Friday, October 25, 2024

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2024

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ARTS

Grand Opening Erie African Arts Gallery November 18 from 3-9pm. at 13 E. 13th St Erie PA. Find on FB: Erie African Arts Sourced directly from Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Nigeria.

Community Event – She Sings: A Soaring Musical Robert H Jackson Center Jamestown NY November 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 

Harry Burleigh birthday December 2, 1866

The Book Women Dec 5-8 SUNY Fredonia, Bartlett Theatre "In the midst of the Great Depression, in a community crushed by the collapse of coal, and isolated by the very mountains they call home, a group of determined librarians take to their horses to reach the people of Eastern Kentucky."

Community Event – It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play  December 20  - December 22 The Robert H. Jackson Center 305 E 4th ST, Jamestown, NY '

An Interview with Erie county musician Roger Harvey (Nathaniel Clerk/Erie Reader) 'With a tracklist covering The Almanac Singers, Merle Travis, Joe Hill, and countless others, the album is essentially a love letter to the enduring nature of folk music. Harvey expands, "These songs that have been contextually sung for so many different protest movements throughout history but also sung at home. [...] There's something about these songs and the message that uplifts people through hardship, and that was something that I connected to."'

National Comedy Center Launches Special Exhibit to Honor Norman Lear’s Legacy of Civic Engagement National Comedy Center , Jamestown NY thru 2025. Multimedia exhibit honors the groundbreaking creator and producer (All in the Family, Maude, etc., etc.), founder of progressive and pro-democracy People for the American Way, and more 

Video: Chelsea Oliver: Country Music, Culture Wars, and Politics  Recorded presentation at Jefferson Educational Society 8/20/2024 time: 49:27

BENEDICTINES

Coverage about MAGA false allegations of voter fraud Press Release from Benedictines ,  ABC News  National Catholic Reporter 

Cathy ONeill backgrounder on Benedictine order +++++

Erie Benedictine Monastery Tour "Guided monastery tour at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 7 followed by supper with the sisters, then stay and join us for the Advent Vigil in the chapel at 7:00 p.m. Reservations are needed for the tour and dinner, please RSVP at link. or call Michelle at 814-899-0614 ext 2507. Our address is 6101 East Lake Road in Erie.

Pennsylvania Magazine article Mount St Benedict monastery featured in their Sept/Oct issue. 

SNL alludes to Benedictines in post-election cold open (NCR) LASCO

BLASCO

Davis purchase of possible interest? https://public.eriecountypa.gov/property-tax-records/property-records/property-tax-search/parcel-profile.aspx?parcelid=33116495001500 

Priorities, Part 2 (KOPL blog) 


Video: Libraries and Democracy" A Conversation with ALA President Cindy Hohl. "As a member of the Santee Sioux Nation in Nebraska, Cindy Hoel is the second Native American woman to serve as ALA President...'There has never been a better time to serve our communities within the roles of librarianship and we stand united in our mission to ensure equal access to information for all,' said Hohl." Presented at City Club of Cleveland Oct 14, 2024.

COMMUNITY

SSJNN details for the proposed "strategic actions and investments plan" focuses on Erie's Little Italy and Federal Hill neighborhoods, as well as a portion of the city's east (Erie Times-News) side. City Council Study Session - 10/15/2024 on this subject. 

Erie Grassroots Coalition meets monthly at 6pm at 2046 East 19th Street Quality of Life Center (814) 899-3904 "The Eastside Grassroots Coalition (EGC) is a collaborative effort between the Urban Erie Community Development Corporation (UECDC) and the House of Mercy. The goal of the EGC is to engage residents, community organizations, and businesses to revitalize the Buffalo Road Corridor and surrounding neighborhoods creating a prosperous and thriving community."  uecdc.org

Safe Streets and Roads Project by Jackie Spry Director of Planning and Neighborhood Resources at City of Erie at 24:35 at Erie City Council meeting 11-6-2024 Erie Safety Action Plan Ms. Spry definitely interested in meeting with local a groups especially BIPOC community on traffic plan

Ending pedestrian deaths in Pittsburgh is a team effort (Pgh City Paper) 


ELECTIONS

Sources for news, investigations, etc. of the 2024 PA elections:  Spotlight PA , Pennsylvania Capital-Star  

FOOD

Chef Tawnya Brant Mohawk Nation citizen Tawnya Brant owner of Yawekon Foods peovides a focus on Haudenosaunee culinary roots. Haudenosaunee Cooking: Decolonizing our Food Part 1, 2, 3 ( Ganondagan)

From UFW video clip at NY State apple farm: "H2-a workers are getting young trees ready for next year. The lucky workers are able to use a hoe to weed, but as there aren't enough tools some of the workers must bend over to hand weed which is very hard on their backs." (H2-a is a guest worker program.) My thoughts: We need to do better, provide these workers with tools so they aren't destroying their bodies as they work. I did some of this weeding work for a local farmer when I was 14 and it is very hard, even for young backs. I'd like to see all able Americans try a few shifts of this sort of work to appreciate the people who grow and harvest our food. Note I said "try." Most couldn't or wouldn't last eight hours, much less ten, 12, etc. ~deb

HOME

National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day is December 21  (link goes to YourErie coverage from 2023)

Our Neighbors' Place Seasonal Overflow Shelter in Erie : Nov. 13, 2024- April 2, 2025 . Season 13 of ONP will take place at the Community Resilience Center Center (450 E 16th St. Erie, PA ), a single site location provided by Erie County. This shelter is a collaborative effort from EUM" Volunteers needed, contact Erika DePalma at edepalma@EUMA-Erie.org

EUMA-sponsored homeless ministry coming to Meadville "SAM - Shelter Area Meadville is a mutual help organization ... modeled after the Our Neighbor's Place program started by the Erie United Methodist Alliance (EUMA). EUMA lends SAM their experience, strength and hope, as well as their institutional support..." Volunteers needed,    visit link.

