Contributed by Sue Dalandan, Coordinator, Lehigh Valley Food Policy Council Have you seen someone who is food insecure today? Is it the cashier at the store? Is it your parent’s care aide? It could be your daycare worker, school aide, …...
08
Aug
CACLV is, to say the least, a complicated organization. With a budget in excess of $25 million (counting the value of the food distributed by the Second Harvest Food Bank), programs such as the Sixth Street Shelter, Weatherization and Community …...
25
Feb
Homeownership is No Longer the Key Driver of America’s Industrial Economy One of the biggest issues of the 2008 financial crisis was the housing crisis with the sub-prime mortgages that caused thousands of families to lose their houses, via foreclosure. …...
04
Feb
Written by Kathryn Hoffman Food Stamp Outreach Coordinator, Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania Does acting from your values to change or improve something — or right a wrong…WORK? Every one of us at some point …...
02
Feb
Over in the goofy world of blogs, I’ve been vilified once again by my friend, Bernie O’Hare. There are lots of weirdos in the shadows, trolls who take strong positions attacking people they don’t know, lying and wishing they …...
29
Dec
I grew up in the church. I’ve considered myself a person of faith for most of my life. That doesn’t mean that I am not challenged by many aspects of my Christian faith tradition. What bugs me the most? Why …...
20
Nov
“Human Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal activity in the world and is the 2nd largest criminal activity with drug trafficking being number one. Human trafficking can be in the form of labor or commercial sexual exploitation.” Valley …...
23
Oct
I was raised going to church. I thought I heard Pope Francis saying the same things in Philadelphia the other day that I was hearing in that church. As a nation of believers, whether Protestant or Catholic or Jewish or …...
16
Oct
Our Future At CACLV’s annual meeting, held on September 30th at the Renaissance Hotel in Allentown, Executive Director Alan Jennings shared his vision for some of the things CACLV will work on in the next year: “We will continue to …...
09
Oct
Written by Jessica R. Dreistadt, Planner for Lehigh Valley Community Land Trust, Rising Tide Community Loan Fund, West Ward Neighborhood Partnership, and Renew Lehigh Valley. Our Present This year, we are commemorating CACLV’s 50th anniversary. As I mentioned in …...
02
Oct
Written by Jessica R. Dreistadt, Planner for Lehigh Valley Community Land Trust, Rising Tide Community Loan Fund, West Ward Neighborhood Partnership, and Renew Lehigh Valley. Our Past I was recently given the arduous task of piecing together CACLV’s early history, …...
18
Sep
By Nicole Reeder, Dietetic Intern in the Nutrition Education Department at Second Harvest Food Bank Each September, Feeding America spends the month campaigning for hunger awareness. Hunger in America is more prevalent than many realize—1 in 6 Americans to be …...
27
Aug
We are almost 2 months into the fiscal year and there is no sign that the legislature is going to do one of the most fundamental tasks they have as a governing body. We still do not have a budget …...
28
Apr
by Alan Jennings Most people who know me know that I am a diehard fan of the Baltimore Orioles. I am from Hagerstown, Maryland. My family could only afford vacations returning home to visit aunts, uncles, grandparents. I learned racism …...
30
Oct
By: Delia Marrero I have grown as a person living in poverty, watching a system that creates a cycle of dependency with very few passages for escape. This system promotes stereotypes and generalizations. The conditions that are associated with poverty …...
11
Sep
Thirty Grants Given to Celebrate BJ’s Wholesale Club’s 30th Anniversary and Increase Local Capacity Allentown, PA. – September 11, 2014 – Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania announced Monday they’ll be one of 30 food …...
12
Aug
Contractors will weatherize 20 homes to generate new interest in saving money on energy costs as winter approaches. Date: August 13, 2014 Time: 10:30 AM Location: 1600 Hastings Road, Bethlehem With the harsh winter behind us still giving people the …...
12
Aug
ALLENTOWN – The Sixth Street Shelter, a program of Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, is celebrating its 30th Anniversary with a day of FREE family fun from 12-to-4 p.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2014, on the …...
10
Jul
Hello all, Tonight’s guests on my show are bloggers Bernie O’Hare (Lehigh Valley Ramblings) and Mike Molovinsky (Molovinsky on Allentown). Both blogs are widely read and both cause just a little bit of controversy. While Bernie focuses primarily on politics …...
12
Jun
Most social justice movements seem to have a soundtrack. Protest songs like “We Shall Overcome” have almost anthem qualities to them. So many of them are just great songs, plus they rattled the cages of the people in power. Join …...
10
Apr
Bob Donchez has spent his entire career in service to others: he taught social studies at William Allen High School for decades, served for many years on Bethlehem City Council, ran former Pennsylvania Representative Joe Brennan’s local legislative office before …...
07
Apr
By historical standards, Charlie Dent is a conservative; make no mistake about that. Look at his voting record: he votes for cuts in many domestic social programs, against regulation of business that might improve safety or consumer protections, he gets …...
13
Mar
The Lehigh Valley’s cities have become a happening. Through an array of factors, including progressive civic and business leadership, activist mayors, young adults’ interest in cities, tax incentives, location, location and location, Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton are on the march. …...
20
Feb
It feels like I’ve been here before. Actually, I know I’ve been here before. In fact, I am getting tired of having to make the argument that public policy should be used to regulate a market that is cruel when …...
20
Feb
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chris Hudock 484-893-1039 RISING TIDE LENDS $427,000 TO 10 SMALL BUSINESSES The Rising Tide Community Loan Fund has made 10 new loans totaling $427,182 in the last year creating or retaining 94 jobs. Of …...
20
Feb
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: NICOLE FOLINO 610-417-8956 More Than 1,000 Taxpayers Per Year Assisted, Saving Hundreds by Avoiding Commercial Preparers and Their Costly “Refund Anticipation Loans” The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley has dozens of trained volunteers waiting …...
11
Feb
U.S. Representative Charlie Dent has catapulted to the national political stage because he has tried to bring some moderation to his caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. The so-called Tea Party conservatives’ strident rhetoric and extremist tactics such as …...
09
Jan
Pennsylvania Representatives Ryan Mackenzie and Mike Schlossberg are finishing their rookie years as legislators. These two talented, smart, hard-working twenty-somethings are rare among partisans these days: they get along, they work together, and they want to get something accomplished. Representatives …...
22
Dec
There is something about an approaching new year that leads us to assess where we are with our plans, our expectations, our hopes, and our fears. In my case, I agonize constantly over the human condition. So, I can’t help …...
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