Monday, October 25, 2010
Widener University to Host Hall Meetings for 159th District Candidates
Chester, Pa.—The Rev. William Rocky Brown III (R) and State Representative Thaddeus Kirkland (D), who will square off in the Nov. 2 election for State Representative of the 159th District, will talk to voters at two town hall style meetings on Oct. 27th and 28th at Widener University’s Lathem Hall, 13th and Potter Streets in Chester.
Rev. Brown will address voters’ questions on Wednesday, Oct. 27th at 7 p.m., and State Representative Kirkland will address voters’ questions on Thursday, Oct. 28th at 7 p.m. Candidates will make brief introductory statements and will then take questions from the audience. Both events are free and open to the public. The events are sponsored by the Widener NAACP College Chapter, the Widener Political Engagement Committee, the Young Democrats of Widener, and the College Republicans of Widener.
Pennsylvania’s 159th district covers the city of Chester, Chester Township, Eddystone, Marcus Hook, Trainer, Upland, Lower Chichester Township, Parkside and parts of Upper Chichester Township and Ridley Township.
Rev. Brown is president and CEO of Brown and Associates, LTD, a comprehensive government and public relations firm. He is also a state certified drug, alcohol and gambling addiction counselor and was recently voted by his peers and colleagues as employee of the year at Crozer-Keystone Health System’s Community Hospital.
A preacher by calling, Brown is an ordained Baptist minister of 31 years. He spent six of those years as the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bernardtown in South Coatesville, Pa. He is presently pastor of youth and community at the Bethany Baptist Church in Chester.
Rev. Brown graduated from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He also holds a master’s degree in religion from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a doctorate of divinity degree from Jameson Christian College.
Representative Kirkland has served the 159th legislative district since being elected in 1992, on his first attempt for public office. He currently serves as chairman of the House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee and is a member of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, the Health & Human Services Committee, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, Policy Committee, and Urban Affairs Committee. He is also second vice chairman of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
Kirkland is the pastor of Community Baptist Church. Prior to his election to the General Assembly, Kirkland was a community service coordinator at Crozer Chester Medical Center, where he conducted outreach and educational programs for teenagers.
A 1973 graduate of Chester High School, Kirkland holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. He also attended classes at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Widener University is a private, metropolitan university that connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. Dynamic teaching, active scholarship, personal attention, and experiential learning are key components of the Widener experience. A comprehensive doctorate-granting university, Widener comprises eight schools and colleges that offer liberal arts and sciences, professional and pre-professional curricula leading to associate’s, baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees. The university’s campuses in Chester, Exton, and Harrisburg, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., serve some 6,700 students. Visit the university website, www.widener.edu.
Delco Alliance for Evironmental Justice NEWS & UPDATES
THE NEXT MEETING:
DelCo Alliance for Environmental Justice
NOVEMBER 15th MONDAY
NOVEMBER 15th MONDAY
TIME: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
LOCATION: Swarthmore Lang Center (Directions Below)
[ ALL ARE INVITED ]
[ ALL ARE INVITED ]
The Delco Alliance for Environmental Justice has had its second monthly meeting since last Monday Oct 18th. The meeting took place at the YWCA in Chester. Here is a brief on what was discussed...
CHESTER'S CORE DIET!
The issue of how Chester eats is currently being explored by some Alliance members. If you would like to participate just contact Tom Liu: tomliu.swat@gmail.com This project would be ideal for any high school seniors who need a Senior Project subject.
SAY NO TO FLUORIDE!
The Alliance is also working hard to spread the truth about Fluoride! We may come knocking at your door so be friendly and listen up. If you have young children who have experienced lead poisoning or if you know someone with kidney problems, understand, that they SHOULD NOT be drinking our City's Fluoridated drinking water. Yes Chester's water is fluoridated! You can learn more here at our website: http://www.actionpa.org/fluoride/
Also if you would like to participate in saying no to fluoride just contact me: info@ghettoprint.com
VIRTUAL TOXIC TOUR!