IMMIGRANTS

Immigration a driving force in Pa. economy, filling labor shortages  (Rep Ryan Bizarro) "Foreign-born Pa. population has spending power of more than $30 billion"

Erie Reader Book Club November Selection "We'll be reading Miss Me Forever by Eugene Cross. The book follows the story of Tulsi Gurung, a refugee from a Bhutanese camp who is resettled in Erie with his grandfather, as he anxiously awaits word from his beloved sister who still resides at Camp Goldhap"

INDIGENOUS

Native American Heritage Month Speaker Leon Sam Briggs .November 29 at 7pm at Little Church on the Hill, 10410 High St, Albion, Speaker Leon Briggs of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Hawk Clan,. Q&A after.. Admission free, and any donations received go to the ongoing maintenance, restoration, and preservation of The Little Church on the Hill by the Elk Creek Twp. Historical Society, host of this event. 

LISTEN: Niagara Falls H.S. Native American Youth Club (from What's Next on WBFO) "Jessica Forgette, an English teacher at Niagara Falls High School. Jessica recently started the Native American Youth Club...Alex Simone sat down with Jessica to discuss the club’s mission, her journey with her own Indigenous roots, as well as dive into the world of Native American education in Western New York."

UB first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major (Olean Times Herald)
University at Buffalo first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major Indigenous Studies academic research (WBFO) 

New podcast explores indigenous history of The Ohio Country (WYSU)

Native Land Digital  "strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide."

Boarding schools
JUSTICE

Freda Tepfer is asking people to show up next week 11/19 at County Council budget hearings at 3pm for hearing and to show support for the Human Relations Commission. 

The Legacy of Tamir Rice (City Club of Cleveland) In-person and live streaming. 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Forum begins at noon.

Fired W.PA Trump campaign field director is white nationalist podcaster (Politico) Online Luke Meyer is co-host of Richard Spencer's podcast. “Every second man under the age of thirty in the GOP believes 90 percent of the same things I believe,” Meyer wrote. “They just don’t have the platform that I do, and can remain undetected as I had done.”

from 2017:  People are using Trump’s “illegal aliens” hotline to complain about ET and Superman (Vox) Dragged out this article from the past because right now a white downstate supremacist is already calling for "illegal aliens" to be aggressively reported.

Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

LIVES ~ Ralph W. Tillotson

Ralph Waldo Tillotson was born 29 Nov 1885 and lived most of his life in Erie PA. He was a lifelong labor activist (AFL and CIO) and member of Eugene V. Debs' Socialist Party. He had a good bit of support for his political runs on the Socialist ticket but also  faced harsh opposition for his beliefs. He was arrested for anti-war activities in 1918. The federal agent who arrested Tillotson reportedly said that the arrest was “simply the local phase of a country-wide movement against the Socialist Party and other radical labor movements" 

"Ralph Waldo Tillotson Erie Labor Leader" by Robert Parks, The Journal of Erie Studies, Fall, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 2
"The Red Scare in Erie 1918-1920" by David Horvath The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 1 David G Horvath.  Tillotson events on pages 60-61
Guide to the Ralph W. Tillotson Collection, 1894-1963 AIS.1976.13 "Ralph Waldo Tillotson (1885-1964) was a Socialist Party member and an active participant in the organized labor movement in Erie, Pennsylvania, in the first half of the 20th century. This collection contains a small sample of his correspondence, campaign material, and Socialist Party information, newspaper clippings about labor events and elections, some Tillotson family genealogical research done by a relative, and a book about the history of Erie County on one roll of microfilm."

LGBTQ+

With Erie a 'safe space,' the LGBTQ+ community is championing more policy progress (Erie Times-News)

Local LGBTQ+ leader worried about 2nd Trump term (Erie News Now)

Trans Day of Remembrance Unitarian Universalist Cong. Of Erie 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie. (location changed) Nov 20 7pm "Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings for who they truly were. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place at Sarah Reed's St. Ann's campus in their library. There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward." Also Youngstown event 

Transgiving  Nov 23 from 2pm-5pm 3104 State St, Erie, PA 16508 "Join us for our annual Transgiving dinner! Feel free to bring a side dish or dessert to share" Hosted by Transfamily of NWPA

SCHOOL

Never Mind The Presidency (Curmudgucation) "Take Pennsylvania, where the legislature has been Democratic enough to forestall the worst ideas. Instead, right wingers have adopted a district-by-district strategy.  The Independence Law Center is the legal shop for the Pennsylvania Family Institute,,,"

Youth Homelessness: A Primer JES Raimy Fellow Damali Donovan November 18 (Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road, Erie, PA, 6pm) and also December 12 (ECAT, 650 East Ave.) Host Jefferson Ed. Society

SPIRIT

Opinion: 'The day character died' Bishop Brock reflects on American voters' telling choice (Erie Times-News)

Parris Baker, Ph.D : White Christian Nationalism Isn’t Christian at All! 12/09/2024 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Admission Free Location Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road Erie, PA Host: JES

WOMEN

Changes in abortion access are shifting how doulas help patients (Spotlight PA) 

Video: An Evening w/Heather Cox Richardson and Tom Nichols Hosted by Jefferson Educational Society 10/29/2024

Video: An Evening with Liz Cheney and ​Sister Joan Chittister Hosted by Jefferson Educational Society 10/17/2024

Peace Love and Warmth Nov 16 Perry Square Erie PA

14th Annual Dr. King Awards Dinner, January 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM at the MLK Center's Event Center.312 Chestnut Street Erie, PA 16507 Join us as we celebrate our community members and their accomplishments over the last year. Register soon because space is limited
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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. If you don't notify me don't get mad if something is left out. Submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com
Blog URL https://eriebluegreen.blogspot.com/

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RESISTANCE

Here we go again. Will provide events and listings as available, and in January newsletter. 


