April 1, 2017 By Wanda Guthrie “We must learn that to passively accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil… The […]
Taking a Stand: Pipelines
Faith Community Mobilizes
March 8, 2017 By Wanda Guthrie and Claudia Detwiler Attention: Leaders of Faith Communities Greenfaith is a national fellowship of people of diverse religious backgrounds who advocate for care of creation. Its […]
Environmental Injustice Frequently Means Racial Injustice
March 6, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman Controversy has surrounded Pittsburgh being named America’s “most livable city” ever since the town proudly claimed the title. The same city that displaced thousands of Black […]
Journalist at #NoDAPL Protest Site Attacked by Police, Suffers Broken Hip
February 22, 2017 By Tallon Kennedy Today is the deadline that water protectors were given to evacuate the Oceti Sakowin Camp. Earlier this afternoon, journalist Eric Poemz was recording the confrontation between […]
Flint, MI: 1,000 Days, No Clean Water
February 10, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza In April 2014, members of the Flint community went to their government to bring something to their attention- the tap water coming out of their sinks […]
MORALtorium Launches “Clean Water for The Woodlands” Fundraiser
February 6, 2017 By Wanda Guthrie It’s been close to six years now, a tragic anniversary, for 52 families in a Butler County community who lost their clean well water. Anyone who […]
America: Stealing Land from the Native People since 1776
By Tallon Kennedy September 7, 2016 In History classes we learn at a young age about the white man’s genocide of the Native Americans centuries ago. We act as if these acts […]
Let the Sun Shine In
September 1, 2016 By Bette McDevitt We often have guests at the Wednesday breakfast gathering of the Battle of Homestead Foundation (BHF). In the last few months, we have had a young […]
Butler Group Sponsoring Go Green Festival & Car Show
September 1, 2016 By Lou Hancherick Marcellus Outreach Butler (MOB), a non-profit group from Butler County committed to educating the public to the health and safety risks of unconventional natural gas development, […]
New Play “Driftless” Tells the Story of Fracking in PA
August 5, 2016 By Angelique Stolar A transplant to the Pittsburgh area, Paul Kruse of Hatch Arts Collective has quickly immersed himself into the local community. With its first play, Chickens in […]
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