You've lived in Chester and Delaware County all your life and never bothered to find out what was all around you. You may need to know because it matters to your health and the quality of your life. The Alliance is working on giving you a virtual tour. This is another great SENIOR PROJECT for the students of Chester High School. If you would like to WOW your teachers by participating in this project then just contact me: info@ghettoprint.com
*Swarthmore College, Lang Center Directions
http://www.swarthmore.edu/
Clarification: if you are coming from Chester on Route 320, make a left turn onto Elm (one block after the light at College Avenue). After making a turn onto Elm and after one stop sign, you'll come to a driveway flanked by stone pillars on your left.Turn there onto Whittier Place and follow it to Dupont parking lot. 5 Whittier Place, adjacent to the DuPont parking lot, and across from the Friends Meeting House, is the Lang Center for Social Responsibility. Park in the DuPont lot and walk back.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Delco Alliance for Environmental Justice NEWS & UPDATES
THE NEXT MEETING:
DelCo Alliance for Environmental Justice
OCTOBER 18th MONDAY
OCTOBER 18th MONDAY
TIME: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
LOCATION: 4 E 7th St. Chester, PA 19013-4212
[ ALL ARE INVITED ]
[ ALL ARE INVITED ]
The Delco Alliance for Environmental Justice has started its monthly meetings this past Monday. Everyone is back from school and vacation and all are ready to work. Although I personally didn't have much of a vacation LOL But here is the roundup on what green work is going on in Chester City thru the Alliance.
GREEN THUMBS IN THE BENNETT!
The Swarthmore Earthlust group is continuing their awesome gardening project at the Bennet Homes. To learn more about the project and how to get involved visit their site here: http://chestergardenproject.wordpress.com/
CHESTER'S CORE DIET!
The issue of how Chester eats is currently being explored by some Alliance members but this project is just starting so come back for details about what the deal is and how you can participate. I believe this will be a great Senior Project for some Chester High Students.
SAY NO TO FLUORIDE!
The Alliance is also working hard to spread the truth about Fluoride! We may come knocking at your door so be friendly and listen up. If you have young children who have experienced lead poisoning or if you know someone with kidney problems, understand, that they SHOULD NOT be drinking our City's Fluoridated drinking water. Yes Chester's water is fluoridated! You can learn more here at our website: http://www.actionpa.org/fluoride/
Also if you would like to participate in saying no to fluoride just contact me: info@ghettoprint.com
VIRTUAL TOXIC TOUR!
You've lived in Chester and Delaware County all your life and never bothered to find out what was all around you. You may need to know because it matters to your health and the quality of your life. The Alliance is working on giving you a virtual tour. This is another great SENIOR PROJECT for the students of Chester High School. If you would like to WOW your teachers by participating in this project then just contact me: info@ghettoprint.com
THE NEXT MEETING:
DelCo Alliance for Environmental Justice
OCTOBER 18th MONDAY
OCTOBER 18th MONDAY
TIME: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
LOCATION: 4 E 7th St. Chester, PA 19013-4212
[ ALL ARE INVITED ]
[ ALL ARE INVITED ]
Director of the Y is saying goodbye...
Read Tara Jones' farewell letter below:
Greetings all,
I am writing to inform you that I will no longer be the Executive Director of the YWCA Chester effective October 31, 2010. I have carried the baton, and it is now time to pass it. I am proud to have been able to serve the YWCA and the people of Chester in this capacity. I am a true believer in the City of Chester and the organization that we have all come to know and love, but then forgot!
When I heard that the YWCA was getting close to closing its doors three years ago, I made it up in my mind that I would do what I could to help keep the organization alive. When I found the shape that it was in, I knew it would take sleepless nights, a whole lot of prayer and a few years to pass. Needless to say it has been quite a task.
In the past few years, I have served as executive director, bookkeeper, custodian, carpenter, designer, supervisor, program/volunteer coordinator and fundraiser, among other titles. I would not have traded it for anything. I have been on a quest to find women that have the same passion for Chester and the mission of the organization, and it has been an arduous task. Through the years, not everyone agreed with my tactics, but I know that not everyone has Chester and the YW’s best interest at heart, and I have tried to protect it as much as I could.
The YW is still not out of the woods and will not be for another year or so, but we have a found a group of women that have the same passion, determination and business sense to move the organization forward.
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| The YWCA Chester launches its living well center. |
It is my hope for you to join us on October 30, 2010 at our Harlem Renaissance fundraiser as I say my final farewells to this portion of my journey. As requested by the Board of Directors, I will continue to support the YW in many ways to help ensure the continued growth of the organization. I hope you find it in your hearts to do the same.