ARTS

Grand Opening Erie African Arts Gallery November 18 from 3-9pm. at 13 E. 13th St Erie PA. Find on FB: Erie African Arts Sourced directly from Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Nigeria.

Community Event – She Sings: A Soaring Musical Robert H Jackson Center Jamestown NY November 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm 

Harry Burleigh birthday December 2, 1866

Community Event – It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play  December 20  - December 22 The Robert H. Jackson Center 305 E 4th ST, Jamestown, NY '

An Interview with Erie county musician Roger Harvey (Nathaniel Clerk/Erie Reader) 'With a tracklist covering The Almanac Singers, Merle Travis, Joe Hill, and countless others, the album is essentially a love letter to the enduring nature of folk music. Harvey expands, "These songs that have been contextually sung for so many different protest movements throughout history but also sung at home. [...] There's something about these songs and the message that uplifts people through hardship, and that was something that I connected to."'

National Comedy Center Launches Special Exhibit to Honor Norman Lear’s Legacy of Civic Engagement National Comedy Center , Jamestown NY thru 2025. Multimedia exhibit honors the groundbreaking creator and producer (All in the Family, Maude, etc., etc.), founder of progressive and pro-democracy People for the American Way, and more 

Video: Chelsea Oliver: Country Music, Culture Wars, and Politics  Recorded presentation at Jefferson Educational Society 8/20/2024 time: 49:27

BENEDICTINES

Coverage about MAGA false allegations of voter fraud Press Release from Benedictines ,  ABC News  National Catholic Reporter 

Cathy ONeill backgriounder on Benedictine order +++++

Erie Benedictine Monastery Tour "Guided monastery tour at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 7 followed by supper with the sisters, then stay and join us for the Advent Vigil in the chapel at 7:00 p.m. Reservations are needed for the tour and dinner, please RSVP at link. or call Michelle at 814-899-0614 ext 2507. Our address is 6101 East Lake Road in Erie.

Pennsylvania Magazine article Mount St Benedict monastery featured in their Sept/Oct issue. 

SNL alludes to Benedictines in post-election cold open (NCR) LASCO

BLASCO

Davis purchase of possible interest?

Priorities, Part 2 (KOPL blog) 

Documentary about Keep Our Library Public movement in production now. 2nd State Films 

COMMUNITY

SSJNN details for the proposed "strategic actions and investments plan" focuses on Erie's Little Italy and Federal Hill neighborhoods, as well as a portion of the city's east (Erie Times-News) side. City Council Study Session - 10/15/2024 on this subject. 

Erie Grassroots Coalition meets monthly at 6pm at 2046 East 19th Street Quality of Life Center (814) 899-3904 "The Eastside Grassroots Coalition (EGC) is a collaborative effort between the Urban Erie Community Development Corporation (UECDC) and the House of Mercy. The goal of the EGC is to engage residents, community organizations, and businesses to revitalize the Buffalo Road Corridor and surrounding neighborhoods creating a prosperous and thriving community."  uecdc.org

Safe Streets and Roads Project by Jackie Spry Director of Planning and Neighborhood Resources at City of Erie at 24:35. Erie City Council meeting 11-6-2024 

Ending pedestrian deaths in Pittsburgh is a team effort (Pgh City Paper) 


ELECTIONS

Sources for news, investigations, etc. of the 2024 PA elections:  Spotlight PA , Pennsylvania Capital-Star  

FOOD

Chef Tawnya Brant Mohawk Nation citizen Tawnya Brant owner of Yawekon Foods peovides a focus on Haudenosaunee culinary roots. Haudenosaunee Cooking: Decolonizing our Food Part 1, 2, 3 ( Ganondagan)

From UFW video clip at NY State apple farm: "H2-a workers are getting young trees ready for next year. The lucky workers are able to use a hoe to weed, but as there aren't enough tools some of the workers must bend over to hand weed which is very hard on their backs." (H2-a is a guest worker program.) My thoughts: We need to do better, provide these workers with tools so they aren't destroying their bodies as they work. I did some of this weeding work for a local farmer when I was 14 and it is very hard, even for young backs. I'd like to see all able Americans try a few shifts of this sort of work to appreciate the people who grow and harvest our food. Note I said "try." Most couldn't or wouldn't last eight hours, much less ten, 12, etc. ~deb

HOME

National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day is December 21  (link goes to YourErie coverage from 2023)

Our Neighbors' Place Seasonal Overflow Shelter in Erie : Nov. 13, 2024- April 2, 2025 "A community effort, ONP used to operate on a rotating basis among several downtown Erie churches during the winter season. Season 13 of ONP will take place at the Community Resilience Center  Center (450 E 16th St. Erie, PA ), a single site location provided by Erie County. Guests are provided food, the opportunity to shower, a place to sleep, chaplain services, hygiene necessities, foot care, and are introduced to available homeless services." Volunteers needed Erika DePalma at edepalma@EUMA-Erie.org .Info: 

EUMA-sponsored homeless ministry coming to Meadville "SAM - Shelter Area Meadville is a mutual help organization ... modeled after the Our Neighbor's Place program started by the Erie United Methodist Alliance (EUMA). EUMA lends SAM their experience, strength and hope, as well as their institutional support..." Volunteers needed,    visit link.

Youth Homelessness: A Primer JES Raimy Fellow Damali Donovan November 18 (Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road, Erie, PA, 6pm) and also December 12 (ECAT, 650 East Ave.) Host Jefferson Ed. Society

INDIGENOUS

Native American Heritage Month Speaker Leon Sam Briggs .November 29 at 7pm at Little Church on the Hill, 10410 High St, Albion, Speaker Leon Briggs of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Hawk Clan,. Q&A after.. Admission free, and any donations received go to the ongoing maintenance, restoration, and preservation of The Little Church on the Hill by the Elk Creek Twp. Historical Society, host of this event. 

