Lancaster City Human Relations Commission

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Did you know that this year, our Community Engagement Pillar will be hosting our first Juneteenth History Bowl during our Black Arts Expo!

Stay tuned for more details on how your young scholars can get involved!

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Come enjoy the Hispanic Festival downtown today. Enjoy great food & entertainment and stop and say hi.

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Pa. Human Relations Commission visits Lancaster to build grassroots support, local connections - One United Lancaster The "Beloved Community Tour" aims to visit all 67 counties by next June.

( ): Sixty years ago, on July 19, 1963, the Lancaster Chapter of the NAACP staged a peaceful demonstration to protest discriminatory hiring practices at local department stores. The demonstration focused primarily on Watt and Shand on Penn Square and Hagers, seen here, on West King Street. Specifically, protests surrounded the lack of white-collar jobs available to Black citizens, like positions as sales clerks. The protests ended when Hager's promised "good faith in hiring processes." The chapter considered the demonstrations a success. This year, Lancaster's NAACP chapter celebrates its 100th anniversary. 🎊 (📸 Heritage Center Museum Collections, LancasterHistory)

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) is excited to announce the new dates for its stop in Lancaster county, as part of their statewide Beloved Community tour.
Monday, July 17, 5:30-7p.m.
YWCA of Lancaster, 110 N. Lime Street, Lancaster, PA.

"This statewide tour will provide a forum where the PHRC can listen and better understand the concerns of the community," said Executive Director Chad Dion Lassiter. "It will also serve as an opportunity to better our Beloved Community, create relationships and partnerships with local leaders and organizations to help them solve controversial issues within communities."

The PHRC created the Beloved Community framework to assist communities of the commonwealth to intentionally build a culture of peace, understanding and tolerance despite our differences within the context of an increasingly diverse and interconnected world.

The PHRC launched the statewide tour on June 6 with a visit to Philadelphia.

Each listening session will include a presentation on the Beloved Community framework and an overview of the services and programs offered by the PHRC. Lassiter will then open it up for questions from the community. Details about additional stops will be released as they become available. PHRC is still looking for locations to host upcoming sessions, anyone interested in partnering with the PHRC should contact Amanda Brothman at [email protected].

THE PHRC urges anyone who has experienced acts of discrimination or hate to file a complaint with the PHRC by calling 717-787-4410. Information and resources are also available at www.PHRC.pa.gov.

https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/PA-Human-Relations-Commission-details.aspx?newsid=135

Will you be there for the 25th year? This Saturday.

A perfect day for YWCA Race Against Racism - Lancaster

2023 Race Against Racism medals are in! As with previous years, we’re proud to offer non-binary categories for our running community. All are welcome at the largest and longest running Race Against Racism in the nation! See you on April 29; register at YWCALancaster.org!

Hope you had a great Jr Day!
LCHRC greetings from the Crispus Attucks Community Center 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast!

https://www.cityoflancasterpa.gov/blog/seeking-volunteers-for-immediate-assistance-code-blue-sheltler/

The diversity of the City of Lancaster, PA is one of our increasing strengths! Find out more:https://www.ourfuturelancaster.com/_files/ugd/041175_e6de91737e644e839eb3f857a2d39646.pdf

A beautiful day to celebrate Hispanic Heritage!

Join us for a lively discussion on Womens reproductive rights !!

Panelist for our upcoming Town Hall, Samantha Bobila is Chief External Affairs Officer for Planned Parenthood Keystone. She is deeply and personally invested in race equity work and cross-movement building and sees her role at PPKeystone as a conduit to advance equity. She co-chairs a community-centric fundraising committee at PP, which advances racial justice in affiliate fundraising initiatives. Bobila maintains membership in the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy, and Professional Filipino American Youth. Please join us on Monday, May 23: https://www.facebook.com/events/3093025167677439

Don’t miss our upcoming Town Hall discussing health outcomes for women of color next Monday at Southern Market. Panelist Rae Johnson-Bundy , is a certified Doula Trainer and Mentor, Lamaze Childbirth Educator, Evidenced Based Birth Instructor and a Certified Birth Doula (CD) DONA at Doula Right Thing. As a Birth and Postpartum Doula Trainer for National Black Doula Associates (NBDA), Black Childbirth Educator and Doula she supports and brings awareness to the much needed maternal health care People of Color are facing today. https://www.facebook.com/events/3093025167677439

https://www.fastcompany.com/90751871/segregation-by-design-how-one-architect-is-visualizing-the-legacy-of-americas-racist-urbanism

Segregation By Design: How one architect is visualizing the legacy of America’s racist urbanism Using annotated satellite imagery, historical redlining maps, and archival photos, Segregation by Design highlights 180 American cities decimated by racist planning.

Why the disparity in Black maternal health? — Streaming and on WITF Smart Talk Thursday 9:30 am and 7:30 pm. https://www.witf.org/2022/05/18/why-the-disparity-in-black-maternal-health/
Join the LCHRC discussion next Monday at Southern Market.

Join us next Monday, May 23 for our town hall examining health outcomes for women of color.
Panelist Madhumitha Rajakittu Pudupatti is a National Black Doula Associates (NBDA), Certified Birth Doula at Guiding Hand Doula. As a Woman of Color, immigrant navigating in a different culture, birth professional, and mother herself, she has experienced and witnessed situations not completely respectful to the birthing person. She strives to support birthing people from the experience of a Person of Color, and through her program strives to reach Communities of Color, bring awareness to Maternal Health, and represent POC during pregnancy and bring in the respect they deserve for their values, beliefs, and choices.
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A panelist for our upcoming Town Hall discussing health outcomes for women of color, Dr. Cherise Hamblin is founder and president of Patients R Waiting — a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating health disparities by increasing the pipeline of minority clinicians and supporting those already in practice. Dr. Hamblin is a full-time board certified OBGYN and enjoys doing surgery, delivering babies, and caring for women of all ages.
Join us May 23rd for “Separate but Equal? Disparate Treatment in Women’s Healthcare:” https://www.facebook.com/events/3093025167677439

A perfect day for YWCA Race Against Racism - Lancaster