Voice of Westmoreland, a nonpartisan community group that works to give everyone a voice, is hosting a candlelight vigil Friday, “to end human detention camps” on the U.S.’s southern border. Members of the group will join the community to “protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees in our own country,” a news release reads.
Local proponents of the envisioned economic transformation dubbed the Green New Deal argue that regional jobs tied to the fossil fuel industry can be replaced with ones that are focused on environmentally friendly energy sources such as hydroelectric, wind and solar power.
Voice of Westmoreland, a nonprofit organization that promotes racial, economic and educational equity in the county, is asking candidates seeking office this year answer a series of questions leading up…
A candlelit vigil was held in Westmoreland County on Sunday to stand in solidarity with the victims of the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
As Westmoreland Diversity Coalition co-founder Carlotta Paige read aloud the names of the 11 people killed in Saturday’s mass shooting in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, Marie Howland of Latrobe held up a large placard bearing each name.
More than 500 people from different faiths, races, backgrounds and communities gathered at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg Monday for a candlelight vigil to memorialize the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings in Squirrel Hill.
More than 500 people from different faiths, races, backgrounds and communities gathered at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg Monday for a candlelight vigil to memorialize the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings in Squirrel Hill.
Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Arnold city hall on Thursday to demand the resignation of Mayor Karen Peconi in response to recent Facebook posts by Peconi to her personal page that most would say were at least insensitive and, at worst, racist.
Jeannette’s Susan Pardus sat in her kitchen with a group of other activists one night last year and talked about the future. “That’s where we came up with the idea, and it just went from there,” she said.