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“I want people to feel safe”: A Q&A with Lancaster Pride president Tiffany Shirley

A central theme of Tiffany Shirley's life and work is creating safe spaces in all that she does.

By Olivia Smucker - January 6, 2023

Awareness

Women United announces grant recipients

United Way of Lancaster County is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022-23 grants from affinity group Women United: YWCA Lancaster’s New Choices Program Patients …

By United Way of Lancaster County - June 3, 2022

Community Voices

LGBTQ+ youths pursue acceptance in Lancaster’s Nepali community

Nontraditional identities face scrutiny and mistrust in Bhutanese-Nepali culture, but there are signs that the culture is moving toward greater acceptance.

By SuJan Upreti - June 2, 2022

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Transgender identity honored in Hindu tradition

This image depicts a scene from the Ramayan epic, in which the god-king Rama is banished from the holy city of Ayodtha. Author SuJan Upreti (Editor’s …

By SuJan Upreti - June 2, 2022

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Lancaster designates June as Mayor’s Neighborhood Month

Children enjoy coloring during a block party in northeast Lancaster in 2018. (Source: Northeast Neighbors United) Mayor’s Neighborhood Week, an annual Lancaster event since 2018, has …

By Tim Stuhldreher - June 2, 2022

Community Voices

6th Lancaster Water Week promotes conservation, enjoyment of area’s rivers and streams

Octoraro Creek. (Source: Lancaster Conservancy) Lancaster Water Week is bigger than just a week. The sixth annual Water Week will run for nine days this year, …

By One United Lancaster - June 2, 2022

Community Voices

Documentary explores Black, Brown communities’ ‘River Connections’ in Lancaster (video)

From left, Marquis Lupton, Mary Gattis and Steve Garner. (Image: Kyle Gamble) There are many untold stories about the connections of Lancaster’s Black and Brown communities …

By Madeline Seiler - June 2, 2022

Community Voices

Poor People’s Campaign leaders Barber, Theoharis to speak in Lancaster ahead of ‘Moral March on Washington’

The Rev. Liz Theoharis, left, and Bishop William Barber II (Source: Kairos Center) Two nationally known advocates for social and economic justice will make a stop …

By Tim Stuhldreher - June 1, 2022

Community Voices

LGBTQ+ flag raised in Penn Square (video); Pride Month events announced

Rainbow flags are unfurled at the Penn Square Visitor Center for Pride Month on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (Photo: Kyle Gamble) A ceremony took place Wednesday …

By Tim Stuhldreher - June 1, 2022

Awareness

LG Health announces June blood drive schedule

(Source: LG Health) Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health has scheduled more than a dozen blood drives in June and says it is encouraging community members to …

By One United Lancaster - June 1, 2022

Community Voices

Finding one’s path as a young Nepali American: A conversation with Sami Subedi (video)

Sami Subedi (Image: Kyle Gamble) “You never forget where you come from,” Sami Subedi says. Subedi immigrated to the United States from Nepal as a refugee …

By Madeline Seiler - May 31, 2022

Community Voices

Working to build communities that allow all ages to flourish (opinion)

Members of the Lancaster Downtowners attend a Lancaster Barnstormers game on Thursday, May 12, 2022, an Older Americans Month event organized in partnership with the Lancaster …

By Melissa Ressler - May 31, 2022

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