LISTEN: Niagara Falls H.S. Native American Youth Club (from What's Next on WBFO) "Jessica Forgette, an English teacher at Niagara Falls High School. Jessica recently started the Native American Youth Club...Alex Simone sat down with Jessica to discuss the club’s mission, her journey with her own Indigenous roots, as well as dive into the world of Native American education in Western New York."

UB first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major (Olean Times Herald)
University at Buffalo first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major Indigenous Studies academic research (WBFO) 

New podcast explores indigenous history of The Ohio Country (WYSU)

Native Land Digital  "strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide."

Boarding schools
JUSTICE

Freda Tepfer is asking people to show up next week 11/19 at County Council budget hearings at 3pm for hearing and to show support for the Human Relations Commission. Freda will put together a comparison of what is covered by Erie vs State HRC ordinance/law.

Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in Pa., other states (AP)

Fired W.PA Trump campaign field director is white nationalist podcaster (Politico) Online Luke Meyer is co-host of Richard Spencer's podcast. “Every second man under the age of thirty in the GOP believes 90 percent of the same things I believe,” Meyer wrote. “They just don’t have the platform that I do, and can remain undetected as I had done.”

from 2017: People are using Trump’s “illegal aliens” hotline to complain about ET and Superman (Vox) Dragged out this article from the past because right now a white downstate supremacist is already calling for "illegal aliens" to be aggressively reported.

Dec 10 Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

LIVES ~ Ralph W. Tillotson

Ralph Waldo Tillotson was born 29 Nov 1885 and lived most of his life in Erie PA. He was a lifelong labor activist (AFL and CIO) and member of Eugene V. Debs' Socialist Party. He had a good bit of support for his political runs on the Socialist ticket but also  faced harsh opposition for his beliefs. He was arrested for anti-war activities in 1918. The federal agent who arrested Tillotson reportedly said that the arrest was “simply the local phase of a country-wide movement against the Socialist Party and other radical labor movements" 

"Ralph Waldo Tillotson Erie Labor Leader" by Robert Parks, The Journal of Erie Studies, Fall, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 2
"The Red Scare in Erie 1918-1920" by David Horvath The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 1 David G Horvath.  Tillotson events on pages 60-61
Guide to the Ralph W. Tillotson Collection, 1894-1963 AIS.1976.13 "Ralph Waldo Tillotson (1885-1964) was a Socialist Party member and an active participant in the organized labor movement in Erie, Pennsylvania, in the first half of the 20th century. This collection contains a small sample of his correspondence, campaign material, and Socialist Party information, newspaper clippings about labor events and elections, some Tillotson family genealogical research done by a relative, and a book about the history of Erie County on one roll of microfilm."

LGBTQ+
With Erie a 'safe space,' the LGBTQ+ community is championing more policy progress (Erie Times-News)

Local LGBTQ+ leader worried about 2nd Trump term (ENN) 

Trans Day of Remembrance Unitarian Universalist Cong. Of Erie 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie. (location changed) Nov 20 7pm "Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings for who they truly were. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place at Sarah Reed's St. Ann's campus in their library. There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward."

Transgiving  Nov 23 2pm-5pm 3104 State St, Erie, PA 16508-2820 "Join us for our annual Transgiving dinner! Feel free to bring a side dish or dessert to share" Hosted by Transamily of NWPA

SCHOOL

Never Mind The Presidency (Curmudgucation) "Take Pennsylvania, where the legislature has been Democratic enough to forestall the worst ideas. Instead, right wingers have adopted a district-by-district strategy.  The Independence Law Center is the legal shop for the Pennsylvania Family Institute,,,"

SPIRIT

Opinion: 'The day character died' Bishop Brock reflects on American voters' telling choice (Erie Times-News)

Parris Baker, Ph.D : White Christian Nationalism Isn’t Christian at All! 12/09/2024 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Admission Free Location Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road Erie, PA Host: JES

WOMEN

Changes in abortion access are shifting how doulas help patients (Spotlight PA) 

Video: An Evening with Liz Cheney and ​Sister Joan Chittister Hosted by Jefferson Educational Society 10/17/2024

Peace Love and Warmth Nov 16 Perry Square Erie PA

14th Annual Dr. King Awards Dinner, January 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM at the MLK Center's Event Center.312 Chestnut Street Erie, PA 16507 Join us as we celebrate our community members and their accomplishments over the last year. Register soon because space is limited


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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. If you don't notify me don't get mad if something is left out. Submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com
Blog URL https://eriebluegreen.blogspot.com/

RESISTANCE

Here we go again. Will provide events and listings as available, and in January newsletter. 


ARTS

Harry Burleigh birthday December 2, 1866

National Comedy Center Launches Special Exhibit to Honor Norman Lear’s Legacy of Civic Engagement National Comedy Center , Jamestown NY thru 2025. Multimedia exhibit honors the groundbreaking creator and producer (All in the Family, Maude, etc., etc.), founder of progressive and pro-democracy People for the American Way, and more 

Video: Chelsea Oliver: Country Music, Culture Wars, and Politics  Recorded presentation at Jefferson Educational Society +++ 49:27

BENEDICTINES

Coverage about MAGA false allegations of voter fraud Press Release from Benedictines ,  ABC News  National Catholic Reporter 

Cathy ONeill backgriounder on Benedictine order +++++

Erie Benedictine Monastery Tour "Guided monastery tour at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 7 followed by supper with the sisters, then stay and join us for the Advent Vigil in the chapel at 7:00 p.m. Reservations are needed for the tour and dinner, please RSVP at link. or call Michelle at 814-899-0614 ext 2507. Our address is 6101 East Lake Road in Erie.
https://eriebenedictines.org/spirituality/advent-tour-reservation-form.html

Pennsylvania Magazine article Mount St Benedict monastery featured in their Sept/Oct issue. 

