November 8, 2023 Leigh Martinez

November Events 2023

Indigenous Heritage Month

Indigenous communities are often on the front lines of climate change.

In the U.S., native tribes lost 99% of their historic lands and were forced onto the least desirable areas that are prone to pollution and negative impacts of climate change such as flooding, extreme heat, and loss of food sources. Indigenous people face running out of drinking water and uninhabitable land. 

Native Americans’ long history tells of a people deeply connected to their environment and fierce protectors of a clean and thriving natural world. 

PennFuture's Instagram and Facebook profiles highlight important Indigenous environmental activists for the first 5 days of the month. 

 

Virtual: Bringing Native Plants Back to Mine Lands: Community Voices and Case Studies

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

1:00 PM

Learn how mine revegetation and reforestation can work, how forestry nursery management operates, and the regional economic impacts of reforestation initiatives. This successful program has worked to reforest and revegetate former mine sites since 2004.

Register to attend

 

Virtual: Environmental Protection in Focus: Unraveling PA’s 2023 Election Results
 

Thursday, November 16  

6:00 to 7:00 pm

Join Conservation Voters of PA and PennFuture to discuss the results of the 2023 judicial and county elections and what the outcomes mean for environmental protection, climate action, environmental justice, and democracy. Hear from individuals leading the fight for environmental protection and elected officials bringing fresh perspectives on how we can defend against rollbacks and advance our priorities in the future.

Register here

 

Virtual: Environmental Justice Policy Public Meeting by the Department of Environmental Protection

Thursday, November 16, 2023

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
See www.dep.pa.gov/EJPolicyRevision for registration information. 

 

In-Person: Advocate for the FARM BILL at Glenn "GT" Thompson constituency events

Armstrong County Constituent Hours 

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 

10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

LOCATION: Pennsylvania State Rep. Donna Oberlander's Kittanning Office 200 North Jefferson Street, Kittanning, PA 16201

 

Snyder County Constituent Hours 

Both Wednesday, November 8 and November 29, 2023 

10:00 AM to 2:00 PM 

LOCATION: Pennsylvania State Rep. David Rowe's Selinsgrove Office 1 Susquehanna Valley Mall Dr., Suite F3, Selinsgrove, PA 17870

 

Grateful For the Delaware Day

Friday, November 24, 2023

A day dedicated to our appreciation for the Delaware River. Social media hashtag: #Grateful4theDelaware

 

In-Person: Public hearings on EJ Policy by DEP

Washington

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM 

Howard J. Burnett Center 
Washington & Jefferson College 
292 East Wheeling Street 
Washington, PA 15301 

 

Allentown

Thursday, November 30, 2023

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM 

La Toxica Event Space 
1447 Lehigh Street 
Allentown, PA 18103 

 

Giving Tuesday 💝

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 

A day dedicated to the global generosity movement to support nonprofits. This year, please consider a donation to PennFuture.

Donate here