From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Time is running out for a citizens redistricting commission in Pennsylvania. Unless bills are passed before our Legislature recesses for the summer, sometime later this month, there won’t be time to change the PA Constitution … Continued
Coping With Grief After Community Violence: This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) tip sheet introduces some of the signs of grief and anger after an incident of community violence, provides useful information about to how to cope with … Continued
Governor Tom Wolf has renewed the 90-day disaster declaration he originally signed on March 6 following the announcement of the first two presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in the commonwealth. The declaration was set to expire on June 4. All … Continued
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has announced that elementary and secondary schools in the state’s yellow and green phases may resume in-person instruction and activities beginning July 1 under a phased reopening approach that first requires schools to develop … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/03/majority-americans-believe-actions-and-anger-george-floyd-protesters-justified Published on Wednesday, June 03, 2020 by Common Dreams “The current findings represent a marked change in public opinion from prior polls.” By Eoin Higgins, staff writer A protester points toward police as they face off with … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/03/global-meat-giants-fuel-major-future-risk-creating-next-pandemic-investor-group Published on Wednesday, June 03, 2020 by Common Dreams “Factory farming is both vulnerable to pandemics and guilty of creating them.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer A piglet looks out from its enclosure. (PhotoKevin/flickr/cc) Global investor network … Continued
From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Walter Scott. Michael Brown. This list of unarmed blacks killed by police continues to grow. More must be done to not only hold the killers responsible but to stop … Continued
The International Orthodox Christian Charities has produced a Care Calls initiative, which provides a downloadable phone script and other support materials to help guide people through how they can make calls to people to help them feel less isolated during … Continued
The Department of Agriculture has received approval to continue operating the Disaster Household Distribution program, through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), to provide food to Pennsylvanians adversely affected by COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Originally approved by the USDA on March … Continued