SNL alludes to Benedictines in post-election cold open (NCR) LASCO


BLASCO

Davis purchase of possible interest?

Priorities, Part 2 (KOPL blog) 

nnnnn
Documentary about Keep Our Library Public movement in production now. 2nd State Films 

COMMUNITY

SSJNN details for the proposed "strategic actions and investments plan" focuses on Erie's Little Italy and Federal Hill neighborhoods, as well as a portion of the city's east (Erie Times-News) side. City Council Study Session - 10/15/2024 on this subject. 

Eastside coalition

Safe Streets and Roads Project by Jackie Spry Director of Planning and Neighborhood Resources at City of Erie at 24:35. Erie City Council meeting 11-6-2024


ELECTIONS

A couple sources for 2024 PA elections info, commentary,  and investigations:  Spotlight PA , Pennsylvania Capital-Star  

FOOD

Chef Tawnya Brant Mohawk Nation citizen Tawnya Brant owner of Yawekon Foods peovides a focus on Haudenosaunee culinary roots. Haudenosaunee Cooking: Decolonizing our Food Part 1, 2, 3 ( Ganondagan)

From UFW video clip at NY State apple farm: "H2-a workers are getting young trees ready for next year. The lucky workers are able to use a hoe to weed, but as there aren't enough tools some of the workers must bend over to hand weed which is very hard on their backs." (H2-a is a guest worker program.) We need to do better, provide these workers with tools so they aren't destroying their bodies as they work. I did this sort of weeding when I was 14 and it is very hard, even for young backs. All able Americans should do a few shifts of this sort of work to appreciate the people who grow and harvest our food. ~deb

HOME

National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day is December 21  (link goes to YourErie coverage from 2023)

Youth Homelessness: A Primer JES Raimy Fellow Damali Donovan November 18 (Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road, Erie, PA, 6pm) and also December 12 (ECAT, 650 East Ave.) Host Jefferson Ed. Society

INDIGENOUS

Native American Heritage Month Speaker Leon Sam Briggs .November 29 at 7pm at Little Church on the Hill, 10410 High St, Albion, Speaker Leon Briggs of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Hawk Clan,. Q&A after.. Admission free, and any donations received go to the ongoing maintenance, restoration, and preservation of The Little Church on the Hill by the Elk Creek Twp. Historical Society, host of this event. 

LISTEN: Niagara Falls H.S. Native American Youth Club (from What's Next on WBFO) "Jessica Forgette, an English teacher at Niagara Falls High School. Jessica recently started the Native American Youth Club...Alex Simone sat down with Jessica to discuss the club’s mission, her journey with her own Indigenous roots, as well as dive into the world of Native American education in Western New York."

UB first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major (Olean Times Herald)
University at Buffalo first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major Indigenous Studies academic research (WBFO) 

New podcast explores indigenous history of The Ohio Country (WYSU)

Native Land Digital  "strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide."

Boarding schools
JUSTICE

Dec 10  Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. 

LIVES ~ Ralph W. Tillotson

Ralph Waldo Tillotson was born 29 Nov 1885 and lived most of his life in Erie PA. He was a lifelong labor activist (AFL and CIO) and member of Eugene V. Debs' Socialist Party. He had a good bit of support for his political runs on the Socialist ticket but also  faced harsh opposition for his beliefs. He was arrested for anti-war activities in 1918. The federal agent who arrested Tillotson reportedly said that the arrest was “simply the local phase of a country-wide movement against the Socialist Party and other radical labor movements" 

"Ralph Waldo Tillotson Erie Labor Leader" by Robert Parks, The Journal of Erie Studies, Fall, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 2
"The Red Scare in Erie 1918-1920" by David Horvath The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 1 David G Horvath.  Tillotson events on pages 60-61
Guide to the Ralph W. Tillotson Collection, 1894-1963 AIS.1976.13 "Ralph Waldo Tillotson (1885-1964) was a Socialist Party member and an active participant in the organized labor movement in Erie, Pennsylvania, in the first half of the 20th century. This collection contains a small sample of his correspondence, campaign material, and Socialist Party information, newspaper clippings about labor events and elections, some Tillotson family genealogical research done by a relative, and a book about the history of Erie County on one roll of microfilm."

LGBTQ
With Erie a 'safe space,' the LGBTQ+ community is championing more policy progress (Erie Times-News)

Trans Day of Remembrance Unitarian Universalist Cong. Of Erie 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie. (location changed) Nov 20 7pm "Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings for who they truly were. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place at Sarah Reed's St. Ann's campus in their library. There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward."

Transgiving  Nov 23 2pm-5pm 3104 State St, Erie, PA 16508-2820 "Join us for our annual Transgiving dinner! Feel free to bring a side dish or dessert to share" Hosted by Transamily of NWPA

SCHOOL

Never Mind The Presidency (Curmudgucation) "Take Pennsylvania, where the legislature has been Democratic enough to forestall the worst ideas. Instead, right wingers have adopted a district-by-district strategy.  The Independence Law Center is the legal shop for the Pennsylvania Family Institute,,,"

SPIRIT

Parris Baker, Ph.D : White Christian Nationalism Isn’t Christian at All! 12/09/2024 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Admission Free Location Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road Erie, PA Host: JES

WOMEN

Changes in abortion access are shifting how doulas help patients https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/10/pennsylvania-abortion-doula-access/

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/18/erie-mercy-center-for-women-visited-by-pa-officials-arkoosh-bogen-hagerty-shapiro/75720240007/





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Blog URL https://eriebluegreen.blogspot.com/

ARTS


Harry Burleigh birthday December 2, 1866

"It's a Wonderful Life" December 20-23 Robert H Jackson Center Jamestown NY. A live-audience theatrical production presented as a classic 1940's radio show." 

