Community Voices Race Against Racism registration is open Children participate in a YWCA Lancaster Race Against Racism 100-yard Fun Run. (Source: YWCA Lancaster | PhotOle Photography) YWCA Lancaster is inviting runners to sign up … Read more By One United Lancaster - January 24, 2022
Community Voices We’re Pa. small city mayors. Fair legislative maps will aid our recovery (opinion) (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher) [Editor’s Note: This op-ed was first published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star and is republished here with permission.] By Paige Cognetti, Danene Sorace and … Read more By One United Lancaster - January 19, 2022
Community Voices MLK Day breakfast highlights ‘fierce urgency’ of anti-racism work, community involvement Josh Hunter (second from right in gray) is seen in a video broadcast during Crispus Attucks Community Center’s 34th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. … Read more By Olivia Smucker - January 17, 2022
Community Voices MLK Day reflections: Learning from setbacks builds resilience for success (opinion) Martin Luther King Jr. waves to a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his “I Have a Dream,” speech during the … Read more By Adam Hosey - January 17, 2022
Community Voices Lancaster Equity fund launching, seeks applicants for $5,000 grants (Source: Lancaster County Community Foundation) A local philanthropic initiative focusing on equity and racial justice is launching with support from the Lancaster County Community Foundation. The … Read more By One United Lancaster - January 12, 2022
Community Voices Annual ‘Pack the Park’ donation drive returning to Clipper Stadium (Source: Lancaster Barnstormers) The Lancaster Barnstormers baseball team is hosting its second annual “Pack the Park,” a donation drive benefitting the Lancaster County community, from Monday, … Read more By Olivia Smucker - January 10, 2022
Community Voices Organizations plan MLK Day events [Update] Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Source: Whitehouse.gov) Update: Due to the rapid spread of Covid-19, The Mix announced that its Youth Day of Service has been … Read more By One United Lancaster - January 10, 2022
Community Voices United Way to host online ‘Conversation About OUR Community’ on MLK Jr., social justice (Source: United Way of Lancaster County) Kevin Ressler United Way of Lancaster County’s CEO and adjunct professor of church and social change at Lancaster Theological Seminary, … Read more By United Way of Lancaster County - January 7, 2022
Awareness PA 211 phone service restored after outage [Update] Update: As of Monday evening, the 211 phone system was back in service and fully operational in Lancaster County and the other counties where it had … Read more By One United Lancaster - January 3, 2022
Community Voices Nonprofit leaders share their New Year’s reflections (Source: One United Lancaster | City of Lancaster) As we exit 2021 — a year marked, like its predecessor, by political division, economic stress and a … Read more By One United Lancaster - December 31, 2021
Community Voices Happy Holidays! See you in ’22! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Lancaster County! We wish you and your family health and happiness during this holiday season. One United Lancaster is on … Read more By One United Lancaster - December 24, 2021
Community Voices ‘This is so central to who I am’: Q&A with YWCA Lancaster CEO Stacie Blake Stacie Blake (Source: YWCA Lancaster) Stacie Blake became CEO of YWCA Lancaster in September 2019, just half a year before Pennsylvania went under lockdown due to … Read more By Tim Stuhldreher - December 23, 2021
