The International Women’s Day event is being hosted by the African American Museum of Bucks County and will support The Peace Center.
This year’s fundraising walk netted nearly $40,000 for local organization’s serving people experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, and economic hardship.
“My soul is overflowing with gratitude. My kid has struggled mightily the last two years, and this was the happiest I’ve seen him in ages,” one parent wrote afterward.
Climate change helps spread vaccine-preventable diseases. But the Trump administration’s reduced vaccine schedule “throws science out the window,” and makes Americans more vulnerable to infections, state attorneys general charge in a new lawsuit.
A request made Friday by a nationwide coalition of 17 states urges a U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island to block the Trump-Vance administration from enforcing unlawful new restrictions on grants issued to help victims of domestic violence and other crimes, said a Democracy Forward press release.
“From the arrival of the very first enslaved people from Africa to the African American icons of today; the commemoration and celebration of Black history is essential to enhancing the unity and strength of our nation,” said Gene DiGirolamo, Bucks County Commissioner.
Many Quakertown school district residents argued more could – and should – have been done to avoid Friday’s events, violence and subsequent arrests.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said the visits with local leaders in Tremont and Upper Bern townships were made to understand where the local leaders stand in these communities, along with the negative impacts should ICE detention centers be constructed in them.
The lawyers say the Quakertown high school students acted in self-defense. Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree, who also serves as borough manager, did not return messages left this week at his home and office.
Following the release of the Bucks County DA report last week over the February Quakertown student protest and local law enforcement’s response, The Peace Center plans August listening circle sessions aimed at shared understanding and mending the Upper Bucks community.
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