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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for 2024-04-19 ( 8 items )  
American Baptist Churches: 2024 PBA Missiological Conversation: Addressing a Surge in Authoritarianism at the Intersection of Faith and Politics (10)
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- American Baptist Churches USA issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The Philadelphia Baptist Association (PBA), in partnership with American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS), is proud to announce the 2024 PBA Missiological Conversation on May 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. EDT. Themed "Christian Belief + White Supremacy + Authoritarian Governance = Fascism," this hybrid event, with on-site and online participants, will critically e more PR

American College of Physicians Named GRADE Center, the First U.S. Organization to Receive Designation (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 18 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Physicians issued the following news release: Recognizes the College's work and rigorous processes for developing clinical guidelines BOSTON April 18, 2024 - The American College of Physicians (ACP) announced today that it has received the designation of a GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Center, and is the only U.S. organization to receive the designation. The designati more PR

Berks County Attorney Ann Marie Cucinotta Named Child Advocate of the Year by Pennsylvania Bar Association (10)
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued the following news release: The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Children's Rights Committee has named Berks County attorney Ann Marie Cucinotta, juvenile court hearing officer, Berks County Office of Court Administration, Reading, as its Child Advocate of the Year. Cucinotta will receive the award at a luncheon ceremony during the committee's Current Issues for Child Advocates training on April 26 at the Pennsylva more PR

Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression: A Third of Stanford Students Say Using Violence to Silence Speech Can Be Acceptable (10)
PALO ALTO, Pennsylvania, April 19 (TNSres) -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: * * * * A year after Judge Kyle Duncan was shouted down at Stanford University, a new FIRE report lays out just how dim the free speech climate at the school really was before and after the incident. * Three-fourths of Stanford students say shouting down a speaker is either "rarely," "sometimes," or "always" an acceptable form of protest, and m more PR

ICYMI: Business Roundtable Co-Hosts Event at The Wharton School to Advance Second Chance Employment (10)
WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Business Roundtable issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: At the beginning of Second Chance Month, Business Roundtable co-hosted an event on "The Business Case for Second Chance Employment" with JPMorgan Chase & Co., Eaton, the Second Chance Business Coalition and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School Coalition for Equity and Opportunity. The event took place at The Wharton School. During the full-day forum, business leaders, academics, government more PR

National Association of School Resource Officers: School Resource Officer Prevents Violent Attack on High School Student (10)
HOOVER, Alabama, April 19 -- The National Association of School Resource Officers issued the following school resource officer success story: The 16-year-old Pennsylvania high school student was determined to harm another student. She was so fixed on her goal that she didn't end the attempt until two police officers took her to the floor and handcuffed her. School resource officer Mary Novak of the Horsham Township Police Department was in her office in the school when the incident began on a  more PR

People For the American Way Endorses Keir Bradford-Grey for Attorney General (10)
WASHINGTON, April 19 -- People for the American Way issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: People For the American Way announced today that it is proud to endorse Keir Bradford-Grey, former chief public defender for Montgomery County, in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania Attorney General. If elected, she would be the first Black attorney general in Pennsylvania, and the first to have gained most of her legal experience as a public defender. "We are excited to endorse Keir B more PR

PHS's Public Gardens and Landscapes are Beginning to Bloom Across the Philadelphia Region (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 19 -- The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society issued the following news release: The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) ushers in the spring season with its planting of over 100,000 flowering bulbs at its public gardens and landscapes in Center City and along the Ben Franklin Parkway, including LOVE Park, Logan Square, the Rodin Museum, and the Azalea Garden at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Over the next few weeks, take a stroll through these iconic Phil more PR