DIGNITY AGENDA
EMBRACE EVERY PERSON
Dignity in Diversity
Enough is Enough
Imagine being a college freshman away from home at college. It is an incredibly emotional time. Then image what it feels like to see your stuffed Teddy Bear taken from your dorm room and lynched in a public display of hate. This is a real story I heard from a student while touring state universities. Enough is Enough. It is time to end campus racism.
The ENOUGH Report
This report details the traumatic experiences of campus hate and harassment on PA State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) campuses and responses from campus administrations. The report also lists concrete actions to address the attacks on dignity of students. All students on all campuses should be in an environment conducive to learning and free from discrimination. While the report focuses on PASSHE these concerns have been raised at Penn State and private colleges in Pennsylvania. The time for change is now. We’ve had ENOUGH.
New American Majority
America is become more diverse; racial, socially, and across many identity markers. We must embrace this diversity to prepare the next generation of leaders.
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Haywood Embracing Every Person
Gov. Wolf Signs Police Reform Bills
Interview: Sen. Haywood discusses police reform legislation and priorities to address systemic racism
Last week, the Local had the opportunity to speak with State Sen. Art Haywood (D-4th) about efforts of a broad package of police reform legislation. On June 30, the PA Senate passed sent two house bills to the Gov. Tom Wolf’s des to sign. House Bill 1841 will require...
PA Senate Democrats Discuss Police Reform Legislative Agenda and Statewide Racial Equity Solutions Tour
Harrisburg – June 30, 2020 – Pennsylvania Senate Democrats gathered in the Capitol and through Zoom to discuss the status of their legislative agenda for police reforms, and to announce a statewide Racial Equity Solutions Tour. PA Senate Democrats introduced a...
Young Organizers ‘Call Out’ State Senators For Inaction On Police Use Of Force Statute
Protesters gathered in Mellon Park in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood Saturday afternoon, for the fourth consecutive Civil Saturdays event. The weekly demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality are organized by high schoolers and recent...
Senator Haywood Comments on the Passage of Police Reform Legislation by the PA Senate
Harrisburg – June 25, 2020 – State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) released the following statement on police reform and criminal justice bills passed by the State Senate: “I am pleased that the PA Senate made a start to address police brutality and...
As Pa. takes first steps on police reform, critics say it doesn’t go far enough
HARRISBURG — It has been two years since a police officer outside Pittsburgh killed Antwon Rose II, a Black teenager who was unarmed at the time. His mother, Michelle Kenney, is convinced: If a measure to create a database of police misconduct had been embraced by...