FILE PHOTO: In this June 20, 2020, file photo, Ke'Moriae Font, left, hugs Mihrell Reece while listening to a speaker during a youth-led demonstration in Los Angeles calling for an end to racial injustice and for police accountability. As videos and stories of Black people being killed at the hands of police officers make the rounds online, many Americans have been called to protest racial injustice in recent weeks. For many Black Americans, those videos are also contributing to a sense of grief and pain. Psychologists call it racial trauma, the distress experienced because of the accumulation of racial discrimination, racial violence or institutional racism.
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The House Has Voted to Rescind Public Media Funding
This vote threatens federal support for programming on WITF — putting at risk educational programming, trusted news and emergency communications that our community depends on produced locally and from PBS and NPR. Now the proposal heads to the Senate.
Your voice is urgently needed. Call your senator and donate today to help protect the future of local public media.
FILE PHOTO: In this June 20, 2020, file photo, Ke'Moriae Font, left, hugs Mihrell Reece while listening to a speaker during a youth-led demonstration in Los Angeles calling for an end to racial injustice and for police accountability. As videos and stories of Black people being killed at the hands of police officers make the rounds online, many Americans have been called to protest racial injustice in recent weeks. For many Black Americans, those videos are also contributing to a sense of grief and pain. Psychologists call it racial trauma, the distress experienced because of the accumulation of racial discrimination, racial violence or institutional racism.
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FILE PHOTO: In this June 20, 2020, file photo, Ke’Moriae Font, left, hugs Mihrell Reece while listening to a speaker during a youth-led demonstration in Los Angeles calling for an end to racial injustice and for police accountability. As videos and stories of Black people being killed at the hands of police officers make the rounds online, many Americans have been called to protest racial injustice in recent weeks. For many Black Americans, those videos are also contributing to a sense of grief and pain. Psychologists call it racial trauma, the distress experienced because of the accumulation of racial discrimination, racial violence or institutional racism.
Airdate: Monday, October 18, 2021
The PA Media Group is hosting a statewide virtual event in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission on October 19 called “Peace and Justice in PA.”
The is part of their “live journalism” series to examine Pennsylvania’s “current state of affairs around diversity, equity and inclusion.” They will discuss efforts to counter extremism and hate groups in the state and how to support the people and organizations that are leading the response.
