Thanks to our friends at ELCA Advocacy! Improving access to healthcare is one of the advocacy priorities of our Church. Lutheran ministries both here at home and abroad continue to provide health services—including child and maternal health, to those in … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): November 2 was Latina Equal Pay Day—the day we recognize how far Latina workers still have to go to earn anything approaching the pay of non-Hispanic white men. EPI finds that Latina workers are … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Hundreds of thousands of mothers who have been living and working legally in the U.S. for decades are right now making the heartbreaking choice of whether to leave their U.S. citizen children with neighbors and friends … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): Women’s Law Project Executive Director Carol Tracy recently appeared on “At Issue,” a news program that airs Sundays on NBC10 in the Philadelphia market. Tracy discussed the Weinstein story, the culture shift happening in the … Continued
Posted at https://www.clasp.org/blog/5-things-you-should-know-about-daca-youth-trump-administration-and-congress By Kisha Bird A little over a month ago, the Trump administration announced it was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Since 2012, DACA has provided work authorization and temporary relief from deportation to approximately 800,000 young … Continued
From UUPLAN (http://www.uuplan.com/): The Council supports SB 554 – Safe Harbor in Human Trafficking. This bill would send minors who are victims of sex trafficking to treatment rather than prosecuting them. The bill was introduced by Senator Greenleaf and has … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): On Monday, twenty-three courageous members of our movement were arrested in front of an excavator on land belonging to the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in West Hempfield Township. Those arrested ranged in age … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): This week, the amended version of HB 59 passed in the House by a margin of 116 to 78. This harmful bill would force Medicaid recipients to jump through hoops to get and … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): The Department of Education will “replace the current approach” to addressing sexual misconduct at schools that receive federal funding, according to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. In recent remarks, DeVos repeatedly stated that “the current … Continued
Published on Friday, September 08, 2017 by Diane Ravitch’s Blog “Her stance seems likely to discourage rape victims from coming forward, since doing so is already hazardous and puts them at risk of ostracism.” By Diane Ravitch “Given that she … Continued