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Panelists urge community to embrace equity goals, commit to meaningful change (video)

“The more perspectives we can invite toward these issues, the better chance we have of moving the needles across many of these data points.”

By Tim Stuhldreher - January 18, 2023

Community

Grassroots groups host MLK Day ‘people’s clinic’

The event offered health checkups, free food, activities and assistance in applying for social services.

By One United Lancaster - January 17, 2023

Community

MLK Breakfast speaker: King believed freedom was underpinned by economic justice (video)

“Every single person in this world is entitled to good love, healthy choices and second chances,” Marc Lamont Hill said.

By Tim Stuhldreher - January 17, 2023

Community

The Infamous Unstoppables, award winners: Photos from the 2023 MLK Breakfast

Former School District of Lancaster Superintendent Damaris Rau received the inaugural Roses Award.

By One United Lancaster - January 17, 2023

Community

‘The fight is not over’: Pa. House Democratic leader Joanna McClinton speaks at NAACP’s annual MLK service

McClinton said the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the world “a master class on how to fight for justice.”

By Tim Stuhldreher - January 16, 2023

Community

Cold weekend temps prompt ‘Code Blue’ alert

The time periods of concern are from 3:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday morning and from 7 p.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday.

By One United Lancaster - January 13, 2023

Community

Activists to host MLK Day ‘Health & Resource Clinic’

It will take place from noon to 4 p.m. at Community Mennonite Church, 328 W. Orange St., Lancaster.

By Tim Stuhldreher - January 11, 2023

Community

January ‘Conversation About OUR Community’ to focus on racial equity

“MLK Day: The State of Racial Equity in Lancaster County” will take place via Zoom from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

By Tim Stuhldreher - January 11, 2023

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Lancaster County’s first-ever Racial Equity Profile documents disparities

Closing the gaps “is both a moral imperative and the path to a prosperous and inclusive new economy,” the report says.

By Tim Stuhldreher - January 11, 2023

Community

Harriet Tubman sculpture unveiled in southeast Lancaster (photos)

It will remain on view through March 30 on South Duke Street outside Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School.

By One United Lancaster - January 9, 2023

Community

By the numbers: Covid-19 numbers rise with cold weather’s return, but stay well short of 2021-22

Eighteen county residents died of COVID last month, compared to 133 who died in December a year ago.

By Ernie Schreiber - January 9, 2023

Community

Union Community Care, WellSpan redirecting patients due to water damage at New Holland Medical Center

A springkler

By One United Lancaster - January 6, 2023