“This topic of race needs the effort of all to overcome, heal, and create a path forward that embraces us all,” says the newly elected Sellersville Borough Councilperson.
“Repeatedly, I have heard white residents claim that there is no racism in our area. To me, this is willful blindness,” says the New Hope-Solebury School District board member.
Pennridge’s new social studies curriculum will force teachers to indoctrinate students with a whitewashed, nationalistic revisionist history.
“To be anti-racist means we need to put energy and effort into changing a broken world,” says the priest from St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in New Hope.
The coach who compared Black kids in Philadelphia to “apes in fever” is no longer employed at the school, but his basketball training business still uses the school’s facilities.
Bucks County Anti-Racism Coalition co-leader Kevin E. Leven writes about why he is grateful for how the holiday is observed and celebrated locally.
Kevin Leven caught up with Lauren Bradley, Laura Foster, and Adrienne King of the PairUP Society to talk about why they organized a protest against Pennridge’s school board.
This new Q&A by Kevin E. Leven will feature individuals from Bucks County who wish to voice their opinions and perspectives regarding race, racism, anti-racism, and racial equity.
As we work to combat racism throughout Bucks County, we would be wise to remember to first look for and combat it in ourselves.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania School Directors Coalition founder Christina Brussalis is tight-lipped about who’s funding the organization, who’s on the board, and whether they are working with the Independence Law Center.
The Bucks County Beacon spoke with the DeGennaro scholarship winners
from the last two years – Natalie Buechel and Dan Kovitz, both from the local band Sour Station who will be playing Saturday.
If the Supreme Court continues to overturn legal precedents on women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life.
The 11-bill package includes solar for schools, prevailing wages for green energy, and e-waste recycling.
“Access to health care is inextricably linked to economic mobility, and basic preventative care like birth control should not be a luxury that is only available to some,” said Bucks County State Rep. Tim Brennan.
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