National Comedy Center Launches Special Exhibit to Honor Norman Lear’s Legacy of Civic Engagement National Comedy Center , Jamestown NY thru 2025. Multimedia exhibit honors the groundbreaking creator and producer (All in the Family, Maude, etc., etc.), founder of progressive and pro-democracy People for the American Way, and more 

Video: Chelsea Oliver: Country Music, Culture Wars, and Politics  Recorded presentation at Jefferson Educational Society +++ 49:27

COMMUNITY
SSJNN details for the proposed "strategic actions and investments plan" focuses on Erie's Little Italy and Federal Hill neighborhoods, as well as a portion of the city's east (Erie Times-News) side. City Council Study Session - 10/15/2024  Eastside coalition

EARTH


https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/11/07/opinion-erie-environmentalist-musk-trump-ev-climate-change-clean-energy-prince-william/76110703007/
 https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/10/23/opinion-recycling-will-

FOOD

Chef Tawnya Brant Mohawk Nation citizen Tawnya Brant owner of Yawekon Foods a focus on Haudenosaunee culinary roots. 

Haudenosaunee Cooking: Decolonizing our Food Part 1, 2, 3 


HOME
Homeless Memorial Day Dec 21 Home Team Memorial service honors homeless erie man (GoErie) Hosted by Erie Home Team 
Memorial service honors homeless erie man (GoErie) December 21
https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/18/memorial-service-honors-homeless-erie-man/75734407007/

Youth Homelessness: A Primer JES Raimy Fellow Damali Donovan November 18 (Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road, Erie, PA, 6pm) and December 12 (ECAT, 650 East Ave.) Host Jefferson Ed. Society

INDIGENOUS

Native American Heritage Month Speaker Leon Sam Briggs .November 29 at 7pm at Little Church on the Hill, 10410 High St, Albion, Speaker Leon Briggs of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Hawk Clan,. Q&A after.. Admission free, and any donations received go to the ongoing maintenance, restoration, and preservation of The Little Church on the Hill by the Elk Creek Twp. Historical Society, host of this event. 

LISTEN: Niagara Falls H.S. Native American Youth Club (from What's Next on WBFO) "Jessica Forgette, an English teacher at Niagara Falls High School. Jessica recently started the Native American Youth Club...Alex Simone sat down with Jessica to discuss the club’s mission, her journey with her own Indigenous roots, as well as dive into the world of Native American education in Western New York."

UB first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major (Olean Times Herald)
University at Buffalo first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major Indigenous Studies academic research (WBFO) 

New podcast explores indigenous history of 'The Ohio Country (WYSU)

Native Land Digital  "strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide."

Boarding schools

JUSTICE

Dec 10  Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Browse to http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/.

LIVES ~ Ralph W. Tillotson

Ralph Waldo Tillotson was born 29 Nov 1885 and lived most of his life in Erie PA. He was a +++ labor organizer and member of Eugene V. Debs' Socialist Party. He ran for public office several times, and faced harsh opposition for his politics.. He was arrested for anti-war activities in 1918. The federal agent who arrested Tillotson reportedly said that the arrest was “simply the local phase of a country-wide movement against the Socialist Party and other radical labor movements" 

"Ralph Waldo Tillotson Erie Labor Leader" by Robert Parks, The Journal of Erie Studies, Fall, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 2
"The Red Scare in Erie 1918-1920" by David Horvath The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 1 David G Horvath. Tillotson events on pages 60-61
Guide to the Ralph W. Tillotson Collection, 1894-1963 AIS.1976.13 "Ralph Waldo Tillotson (1885-1964) was a Socialist Party member and an active participant in the organized labor movement in Erie, Pennsylvania, in the first half of the 20th century. This collection contains a small sample of his correspondence, campaign material, and Socialist Party information, newspaper clippings about labor events and elections, some Tillotson family genealogical research done by a relative, and a book about the history of Erie County on one roll of microfilm."

LGBTQ
With Erie a 'safe space,' the LGBTQ+ community is championing more policy progress (Erie Times-News)

Trans Day of Remembrance Unitarian Universalist Cong. Of Erie 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie. (location changed) Nov 20 7pm "Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings for who they truly were. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place at Sarah Reed's St. Ann's campus in their library. There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward."

Transfamily of NWPA  Nov 23 2pm-5pm 3104 State St, Erie, PA 16508-2820 "Join us for our annual Transgiving dinner! Feel free to bring a side dish or dessert to sha

ARTS

National Comedy Center Launches Special Exhibit to Honor Norman Lear’s Legacy of Civic Engagement National Comedy Center , Jamestown NY thru 2025. Multimedia exhibit honors the groundbreaking creator and producer (All in the Family, Maude, etc., etc.), founder of progressive and pro-democracy People for the American Way, and more the https://comedycenter.org/national-comedy-center-launches-norman-lear-exhibit/

Harry Burleigh birthday December 2, 1866

It's a Wonderful Life " December 20-23 Robert H Jackson Center Jamestown NY. A live-audience theatrical production presented as a classic 1940's radio show." https://www.facebook.com/events/1198406371262729?active_tab=about


Video: Chelsea Oliver: Country Music, Culture Wars, and Politics: Exploring Intersectionality at the Ballot Box Recorded presentation at Jefferson Educational Society +++ 49:27
https://youtu.be/btJQJNNypLg?si=7jZpjT-GH3FmhAjV

Kamala legenderie  https://youtube.com/shorts/syguqyzoddo?si=dMS-Xer3Yevl0NaG



BLASCO
Land transfer


COMMUNITY
SSJNN  unveils its neighborhood improvement plans. Here are the details The proposed "strategic actions and investments plan" focuses on Erie's Little Italy and Federal Hill neighborhoods, as well as a portion of the city's east side. https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/17/erie-nonprofit-neighborhood-plan-community-development-city-council-resolution-sisters-st-joseph/75699378007/
City Council Study Session - 10/15/2024  

