From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): In the wake of mass shootings like our nation suffered in El Paso and Dayton, there are calls for action by the public. But it often seems as if our elected officials are numb to those calls. … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): People of conscience have a choice. We can go numb, or we can demand action. Numbness was overtaking many as the news of El Paso, then Dayton, then Chicago flooded the media. The … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Interfaith Power and Light (IPL) is tallying the amount of solar capacity faith communities have installed so we can wow the world with our collective efforts. We’ll share this information with news outlets that … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Earlier this year thousands of MomsRising members celebrated a major victory when then Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted clemency to Cyntoia Brown, a sex trafficking victim sentenced to life in prison at only 16 years old.[1] … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): August 6 was Hiroshima Day, the 74th anniversary of the US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, on August 9, the United States dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki. It is … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s a gut punch. An unimaginable horror. More than 80 people were killed or injured in two brutal mass shootings over the weekend. [1] Too many lives have been ended or forever altered. Too many mothers, … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): Gilroy. El Paso. Dayton. My heart is breaking again and again. These communities have been attacked by gun violence and white supremacist terrorism. We must do everything in our power to ensure the safety, … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): HARRISBURG – New evidence shows that 1,467 lives were saved in the four years since Medicaid was expanded in Pennsylvania. A new study released via the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)[1] … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Please take a few minutes to ask your state lawmakers about their positions on cyber charter school funding and accountability reforms at https://actionnetwork.org/letters/do-your-lawmakers-support-cyber-charter-school-funding-and-accountability-reform. Right now, lawmakers are in their districts enjoying summer vacations. They … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Imagine this…It’s late on November 3, 2020. You are glued to the TV watching the election results come in and the candidates for President are neck and neck. Suddenly, there is a news flash – reports … Continued