Job Description Position Overview: The Director of Organizing provides ongoing coaching, training, supervision and support to the team of Organizers, so that this team can most effectively organize congregations and develop lay and clergy leaders to engage in strategic campaigns … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/03/10/now-medicaid-can-get-necessary-tests-done/#.WMMH628rIdU By Kenan Heise March 10, 2017 Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves 74 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching … Continued
In response to protests in Pennsylvania and around the country to hold police accountable, Pennsylvania’s state legislature has responded by trying to expand the role of secrecy in government. To vote NO on House Bill 27, click this link. Photo via Thomas … Continued
The Nation Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym writes, “In Philadelphia, we have learned a thing or two about beating back a top-down, anti-public school agenda. From our experiences, we’ve learned how to build a movement that will not only hold … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-10/climate-change-air-quality/scientists-say-epas-pruitt-wrong-on-global-warming/a56798-1 March 10, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A 2009 EPA endangerment finding declared carbon dioxide pollution a danger to human health. (Riffsyphon1024/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Scientists reacted strongly … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently finalized standards that address climate change and put an end to wasteful leaks, venting and flaring of natural gas and dangerous pollutants, wasting fewer natural resources – and … Continued
From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): Reducing funding for Federal Programs harms the people currently being assisted by these resources. If funding does not increase, elderly, families and those with disabilities who receive rental vouchers would be cost burdened, and … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center today released a complete analysis of Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed 2017-18 budget. The full report can be downloaded here. “Governor Wolf’s budget proposal is … Continued
The real reasons people suffer poverty don’t reflect well on the United States. The Washington Post By Stephen Pimpare March 8 at 4:20 PM Stephen Pimpare is the author of “A People’s History of Poverty in America” and the forthcoming “Ghettos, Tramps, … Continued