EARTH

Gary and andre

https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/11/07/opinion-erie-environmentalist-musk-trump-ev-climate-change-clean-energy-prince-william/76110703007/
New Girard solar farm expected to power nearly 3K PA homes, businesses
https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/new-girard-solar-farm-expected-to-power-nearly-3k-pennsylvania-homes-businesses/

Horton https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/10/23/opinion-horton-says-irg-will-reduce-plastic-waste-create-erie-jobs-co2-behrend/75143621007/ https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/25/erie-recycling-plant-offers-promise-of-community-benefit-agreement/75595377007/ 

Pa. voters split on fracking but show widespread support for stronger regulations (WHYY)  https://www.wesa.fm/environment-energy/2024-10-09/pennsylvania-voters-fracking-poll-regulations?fbclid=IwY2xjawF7ynFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaGNGNIk0ltP7mTyVzVJ9yMkJtAbthM0AnuI1bZtkYBiQCE6PIBUGwQH-w_aem_4TzweImrSv4xePy449HqBw

Annual Arbor Day Contest
https://www.wrfalp.com/nys-annual-arbor-day-poster-contest-has-begun/

NEXT Climate change
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/next-with-marcus/episodes/Is-Climate-Change-an-Election-Game-Changer-e2phl6s

IRG jenny tompkins  https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/10/23/opinion-recycling-will-perpetuate-not-curb-single-use-plastics-erie-irg-penn-state/75105040007/ Hortons https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/10/23/opinion-horton-says-irg-will-reduce-plastic-waste-create-erie-jobs-co2-behrend/75143621007/ https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/11/09/opinion-pa-chemical-industry-council-irg-recycling-project-erie-pollution-plastic-solution/75991581007/ 

Press Release: Benedictine Sisters address fraudulent claims against them
https://eriebenedictines.org/news-stories.html/article/2024/10/23/press-release-benedictine-sisters-subject-of-fraudulent-claims
https://ictnews.org/news/first-ever-oral-histories-of-indian-boarding-school-survivors-collected-with-care
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/25/politics/benedictine-sisters-of-erie-pennsylvania-election-fraud-viral/index.html
erie gop activists mailed voter registration cancellation forms
Gov. Josh Shapiro - Pennsylvania in 2024 Election & “Get Sh*t Done” Attitude | The Daily Show

FOOD
Chef Tawnya Brant Mohawk Nation citizen Tawnya Brant is Chef Owner of Yawekon Foods a focus on Haudenosaunee culinary roots.. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqY0cvDia5SNeQ9iYbhTcA

Haudenosaunee Cooking: Decolonizing our Food Part 1, 2, 3 https://youtu.be/VtBv7-Ia7MQ?si=JVMZaKaiA3oMEBbJ


HOME
Homeless Memorial Day Dec 21 Home Team   Memorial service honors homeless erie man (GoErie)
Memorial service honors homeless erie man (GoErie) December 21
https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/18/memorial-service-honors-homeless-erie-man/75734407007/

damali donovan JES copy&paste
Eastside Grassroots Coalition  https://uecdc.org/eastside-grassroots-coalition/

IMMIGRANT

INDIGENOUS

Native American Heritage Month Speaker Leon Sam Briggs .November 29 at 7pm at Little Church on the Hill, 10410 High St, Albion, Speaker Leon Briggs of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Hawk Clan,. Q&A after.. Admission is free, and any donations received go to the ongoing maintenance, restoration, and preservation of The Little Church on the Hill by the Elk Creek Twp. Historical Society, host of this event.  

New podcast explores indigenous history of 'The Ohio Country' (WYSU)

LISTEN: What's Next (WBFO) Connecting Roots: The Niagara Falls High School Native American Youth Club "Jessica Forgette, an English teacher at Niagara Falls High School. Jessica recently started the Native American Youth Club...Alex Simone sat down with Jessica to discuss the club’s mission, her journey with her own Indigenous roots, as well as dive into the world of Native American education in Western New York." 

Biden apology https://www.facebook.com/share/p/cSvr77nuMuCQHsrx/ 
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/DhTm8jkfYm8U3UKz/ NABS Oral HistoryWe are postponing our New York site visit until Spring 2025. We sincerely look forward to visiting and holding space with our relatives in New York soon. Please sign up below to stay informed about the oral history project.

UB first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major (Olean Times Herald)
University at Buffalo first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major
https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/university-at-buffalo-first-suny-school-to-offer-indigenous-studies-major/article_2f3308e4-6ed8-11ef-950c-b74ddccab44a.html
https://www.wbfo.org/from-wbfo-and-our-partners/2024-11-07/university-at-buffalos-indigenous-studies-department-highlighting-academic-research 

Native Land Digital   "strives to create and foster conversations about the history of colonialism, Indigenous ways of knowing, and settler-Indigenous relations, through educational resources such as our map and Territory Acknowledgement Guide."

First ever histories of Indian boarding school survivors collected with care (The Imprint) 


JUSTICE


Dec 10 (Tue) - Human Rights Day Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Browse to http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/.

