From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): We need your help in March. Since 2017, FDPA volunteers have logged over 1000 visits with legislators. Redistricting is right around the corner. In our March Toward Transparency, we are setting a high goal to … Continued
From Berks Gas Truth (https://gastruth.org/): Berks Gas Truth has partnered with grassroots and advocacy organizations across the country to draft a letter to President Biden calling on him to stop Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports. We’ve created a petition version … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-02-22/civil-rights/groups-hopeful-after-judicial-amendment-stalls/a73254-1 Play Audio in Browser Window February 22, 2021 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Opponents of House Bill 38 say it would threaten judicial independence and turn Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices into politicians. (mandritoiu/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. … Continued
From PA Schools Work (https://paschoolswork.org/): If you were not able to join us for our Lunch & Learn webinar this week with Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) and Education Voters of Pennsylvania about Governor Wolf’s proposed budget and how we can … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to hold a vote on President Biden’s American Rescue Plan by the end of this week. This comprehensive pandemic relief package will deliver vaccines to combat … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Please join us in urging the Biden Administration to stop unjust deportation and “expulsion” flights to Haiti and other countries! People of diverse faiths celebrated the Biden Administration’s Day One pledge to repeal and strengthen, heal … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): A core commitment of our Faithful Agenda for the first 100 days of the Biden Administration is to affirm Black lives and lay the groundwork for ending systemic racism. Our faith demands that we … Continued
This op-ed appeared online at https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2021/02/we-are-not-anti-gun-we-value-life-opinion.html and in print on February 18. The Rev. Sandra L. Strauss On an extremely hot summer evening in 2017, the deafening sound of gunshots and the sound of squealing wheels jolted my husband and … Continued
From Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/): The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) has added 11 more people to its innocence list. This brings us to the point where for every eight persons executed since the death penalty … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): Will you take one minute to call Senator Pat Toomey and Senator Bob Casey at 844-899-8819 and ask them to end the disparity between how we sentence crack and powder cocaine cases? Click Here to … Continued