MotivationalSpeaker
PA Licensed Real Estate Agent
Tara Jones
[ NJ Spotlight ] Covanta Agrees to Clean up its Act
- Covanta Energy pledges to deploy new air pollution gear to limit emissions of nitrogen oxide, a cause of smog in summer -
By Tom Johnson, October 4 in Energy & Environment
The owner of the Essex County garbage incinerator has settled a court case brought by community organizations that alleged the facility had committed hundreds of violations of the federal Clean Air Act.
In the settlement, Covanta Energy has agreed to install new air pollution control equipment to limit nitrogen oxide emissions from the plant, a type of pollution that contributes to the formation of smog during summer months. New Jersey has never complied with the federal air quality standard for ground-level ozone or smog.
The agreement tarnishes somewhat the reputation of Covanta at a time when it is trying to convince the Christie administration its energy-from-waste plants, which convert trash into electricity, should play a bigger role in New Jersey's energy future.
Covanta, based in Fairfield, is one of the largest operators of garbage incinerators, owning more than 40 energy-from-waste plants, as the company prefers to have them called worldwide. Besides operating the Newark facility, the largest in the state, it owns trash-burning plants in Union and Warren counties.
Covanta has argued its facilities are much more technologically advanced than the garbage incinerators built more than two decades ago.
According to its website, Covanta's plants generate the equivalent of enough electricity to meet the power needs of the state of Delaware. They also prevent more than 15 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Covanta chose not to comment for this article.
The lawsuit against the Newark facility was brought back in February 2009 by the Eastern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Ironbound Community Corp., a nonprofit public interest corporation, and Greenfaith, an interfaith environmental coalition.
The law center argued Covanta had violated federal clean air standards dealing with sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and fine particulate matter on hundreds of occasions. The incinerator, approved despite intense local opposition in the Ironbound section of Newark, has the capacity to burn up to 2,800 tons of municipal waste each day. It accepts garbage from most of Essex County and much of Manhattan.
According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the incinerator emits more mercury, a potent neurotoxin, than any other facility burning trash in the state.
Under terms of the settlement, besides installing new pollution controls, Covanta has agreed to commission a study to examine waste deliveries at the incinerator and to recommend improvements to the existing inspection program to keep dangerous and inappropriate waste out of the incinerator.
It also has agreed to fund ... [ READ MORE ]
By Tom Johnson, October 4 in Energy & Environment
The owner of the Essex County garbage incinerator has settled a court case brought by community organizations that alleged the facility had committed hundreds of violations of the federal Clean Air Act.
In the settlement, Covanta Energy has agreed to install new air pollution control equipment to limit nitrogen oxide emissions from the plant, a type of pollution that contributes to the formation of smog during summer months. New Jersey has never complied with the federal air quality standard for ground-level ozone or smog.
The agreement tarnishes somewhat the reputation of Covanta at a time when it is trying to convince the Christie administration its energy-from-waste plants, which convert trash into electricity, should play a bigger role in New Jersey's energy future.
Covanta, based in Fairfield, is one of the largest operators of garbage incinerators, owning more than 40 energy-from-waste plants, as the company prefers to have them called worldwide. Besides operating the Newark facility, the largest in the state, it owns trash-burning plants in Union and Warren counties.
Covanta has argued its facilities are much more technologically advanced than the garbage incinerators built more than two decades ago.
According to its website, Covanta's plants generate the equivalent of enough electricity to meet the power needs of the state of Delaware. They also prevent more than 15 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Covanta chose not to comment for this article.
The lawsuit against the Newark facility was brought back in February 2009 by the Eastern Environmental Law Center on behalf of the Ironbound Community Corp., a nonprofit public interest corporation, and Greenfaith, an interfaith environmental coalition.
The law center argued Covanta had violated federal clean air standards dealing with sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and fine particulate matter on hundreds of occasions. The incinerator, approved despite intense local opposition in the Ironbound section of Newark, has the capacity to burn up to 2,800 tons of municipal waste each day. It accepts garbage from most of Essex County and much of Manhattan.
According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the incinerator emits more mercury, a potent neurotoxin, than any other facility burning trash in the state.
Under terms of the settlement, besides installing new pollution controls, Covanta has agreed to commission a study to examine waste deliveries at the incinerator and to recommend improvements to the existing inspection program to keep dangerous and inappropriate waste out of the incinerator.
It also has agreed to fund ... [ READ MORE ]
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