LIVES ~ Ralph W. Tillotson
November Ralph Waldo Tillotson https://journals.psu.edu/eriestudies/article/view/56/55 RobertParks 2025 The Journal of Erie Studies, Fall, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 2
The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 1David G Horvath https://journals.psu.edu/eriestudies/article/view/49/48
Guide to the Ralph W. Tillotson Collection, 1894-1963 AIS.1976.13 https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-PPiU-ais197613/viewer

LGBTQ
With Erie a 'safe space,' the LGBTQ+ community is championing more policy progress (Erie Times-News)
https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/09/lgbtq-erie-pa-community-next-steps-of-advocacy/75460325007/

Trans Day of Remembrance UUCE (location changed) Nov 20 7pm Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings for who they truly were. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place at Sarah Reed's St. Ann's campus in their library. There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward. https://www.facebook.com/events/1926881247824918/?ref=newsfeed

Transgiving Nov 23 3104 State St, Erie, PA 16508-2820
Transfamily of NWPA

SCHOOL

SPIRIT

Parris Baker, Ph.D : White Christian Nationalism Isn’t Christian at All! 12/09/2024 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Admission Free Location Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road Erie, PA  Host: JES

WOMEN


WORKING

Local political candidates meet to answer child care questions in community forum (YourErie) "Children First, an advocacy group for child care and educational resources, held a candidate conversation Thursday night to hear from candidates and legislators... No Republican legislators or candidates took part in the Children First candidate conversation event. Organizers say all candidates were invited." https://www.yourerie.com/pennsylvania-politics/your-local-election-hq/local-political-candidates-meet-to-answer-child-care-questions-in-community-forum/





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. If you don't notify me dont get mad if something is left out. Submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com
Blog URL https://eriebluegreen.blogspot.com/



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COMMUNITY
An Erie nonprofit unveils its neighborhood improvement plans. Here are the details The proposed "strategic actions and investments plan" focuses on Erie's Little Italy and Federal Hill neighborhoods, as well as a portion of the city's east side.https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/17/erie-nonprofit-neighborhood-plan-community-development-city-council-resolution-sisters-st-joseph/75699378007/
SSJNN
https://www.youtube.com/live/fNF1IJFlKKE?si=zMr-U1nzvzU7MBzY

First ever histories of Indian boarding school survivors collected with care
https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/first-ever-oral-histories-of-indian-boarding-school-survivors-collected-with-care/255455


EASTSIDE COALITION


EARTH

New Girard solar farm expected to power nearly 3K PA homes, businesses
https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/new-girard-solar-farm-expected-to-power-nearly-3k-pennsylvania-homes-businesses/


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Pa. voters split on fracking but show widespread support for stronger regulations (WESA)

Homelessness

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Native American Heritage Month Speaker Leon Sam Briggs .November 29 at 7pm at Little


Church on the Hill, 10410 High St, Albion, PA Presentation by Speaker Leon Briggs of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Hawk Clan,. Q&A after.. Admission is free, and any donations received go to the ongoing maintenance, restoration, and preservation of The Little Church on the Hill by the Elk Creek Twp. Historical Society, host of this event..

UB first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major (Olean Times Herald)
University at Buffalo first SUNY school to offer Indigenous studies major
https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/university-at-buffalo-first-suny-school-to-offer-indigenous-studies-major/article_2f3308e4-6ed8-11ef-950c-b74ddccab44a.html

New podcast explores indigenous history of 'The Ohio Country' (WYSU) https://wysu.org/2024-07-15/new-podcast-explores-indigenous-history-of-the-ohio-country
https://www.wyso.org/podcast/the-ohio-country

LISTEN: What's Next (WBFO) "Jessica Forgette, an English teacher at Niagara Falls High School. Jessica recently started the Native American Youth Club...Alex Simone sat down with Jessica to discuss the club’s mission, her journey with her own Indigenous roots, as well as dive into the world of Native American education in Western NY." https://www.wbfo.org/2024-10-07/whats-next-connecting-roots-the-niagara-falls-high-school-native-american-youth-club
https://native-land.ca/

Chef Tawnya Brant

JUSTICE
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LGBTQ

With Erie a 'safe space,' the LGBTQ+ community is championing more policy progress
https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/09/lgbtq-erie-pa-community-next-steps-of-advocacy/75460325007/

Trans Day of Remembrance 1020 E 10th St, Erie, PA Nov 20 7pm Join us in remembering our lost transgender siblings for who they truly were. Candlelight vigil with name reading will take place at Sarah Reed's St. Ann's campus in their library. There will be time for reflection and refreshments afterward. https://www.facebook.com/events/1926881247824918/?ref=newsfeed 


Transgiving Nov 23 3104 State St, Erie, PA 16508-2820
https://www.facebook.com/events/479404631804394/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D

SCHOOL

SPIRIT

Parris Baker, Ph.D : White Christian Nationalism Isn’t Christian at All! 12/09/2024 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM Admission Free Location Lincoln Community Center Library 1255 Manchester Road Erie, PA 16505 Host: Jefferson Ed Society

WOMEN
Changes in abortion access are shifting how doulas help patients https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/10/pennsylvania-abortion-doula-access/


https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/18/erie-mercy-center-for-women-visited-by-pa-officials-arkoosh-bogen-hagerty-shapiro/75720240007/

UPMC expanding double program
WORKING


Local political candidates meet to answer child care questions in community forum (YourErie) "Children First, an advocacy group for child care and educational resources, held a candidate conversation Thursday night to hear from candidates and legislators... No Republican legislators or candidates took part in the Children First candidate conversation event. Organizers say all candidates were invited." https://www.yourerie.com/pennsylvania-politics/your-local-election-hq/local-political-candidates-meet-to-answer-child-care-questions-in-community-forum/


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Changes in abortion access are shifting how doulas help patients https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/10/pennsylvania-abortion-doula-access/

Thanksgiving St Lukes

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2024/10/18/erie-mercy-center-for-women-visited-by-pa-officials-arkoosh-bogen-hagerty-shapiro/75720240007/

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Ralph Tillotson
Ralph Waldo Tillotson https://journals.psu.edu/eriestudies/article/view/56/55 Robert Parks 2025 The Journal of Erie Studies, Fall, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 2
The Journal of Erie Studies, Spring, 1974, Vol. 3 No. 1David G Horvath https://journals.psu.edu/eriestudies/article/view/49/48
Guide to the Ralph W. Tillotson Collection, 1894-1963 AIS.1976.13 https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-PPiU-ais197613/viewer




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. If you don't notify me dont get mad if something is left out. Submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com
Blog URL https://eriebluegreen.blogspot.com/
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