Tell the National Park Service You Expect Them to Protect the Potomac River! We need your help to stop this project! Sign our petition at https://www.change.org/p/u-s-national-park-services-protect-the-nps-c-o-canal-and-potomac-river-from-a-fracked-gas-pipeline by November 18! We call on the National Park Service (NPS) to deny TransCanada … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-11-14/youth-issues/older-youth-in-pa-foster-care-struggle-to-succeed/a64635-1 November 14, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window About 33 percent of Pennsylvania’s foster-care population is age 14 or older. (pxhere) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania could do more to prepare … Continued
From the Evangelical Environmental Network (http://www.creationcare.org): Safe, clean air is in danger due to recent proposed methane rollbacks from the Administration and we must speak out. The EPA is accepting comments until Dec. 17th and we have made it easy … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): A new report from the Center for American Progress highlights the many ways voters and candidates alike focused the 2018 election cycle on the importance of combating corruption and fixing democracy. A few … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): As you know, the current farm bill expired on September 30 (although SNAP is still going because funding was already provided for the program). Agriculture Committee leaders in the House and Senate … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): In December 2018, government delegates from around the world will meet in Katowice, Poland to decide how to implement the Paris Agreement. The faith community will be there again to support action on climate. … Continued
This is the Dilley Pro Bono Project’s collaboration with Amnesty International on a letter-writing campaign in support of release of the 37 mothers and 39 children still detained in Dilley after being separated and reunified. It takes less than a … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Message from Albert Woodfox: On my 69th birthday, I walked out of prison. Finally, a free man. I walked out of prison because people like you didn’t turn away from my plight. I spent 44 … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): America’s most visited wilderness area is in terrible danger. Copper mining companies hope to start mining on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. And now the government has cancelled an environmental study, which frees … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/11/12/guide-helping-homeless-persons/#.W-mehtVKgdU By James Abro November 12, 2018 Editor’s note: Guest CHN blogger James Abro is the author of “Facing Homelessness.” He is also a grassroots anti-poverty activist in his community, as well as a national advocate for Homeless Citizens Rights. … Continued