Community Calendar

Please join the statewide coalition of economic security advocates in welcoming our elected officials back to Harrisburg for a rally, press conference and day of constituent lobbying/office visits. Let's advocate for the strengthening of our local economies by increasing the minimum wage for hard working Pennsylvanians!

When: Tuesday, September 17
Time: Lobbying begins at 10am - Rally/Press Conference is at noon
Where: Downstairs East Rotunda, PA Capitol
Confirmed Speakers: HB1215 Prime Co-Sponsor, Rep. Patty Kim, other elected officials, local business owners and hard working Pennsylvanians making less than a living wage

To find out if your elected official has a scheduled appointment to meet with their constituents before the rally, please contact Kadida Kenner at Kenner@pennbpc.org.

Click here for the Facebook event.

Climate Change: What's the one thing everyone should do about it? with Mick Smyer, Professor of Psychology, Bucknell University, Encore Public Voices Fellow& Founder, Graying Green. If you could do one thing about climate change, what should it be? In this interactive session, we will get the answer and show you an easy way to get started! Come for tea and get the answer. 

Join our allies and partners for this new office opening! Learn more at the Facebook event.

PLEASE join your friends from Columbia County Indivisible/AT to write postcards to Progressive voters in our area. Our theme will be: "Change Happens at the Polls."
Addresses, postcards and scripts for writing will be provided.

Mark your calendars - this is a night for everyone to get involved. YOU can make a difference.
Remember, the ultimate form of protest is to vote. Let's get others excited about making their vote count.

https://www.facebook.com/events/447306142778069/?active_tab=about

This talk will provide background on the political and cultural phenomenon known as the Alt-Right, drawing on the work of David Neiwert, author of Alt-America, Clint Watts, Angela Nagle and others. The philosophical lineage traces back to the 1980s but the form and evolution of the movement is a function of current communications and social media technology. To be considered: Where are they coming from? What are they talking about? How can we recognize them? Slide show, talk outline, and bibliography/reading list provided.

For more details, visit SVP's website. Please RSVP to SVProgressives@gmail.com.

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On September 20th, we are marching in Lewisburg to support the Youth Global Climate Strike https://globalclimatestrike.net/ to raise awareness of the climate crisis. We are urging everyone to join us in raising our voices on this important issue that will endanger the future for all of us if we do not act immediately. Join us on the quad in front of Bertrand Library at 11:30am on Friday September 20th with your signs, your energy, and your voice.

Questions: gndlewisburg@gmail.com

Facebook info: https://www.facebook.com/GNDLewisburg/

This is a Bucknell-Lewisburg event.  

Schedule:

#climate #union #environment #march

http://www.susquehannavalleyethicalsociety.org/sves-events.html

Join us for our Community Potluck in honor of our SVES 2019 Living Ethics Award recipients. SVES member, Richard Nye, will be receiving the Society's Volunteer of the Year Award for his commitment to help the SVES community thrive. The recipient of the Susquehanna Valley Ethical Activism Award is Ms. Regina Russell, president of the local chapter of the PA ACLU. This award is given in recognition and tribute to Ms. Russell who has made a significant positive impact on society and the achievement of ethical ideals.

Please RSVP using the form on our website by 09/06/19: http://www.susquehannavalleyethicalsociety.org/sves-events.html Indicate on the form what you will be bringing to share at the potluck meal.

2:30 pm - food table set-up
3:00 pm - meal
4:00 pm - Award Presentations

More info: 570.966.1351

Richard Rothstein, the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America will be visiting Bucknell.

Mr. Rothstein will give a lecture on September 24th, 2019 at 7 PM in the ELC Forum focused on segregated neighborhoods, schools, and inequality of educational opportunity followed by audience Q&A.

The following is a brief bio of Mr. Rothstein from the Economic Policy Institute:

Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow, emeritus, at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California (Berkeley).

He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America, available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other booksellers. The book recovers a forgotten history of how federal, state, and local policy explicitly segregated metropolitan areas nationwide, creating racially homogenous neighborhoods in patterns that violate the Constitution and require remediation.

He is also the author of Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right (2008); Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap (2004); and The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America’s Student Achievement (1998). Other recent books include The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement (co-authored in 2005); and All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different? (co-authored in 2003).

Sponsored by the Education Department (and multiple other university sponsors not yet announced).