From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Stunned! We are absolutely stunned. Congress is preparing to go home for the year without taking the next steps to help end the maternal health crisis. We are literally talking life and death, where action could … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/01/campaigners-demand-deep-cuts-plastic-production-global-treaty-negotiations-ramp “The scale of the problem is mind-boggling,” said one advocate. “Plastic is in our blood. It’s in fetuses. It’s really encroaching on every aspect of human existence.” JULIA CONLEY December 1, 2022 Climate campaigners attending the first negotiations … Continued
From We the People PA: (https://actionnetwork.org/groups/we-the-people-pennsylvania): At midnight last night, the 2021-22 session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly came to an end. And at that moment, the proposed judicial gerrymandering constitutional amendment met its demise as well. The threat that … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/30/finally-some-justice-fracking-company-pay-millions-poisoning-towns-water “This case proves once and for all that drilling and fracking contaminated our drinking water,” said one Dimock, Pennsylvania resident. KENNY STANCIL November 30, 2022 Environmental justice advocates celebrated Tuesday when a fracking company accepted responsibility for poisoning … Continued
We Did It Together! Berks is Shutting Down! After 8 years of community organizing, the Federal government has announced the closure of the immigrant prison in Berks County. This is a victory for the Berks community and Pennsylvania. This was … Continued
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org): As the year draws to a close, Congress is still working on the Fiscal Year 2023 spending bill that includes homelessness and housing funding. Two months have passed since the original deadline … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Want to join a national power network of Super Mom leaders? And are you – or do you aspire to be – a volunteer community leader who can make change happen for your family and loved … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): The University of Virginia. Club Q in Colorado Springs. The Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. That’s three horrific and heart-breaking mass shootings, one after the other in the space of days. Over the Thanksgiving holidays, we were … Continued
From the American Immigration Council (https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/): For months, governors have been spending millions of dollars to send migrants from border communities to New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Martha’s Vineyard. While these political stunts have backfired as communities have welcomed … Continued
By KAREN SHUEY | kshuey@readingeagle.com | Reading Eagle PUBLISHED: November 30, 2022 at 2:18 p.m. | UPDATED: November 30, 2022 at 3:09 p.m. The Berks County Residential Center, a Bern Township facility where asylum seekers have been held and that has been the subject of protests for … Continued