From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The world feels chaotic right now with everything happening on the news (not to mention getting your kids ready for summer!) —and there’s a lot to keep track of. It’s easy to feel down and helpless. … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): We need a fair, accurate Census in 2020 — but the administration is attempting to rig it and leave many of our communities undercounted. Submit a comment now to fight back at https://actionnetwork.org/letters/submit-your-comment-no-citizenship-question-on-2020-census. We need your … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Today, the House of Representatives will consider H.R.6136, the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, an anti-immigrant, anti-family bill that would do nothing to stop family separation. Instead, it would tie dreamer protections with harmful immigration … Continued
Posted at http://www.frac.org/news/house-passes-farm-bill-make-hunger-poverty-worse Statement attributed to James D. Weill, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 — The passage of the House Farm Bill, H.R. 2, betrays the historic bipartisan commitment to making sure people who … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): On Monday, our PA legislature recessed for the summer without passing either of the redistricting reform bills that had the support of tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians and hundreds of municipalities. Go to https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-pa-leadership-recall-legislators-to-harrisburg-to-pass-redistricting-reform to … Continued
A RESOLUTION Affirming that the imprisonment and prolonged detention of asylum-seeking children and families is inhumane and counter to international law, and calling on Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to issue an emergency removal order and … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Politicians in Harrisburg are attempting to fast-track a proposal that would undermine efforts to preserve the Delaware River Basin from fracking. Email your state senator at https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=27394 and call on her/him to oppose this effort. We always … Continued
The official Federal Poverty Measure (FPM) that is used today provides an oversimplified depiction of poverty in America and has not been accurately updated to reflect the true cost of living. The FPM was created in the mid 1960’s and … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): June 21, 2018 Yesterday the President announced he is ending the policy of separating families at the border and instead wants to detain families together indefinitely. This is a cruel response to the … Continued
Church World Service urges the administration to terminate immoral policies that harm families Washington, D.C.— Church World Service today condemned the administration’s executive order to mandate that immigrant families be held in family detention. Instead of terminating the administration’s cruel … Continued