Unitarian Universalist Pennsylvania Legislative Advocacy Network
Join the DC Rally Against Fracking July 28th
This event highly recommended by UUPLAN board member Cynthia Jones: It's pretty easy to catch a bus from Philadelphia and other parts of Pennsylvania to make our voices heard in protecting the environment and controlling the drilling. The post below also contains great facts on the damage done by the drillers, the failure rate and call for a study of the cumulative impact of fracking in Pennsylvania's 3 major watersheds:
Here is the latest from Protecting Our…
ContinueAdded by Virginia Kirk on July 12, 2012 at 9:00pm — No Comments
General Assistance to End on Aug. 1 as Part of New State Budget
Just realized we haven't really filled you in on what happened. Here is a link to the Inquirers's article on what is in the budget Gov. Corbett signed, but here is the part of the article significant to our work of the last 3 months:
One of the trade-offs was steep rollbacks in programs that serve the poor and disabled. County…
ContinueAdded by Virginia Kirk on July 7, 2012 at 10:50am — No Comments
Update on Immigration Crackdown Bills from the Advocates
This just in from the New Sanctuary Movement – one of UUPLAN’s partners as we try to make positive changes in Pennsylvania. Three of our UUPLAN members did join immigrations rights supporters at a June 20th rally.
“It has been a continuous fight to ensure that none of the 21 anti-immigrant bills proposed in the state legislature become law. The bills threaten to compromise the welfare of the entire state by granting more power to police to enforce immigration law, withholding state…
ContinueAdded by Virginia Kirk on July 7, 2012 at 10:41am — No Comments
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