Conversations About OUR Community

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October’s ‘Conversation About OUR Community’ topic: Your Vote Matters

The free online forum will take place from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

By One United Lancaster - October 8, 2024

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Panelists call for expanding access to early childhood education (video)

“How do we break the cycle of poverty, and how do we lead to greater long-term family prosperity?”

By Tim Stuhldreher - August 23, 2024

Community

Workforce forum: Demographics, technology pose fresh challenges for employers (video)

Statistics show that Lancaster County’s workforce is in transition, with 26% aged 55 or over.

By Tim Stuhldreher - May 23, 2024

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Panel discussion shines a light on student homelessness (video)

“Many communities don’t recognize that this really is a bigger problem.”

By Tim Stuhldreher - April 25, 2024

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Panelists discuss youth mental health crisis (video)

The panelists encouraged their audience to advocate for more public mental health funding, and to support young people as they explore their interests and develop interpersonal skills.

By Tim Stuhldreher - March 22, 2024

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To ‘shift the cultural climate,’ panelists advocate careful listening, self-reflection (video)

People fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said.

By Tim Stuhldreher - January 17, 2024

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Forum seeks common ground on early childhood education (video)

“We can disagree on the issues, but that doesn’t mean we view each other with hatred.”

By Tim Stuhldreher - August 18, 2023

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Panelists discuss ways to promote successful reentry after incarceration (video)

Reentrants face numerous practical and psychological challenges as they work toward stability.

By One United Lancaster - June 22, 2023

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Panelists discuss strategies for increasing access to wealth-building opportunities (video)

“The economy should serve people, not the other way around.”

By Tim Stuhldreher - May 24, 2023

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Panelists: Food insecurity increasing as pandemic aid ebbs (video)

“We’re all sitting on the deck of the Titanic.”

By Tim Stuhldreher - April 19, 2023

Community

Nonprofits creating county ‘hunger map’

It will be finalized in June or July and released to the public by August.

By Tim Stuhldreher - April 19, 2023

Community

Panelists urge greater awareness, collaboration to tackle Alzheimer’s (video)

An estimated 320,000 Pennsylvanians will be living with Alzheimer’s by 2025.

By Tim Stuhldreher - March 10, 2023