From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Governor Wolf, Lt. Governor Fetterman and Secretary Miller need to hear from you! Take one minute today to send a video message to the Governor using your social media accounts. Tell the state why you … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): It’s been a whirlwind this summer for the Shut Down Berks Campaign. And today we are closer than ever to end family detention in Pennsylvania! That’s why we need you to make a call NOW … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): It’s always darkest before the dawn, or so the saying goes. When it comes to the seemingly endless human rights and child abuse crisis of migrants, the cliché offers little credibility or … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): When it comes to their conditions of confinement, immigrant detainees have the same constitutional rights as non-immigrant pretrial detainees, per a new ruling in a case that arose after an employee of Berks Family … Continued
Reading Eagle The victim of a sexual assault contends the county failed to implement policies to prevent the assault and that staff was indifferent to the assault. WRITTEN BY KAREN SHUEY PHILADELPHIA, PA — Tuesday July 2, 2019 07:36 pm The victim … Continued
Sun, July 21, 2019, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Susquehanna Art Museum, 1401 N 3rd St.Harrisburg, PA 17102 Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/las-madres-de-berks-documentary-screening-at-the-susquehanna-museum-of-art-harrisburg-pa-registration-61699824837 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/324285454912905/ Trailer:
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): This week we debut our final video in our video series. We in the Shut Down Berks Coalition recognize that our fight in Pennsylvania is a part of the greater movement for justice in our country. … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Berks County wants human services, not human rights abuses. In 2017 the Council On Chemical Abuse found that over 30,000 is the estimated amount of Berks County residents in recovery from addiction to drugs and … Continued