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Lancaster Medicaid Rally, Wednesday April 16

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Hosted by: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Time: Wednesday April 16,  5:30-6:30 pm

Location: 1 Penn Square Lancaster PA 17602

Featuring Reps. Nikki Rivera and Izzy Smith Wade-El, this event will rally against cuts to Medicaid. The proposed $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid would blow a hole in PA’s state budget.  Cuts to Medicaid impact everyone who: has a kid in public school, has a parent in a nursing home, lives in a retirement community, wants strong hospitals to serve the community, has a family member with a disability, might one day lose a job or fall on hard times, might face an unexpected loss of coverage, might outlive their retirement savings and need nursing care. Medicaid is important to EVERYONE. Fight for it!

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Education Event Manheim Township Public Library March 29

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Cindy Lam, Sara Woodbury, Linda Torres, Matthew Fargen, Nikki Rivera, Samantha McNally, Lakeesha Bair-Myers, Mark Price, Michael McKenna, Shannon Zimmerman

Hosted by: Indivisible MT

Time and Place: Manheim Township Public Library March 29 at 10:00 am

About the event: Federal funding for Lancaster County schools is at risk, and the impact could be devastating. Schools will have fewer teachers, larger class sizes, and fewer resources for students. This event  helped bring our community together to learn more and to take strategic action.

Panelists: -Mark Price, Ph.D., Director of Research for School Funding and Finance, Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) -Linda Torres & Matthew Fargen, PSEA Uniserv Representatives -Lakeesha Bair-Myers, social worker, School District of Lancaster -Samantha McNally, teacher, Manheim Township School District

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Education

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Education Team’s Key Issues:

  • Oppose federal funding cuts to education
  • Oppose federal funding cuts to Medicaid
  • Support fair and equitable state funding for education in this year’s budget in light of the risk to federal funding
  • Oppose federal or state voucher schemes
  • Support cyber charter funding reform
  • Reject efforts to dismantle the US Department of Education
 

Join pro-public education groups doing great work in our community:

Public Education Advocates of Lancaster (PEAL)

Pennsylvanians for Welcoming and Inclusive Schools (PaWINS)

Red, Wine, & Blue

Education Voters PA

Support pro-public education school board candidates:

Click on pictures to find out more!

Manheim Township Democratic School Board candidates Shannon Zimmerman, Dr. Jessica McCardell, Cindy Lam, Mike McKenna

 

 

Sign up to show interest with meeting with Fetterman and/or McCormick (with Indivisible MT) in order to advocate for public education. No date has yet been chosen.

GOOGLE FORM

 
 
 

Find out more from the National Education Association:

https://www.nea.org/resource-library/communications-toolkit-department-education

 
 
 
 

Contact your representatives

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Contacting your representatives is the best way to make your voice heard. Here are ways to do it:

1. Call:

 The app 5 calls makes it easy for you to reach your members of congress and make your voices heard! Click on the picture below to find the background on 50 different issues. Judge what is important to you and call!  The 5 Calls app provides phone numbers and scripts for each issue so calling is quick and easy!

2. Write or visit in person

 

Contact Information:

Govenor Josh Shapiro

501 North 3rd Street
508 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: (717) 787-2500  Text: (717 788-8990

WRITE TO JOSH SHAPIRO

 
Representative Lloyd Smucker

Lancaster Office:
2270 Erin Court
Lancaster PA 17601
Phone: (717) 393-0667

Washington DC Office:
302 Cannon House Office Building
Washington DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2411

WRITE TO LLOYD SMUCKER

Senator John Fetterman

Harrisburg Office:
320 Market Street Suite 475E
Harrisburg PA 17101
Phone: (717) 782-3951

Washington DC Office:
142 Russell Senate Office Building 
Washington DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4254

WRITE TO JOHN FETTERMAN

Senator David McCormick

Harrisburg Office:
200 North Third Street Suite 14A/14th Floor
Harrisburg PA 17101
(717) 231-7540

Washington DC Office:
SH-702 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6324

WRITE TO DAVID MCCORMICK

 

VOTE !

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Register to Vote

Follow the link below to register to vote in Pennsylvania.

 
 

 Check Your Voter Registration

Make sure that your registration information is up to date in the event that you moved, changed your name, etc..

CHECK STATUS

 
 

Apply for an Absentee Ballot OR a Mail-In Ballot

Absentee ballots are for people who are out of town on election day or those who have a disability or illness that will keep them from voting at their polling place. Mail-In Ballots are for anyone who would prefer to vote by mail rather than in person at their polling place.

Please note that the application to vote by absentee or mail-in ballot is due by the Tuesday before election day. Your completed ballot needs to be received at the County Elections Office by 8 PM on election day.

APPLY

 

Find your polling place

Find your polling place by clicking the button below. Note that you may be required to show identification when voting at your polling place for the first time.

LOOK UP POLLING PLACE

 
 
 
 

Reproductive Rights

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Reproductive Rights Team’s Key Issues:

  1. PA FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) Act will be introduced soon by PA rep Lindsay Powell to ensure residents seeking reproductive health care can access clinics.  We can support passage.

  1. U.S. FACE Act – already a federal law which protects patients, providers, and health center staff from violence and harassment. It seeks to protect the facilities that provide reproductive health services, including pro-life pregnancy counseling services and any other pregnancy support facility providing reproductive health care. Trump  pardoned 23 individuals convicted of FACE Act  crimes. With President Trump pardoning FACE Act violators, it’s clear that his administration will not be enforcing this act.

  1. H.R. 21/S. 6. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act is a purposefully misleading anti-abortion bill intended to target providers and interfere with medically necessary care. Passed House.  Did not get through Senate, but it is on the watch list.  They are trying bad things.

  1. Global HER Act / H.R. 764 / S.280 – This Act would end Trump’s Global Gag Rule and prevent any future president from unilaterally imposing it again. The Trump Administration reinstated the deadly global gag rule, an anti-abortion policy that risks the health and lives of women, girls, young people, and LGBTQ+ people in communities around the world. This gag rule disproportionately affects BIPOC people and prevents foreign organizations that receive certain US assistance from providing, counseling, referring, or advocating for legal abortion in their country. In essence, this policy has elected officials interfering in health care around the world, which can result in the spread of diseases and increased numbers of (what should be) preventable deaths.

LGBTQ+ Rights

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Be an ally

An “ally” is someone who supports and advocates for a marginalized or underrepresented group, often those who are not members of that group themselves. They use their privilege and influence to challenge systemic biases and work towards equality and inclusion. 

Join LGBTQ+ supportive groups doing great work in our community:

Lancaster County Chooses Love

Trump’s  Efforts to Dehumanize Transgender People:

Trump signed all of the following anti-trans/LGBTQ+ executive orders:

Furthermore, a list of priorities published to the official White House website asserts Trump plans to “bring back American values” by “establish[ing] male and female as biological reality and protect[ing] women from radical gender ideology.”

These egregious attempts to demonize and erase transgender people must be resisted!

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