November 27, 2018 (Philadelphia, PA) – In an historic move, Clean Air Council, Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., the Widener University Commonwealth Law School Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Professor John C. Dernbach, C. Baird Brown, and over fifty other businesses, organizations … Continued
From I Love Mountains (http://www.ilovemountains.org): We need your help. There are only a few weeks left before Congress adjourns for the year, and that means only a few weeks left to get desperately needed proposals passed to help our Appalachian … Continued
Este mensaje continuará en español From the Detention Watch Network (https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/): The past few weeks have served as a constant reminder of the extent this administration is willing to go in its push to silence, criminalize, and dehumanize immigrant communities. … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/11/19/marian-wright-edelmans-new-role/#.W_7pG9tKgdU By Deborah Weinstein November 19, 2018 On November 14, Marian Wright Edelman announced that after 45 years as the President of the Children’s Defense Fund she will be transitioning to the role of President Emerita in the Office … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): PICC is hiring a Political Director! The Statewide Political Director will lead PICC’s efforts to increase the political power of immigrant and refugee communities to pass policies at the local and state … Continued
From the Earth Day Network (https://www.earthday.org): The Endangered Species Act (ESA), passed 40 years ago, has prevented extinction for 99% of species under its protection and has shown a 90% recovery rate in more than 100 species throughout the United … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-11-23/senior-issues/law-expands-prescription-assistance-in-pa/a64728-1 November 23, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The new law makes an additional 17,000 Pennsylvania seniors eligible for PACENET benefits. (pxhere) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania is helping more low-income … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Trees that are older than America itself — some as old as 1,000 years — are being clear-cut by the logging industry.1 Alaska is home to the largest remaining temperate rainforest, but the forest’s protections and its … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): Poverty, food insecurity, and poor nutrition have detrimental impacts on the health, development, and well-being of young children in the short and long terms. One essential strategy to address these issues is … Continued
NOTE: The Council has signed on to this letter. 112 organizations all declare policy wrong and illegal. #FamiliesBelongTogether and #ParentTrap https://bit.ly/stop-parent-trap-dhs-hhs November 28, 2018 – The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University of Law, the Center on Privacy … Continued