage. Free and open to the public



Feb 14 "Frederick Douglass: Progress through Struggle" noon on Zoom. link pennwest.edu/news Presenter: Joseph Croskey PennWest



Johnny Johnson M.Ed:"A History of Black Education in America" Feb 5 6pm Host: Jefferson Ed. Society Lincoln Community Center Library, Erie



https://www.jeserie.org/events/details/satellite-location-fairview-a-history-of-black-education-in-america





UB Speaker: Heather McGhee Author of "The Sum of Us" Wed., Feb. 28, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. Center for the Arts, UB North Campus University at Buffalo https://www.buffalo.edu/ub-speakers/speakers/McGhee.html







ARTS



Interview with Werner Books co-owners (Erie Reader) Gem City Style: Werner Books and Coffee - Erie Reader



Feb 29 SUNY Visiting writer Lydia Conklin 7pm Rockefeller Arts Center SUNY Fredonia Conklin is a writer, cartoonist, and assistant professor at Vanderbilt whose work centers on the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people

https://events.fredonia.edu/event/mary_louise_white_visiting_writer_lydia_conklin



Revolucion Chicha Erie Art Museum thru February.

https://www.erieartmuseum.org/revolucion-chicha



John Mellencamp's March 16 concert at the Warner still has some tickets available. https://www.eriewarnertheatre.com/events/list/03/16/2024


Posters without Borders through March 2 YSU Youngstown State University free and open to the public. The McDonough Museum is open 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. https://ysu.edu/news/mcdonough-museum-opens-first-spring-2024-exhibit#:~:text=Posters%20Without%20Borders%20began%20in,Boelts%20of%20Brain%20Bolts%20Design

"Living Voices" at Robert H. Jackson Center welcome teachers and their studentsin the Center’s Cappa Theater. live performances combined with archival film and sound, transforming history into a moving, personal journey using historical perspectives based on real people and events." https://www.roberthjackson.org/events/

Bob Marley One Love is in theaters February 14th
https://www.onelovemovie.com/





BLASCO



Events for February Blasco Memorial Library - LibCal - Erie County Public Library (erielibrary.org)


EARTH
Venango Twp rejects solar farm proposal (YourErie)
https://www.yourerie.com/news/pennsylvania-news/erie-county/venango-township-supervisors-reject-solar-farm-proposal/


PA solar energy milestone (WESA)
https://www.wesa.fm/environment-energy/2024-01-03/pennsylvania-solar-energy-milestone



ELECTIONS & GOVERNANCE




"Plato's Republic, Our U.S. Constitution, philosophy & history" Host: Dr. Corbin Fowler online class 10am Feb 24, Mar. 2,9,16,23 ("maybe beyond")



2024 Elections Calendar & Important Dates



https://www.vote.pa.gov/About-Elections/Pages/Upcoming-Elections.aspx





What are nomination petitions? (Politics PA)
https://www.politicspa.com/what-are-nomination-petitions-and-why-do-they-matter/130644/



Election dates 2024

FOOD
Erie Food Co-op: Downtown store closure (LeAnna Nieratko, CEO/GMErie Food Co-op) https://eriefood.coop/blog/post/8





PennWest again named PA hunger-free campus (PennWest) . https://www.pennwest.edu/news/hunger-free-campus
Editorial: Some governors put politics above hungry kids, but not PA (PennLive)


https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2024/01/some-governors-are-putting-politics-above-hungry-children-but-not-in-pennsylvania-pennlive-editorial.html

JUSTICE
City of Erie loses Right to Know case over blacked out police records (Erie Times-News) https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2023/12/29/city-of-erie-pa-loses-right-to-know-case-over-blacked-out-police-records-swat-team-mcnair-checque/72047027007/#:~:text=The%20city%20redacted%20most%20of,to%20release%20an%20unredacted%20copy.





https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/50401271/erie-county-council-votes-to-give-millions-to-dei-commission-and-eccm



Mercyhurst border awareness experience trip "six Mercyhurst University students who traveled to McAllen, Texas, Jan. 8-13 as part of a university-led Border Awareness Experience...led by Sister Michele Schroeck, RSM, with Mercyhurst employee Liz Patnode"

https://www.mercyhurst.edu/news/border-awareness-experience-enlightens-inspires-mercyhurst-students





Erie County Council to Give millions to DEI and ECCM (Erie News Now) https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/50401271/erie-county-council-votes-to-give-millions-to-dei-commission-and-eccm



Probation reform (WHYY) https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-probation-system-overhaul-courts-seal-more-criminal-records/

Millcreek, motorist settle lawsuit over his arrest related to remarks against Trump ETN https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/01/10/settlement-ends-lawsuit-tied-to-millcreek-twp-pa-motorist-anti-donald-trump-tirade-thomas-sebastian/72159496007/

SCHOOLS

USA TODAY Network analyzed library policies in more than 400 Pa. school districts (phillyburbs.com)
https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/state/2024/01/03/pa-school-library-policies-data-reporting-method-usa-today-network/72013616007/



Right wing "parental rights" activist faces charges: assault, harassment,providing minors with alcohol (The Bucks County Herald) https://buckscountyherald.com/stories/testimony-parental-rights-activist-did-shots-with-teens-at-her-buckingham-home,36294

Educational tax credits erie reader



Mentors



WORKING PEOPLE

Erie nurse sues UPMC alleging labor abuses (ETN)

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/healthcare/2024/01/29/upmc-lawsuit-antitrust-class-action-erie-pa-nurse/72352201007/ alternative link https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/nurse-sues-upmc-monopoly-labor-abuse-pennsylvania/705287/

Romolo's to pay $280k unpaid wages (YourErie)
https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/romolos-chocolates-to-pay-back-280k-for-claims-of-unpaid-wages/


PA minimum wage stalls as nearby states see increases (Axios Philadelphia)
https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2022/01/12/pennsylvania-minimum-wage-2022-increases

PA workplace deaths reach highest level in 10 yrs (Patch.com)

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/across-pa/workplace-deaths-pa-reach-highest-level-nearly-10-years



Meadville Starbucks didn't get enough votes to unionize (YourErie)

https://www.yourerie.com/news/pennsylvania-news/crawford-county/meadville-pa-starbucks-fails-to-get-necessary-votes-to-unionize/



Childcare crisis: In Erie Reader "Erie's Childcare Crisis" by Chloe Forbes, At Jefferson Educational Society "Tackling Erie's Childcare Crisis Court Gould noon Feb 16



Independent contractor rule could upend gig economy (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-admin-announce-independent-contractor-rule-that-could-upend-gig-economy-2024-01-08/



Meadville Starbucks didn't get enough votes to unionize (YourErie)

https://www.yourerie.com/news/pennsylvania-news/crawford-county/meadville-pa-starbucks-fails-to-get-necessary-votes-to-unionize/







ETC



CDC Map: Life expectancy gaps in Erie areas (YourErie)

https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/new-cdc-map-reveals-20-year-gap-for-life-expectancy-in-erie-areas/



New YSU president is congressional election denier (Business Journal Daily,)

https://businessjournaldaily.com/johnsons-first-day-as-ysu-president-met-with-protest/



Inviting immigrants to help invigorate Erie and +++ (PennLive/NPR)
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/01/amid-heated-national-debate-two-pa-mayors-are-asking-immigrants-to-help-reinvigorate-their-cities.html