The Council has supported the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) efforts to issue a strong rule to curb predatory payday lending by signing a letter drafted by the Faith and Credit Roundtable and the Center for Responsible Lending. There are increasing efforts … Continued
Posted at https://www.everyday-democracy.org/news/practicing-civic-courage-age-civic-anxiety Author: Martha McCoy February 14, 2017 The day after the election, we shared a piece by our board member Peter Levine, in which he called for civic courage. As division, uncertainty, and anxiety continue to grow, I find … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/02/14/15053/#.WKNs1G8rIdU By David Elliot February 14, 2017 Joan Claybrook, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during the Carter administration, had an immediate reaction when informed of President Trump’s executive order requiring that federal agencies scrap two existing … Continued
HARRISBURG, Feb. 14 – State Rep. Jordan Harris, D-Phila., chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, has announced the PLBC’s annual scholarship competition is open for the 2017-18 school year. The scholarships are available for high school seniors and first-year … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Expanded background checks continue to be a priority for CeaseFirePA — and judging by the polls, almost all Pennsylvanians. Currently you do not need any type of background check when buying a long gun (including rifles, shotguns … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Join the ACE Program today! PennFuture’s “Advocates for Conservation and the Environment” (ACE) is a brand new non-partisan program organizing teams of volunteers to educate state and federal legislators about conservation and environmental issues. Now more than … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-02-13/climate-change-air-quality/racing-to-the-bottom-on-methane-emissions/a56354-1 February 13, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window DEP estimates the natural gas industry emitted 115,000 tons of methane in Pennsylvania in 2014. (Ruhrfisch/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Clean air … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Immigration raids are happening under the Trump Administration. As faith allies, we are called to be in solidarity through rapid response mobilization stop these raids, stop these deportations and support impacted communities. In the … Continued
From Americans for Financial Reform (http://www.ourfinancialsecurity.org): Congressional opponents of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are threatening to block the CFPB’s prepaid card rule – a common sense rule to stop fraud and predatory overdraft charges on prepaid cards and to … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Starting March 1st, the annual Ecumenical Carbon Fast offers opportunities to honor the season of Lent by mindfully refraining from adding to our personal and communal carbon footprints (With thanks to the Massachusetts … Continued