September 2020
Virtual Integrity of Creation Conference Focuses on Building a Sustainable World
The sixth Annual Duquesne University Presidential Conference on the Integrity of Creation will be held virtually this year on September 29 and 30. This year's conference focuses on the topic Building a Sustainable World to discuss pivotal issues regarding safeguarding our planet. The interdisciplinary conference invites participants from different disciplines to engage each other in civil discourse on a different topic each year. Featured speakers this year are Meghan Fay Zahniser, Executive Director of the Association for the Advancement of…
Find out more »October 2020
2020 Community Alliance Summit Goes Virtual
The Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council invites you to a week of networking, discovering alliances and collaboration building among diverse organizations throughout Pennsylvania led by and/or supporting underserved/unserved populations who experience marginalization and oppression. Oppression affects many of us, for different socially constructed reasons: racism, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual identity and orientation, disability, economics, rural/urban location, religion, and so much more. Although our discrimination experiences may be different, we can be a valuable support and resource to each other in our…
Find out more »National Council of Churches Announces Theme for Annual Christian Unity Gathering
The National Council of Churches (NCC) Christian Unity Gathering is going virtual this year. Join them online October 12 - 13, 2020. This year's theme is Breathing New Life Into Our Nation: Repentance, Re-Formation, Reparation. As racial injustices plague the country, the novel coronavirus pandemic rages nearly unchecked, and an economic crisis plunges millions into poverty, we find ourselves at a point from which we can fall into an abyss of further division, destitution, and despair, or from which we…
Find out more »Join Lutherans Restoring Creation Connections Call
You are invited to join the monthly Lutherans Restoring Creation Connections Call on Tuesday, October 13 at 7 p.m. EST. This Connections Call will focus on Climate Conversations in Church. The guest speaker for the call is Arctic Scientist Henry Huntington. Lutherans Restoring Creation is a grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. This is accomplished by cultivating a network of dedicated stewards of earth and neighbor who proclaim God’s promise of hope and…
Find out more »Pennsylvania 100% Renewable Electricity Webinar
Join Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (PA-IPL) on Thursday, October 15 from 7 - 8 p.m. to learn more about renewable electricity. Did you know that in Pennsylvania, you can choose 100% renewable electricity — and you can do so affordably? Fall and spring are the best times to shop. PA-IPL will help you with specific recommendations about how to plug your house into wind and solar without getting stuck in a “deal” you don’t want. They will walk you…
Find out more »November 2020
PHAN Schedules Virtual Annual Health Conference
Join the Pennsylvania Health Access Network for their 12th annual health conference Monday, November 16th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The theme for this year's conference is Charting the Course Ahead: Healthcare in 2021 & Beyond. Conference participants will debrief the 2020 election's implications for healthcare, discuss how we rebuild from the COVID-19 crisis, discuss racism and equity in healthcare, and much more. Registrants for the conference will also have access to an ongoing series of virtual events. The…
Find out more »2020 Hunger Free Communities Virtual Summit
Hosted by the Alliance to End Hunger, the goals of the 2020 Hunger Free Communities Virtual Summit are to understand the changing landscape of hunger and build resilience for post-pandemic America. This will be accomplished by highlighting effective policies and methods for reducing community food insecurity; sharing best practices and resources; demonstrating effective multi-sector collaborations; and building skills among practitioners. The Summit is scheduled for November 18 & 19, 2020. The Alliance to End Hunger encourages cooperation among diverse stakeholders…
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