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Cheyney stamped its 186the birthday in a big way this month. Aside from Founder's Day, here are two of them: According to ESPN Front Row, the Lady Wolves were the first HBCU basketball program -- men's or women's -- to play in a Division I Final Four Championship. "The Lone Wolves" -- about that 1982 squad -- premiered on SportsCenter yesterday. Official trailer here: youtu.be/KM3lUwBL53c And in honor of Black History Month, Urban Outfitters is selling limited-edition Cheyney merch designed in part by Mitchell & Ness. All proceeds go to Cheyney. Shop here: www.urbanoutfitters.com/celebrate-black-history-month At any rate, please join the #CheyneyChallenge, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it on WURD's Radio Courtroom in 2015, and began donating the following year.  Cheyney students | © The Philadelphia Tribune (Used by permission) Related: January Cheyney Challenge (2023) Related: February Cheyney Challenge (2022) Related: February Cheyney Challenge (2021) Related: February Cheyney Challenge (2020) Related: Why Booker's sights for HBCUs has my support (2019) Related: One way to boost enrollment at HBCUs (2020)
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Bribery is still legal in Pennsylvania.
Martin (state senator, R-Lancaster) already campaigned in 2020, receiving money from the likes of PPL and other electric utility companies named in the article below. In addition, he JUST won the chairmanship of the state-money committee (Senate Appropriations), which -- in my view -- is one of the most powerful committees in state government. The 2023-2024 legislative session has just begun, and Martin is in as chair of his respective committee. So why a fundraiser now? And then came Regan (state senator, R-York), who forced a peaceful protester on a cane to the ground so he can get a plate. I guess the former U.S. Marshal is very much a Pa. politician, too. Gone get that money. Michael Badges-Canning -- the peaceful protester -- is a retired educator, small farmer, 2022 candidate for Lieut. Governor, and mayor of Cherry Valley Borough (Western Pa.).
A comment on "Pa. lawmaker moves protester outside HBG fundraiser" (J. L. Micek)
People toasting ("Wedding-Devon-old-barn-cheers-glasses-toast" by Eyecandy Photography UK)
Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including the one on Micek's "Pa. lawmaker moves protester outside HBG fundraiser," at landturn.com/blog.
Commemorating 5 years of landturn.com (2019 - 2023)
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Great script.
Notice that his companion didn't write off the Feelings Monster. "It's okay" wasn't a reference to the monster's feelings, but a consideration that he might not be up to verbalizing them at the moment. Still, his companion is considerate enough to stick by his side (in lieu of talking). And guess what? The Feelings Monster begins to talk. Microsoft Reflect is an app for educators, young learners, and their classmates to exercise Emotional Intelligence with each other.
A post on "Microsoft Reflect - All the Feels - Naming disappointment" originally appeared on my Facebook page on date above
Feelings Monster by Microsoft Reflect (reflect.microsoft.com)
Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including the one on the video "Microsoft Reflect - All the Feels -- Naming disappointment," at landturn.com/blog.
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Related: Environmental Committee: Research on Basic Fire Safety (Jan. 2022) Related: Environmental Committee: Tree Canopy on Cameron Street Flood Zone (Aug. 2022) Related: Diploma withheld despite no consequence established for dress code violation (2022) Related: "CROWN: An Ode to the Fresh Cut" (2020) Related: "Trombone Shorty" (2021) Related: Why satellite more useful than WiFi to fight kidnapping in Nigeria (2021) Cheyney has revised its motto. Not only "a national treasure" or "the nation's oldest HBCU," the university has re-branded itself "the nation’s first HBCU" or -- as worded on its homepage at the time of this writing -- "the nation’s first HBCU—established in 1837." (For more, see cheyney.edu/who-we-are/the-first-hbcu.) Please join the #CheyneyChallenge in 2023, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. As a note, I've been unable to re-automate my donations after updating my payment info and or payment method. None has withdrawn my account in 12 months via the school's online payment system. I'll see what I can do from my checking account. Hopefully, many more small donors have better luck. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it in 2015, and began donating the following year.  Cheyney students | © The Philadelphia Tribune (Used by permission) Related: January Cheyney Challenge (2022) Related: January Cheyney Challenge (2021) Related: January Cheyney Challenge (2020) Related: Why Booker's sights for HBCUs has my support (2019) Related: One way to boost enrollment at HBCUs (2020) Related: How Hennessy partnership can payoff for HBCU students (2019) Congrats to the CU students graduating this month and in 2022 moreover. In 2019 -- prior to COVID -- Cheyney witnessed its highest rate of student retention in 20 years. Further, enrollment has increased by 50% since 2018. ("Cheyney University Reports 10% Increase in Student Enrollment Over Last Year") Please join the #CheyneyChallenge in 2023, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it in 2015, and began donating the following year.  Cheyney students | © The Philadelphia Tribune (Used by permission) Related: November Cheyney Challenge (2022) Related: December Cheyney Challenge (2020) Related: December Cheyney Challenge (2021) Related: Why Booker's ambitious sights for HBCUs has my support (2019) Related: One way to boost enrollment at HBCUs (2020) Related: How Hennessy partnership can payoff for HBCU students (2019) Note: I had the opportunity to correspond with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights for a second U.S. election. My email response to the provided address, as well as the variants I attempted, kept bouncing. The following is a response to the follow-up request for feedback on the ODIHR's Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions for the 2022 mid-term elections. Special thanks to Tim Runkle for first putting me in touch with OSCE monitors in 2020. Greetings, <Redacted> and <Redacted>: I'll save you an excuse for my not responding a week ago, more or less, but I sincerely apologize for the delay. The [OSCE/ODIHR] findings on the 2022 general election (has) informed me that the majority of U.S. states (33) authorize their legislatures to modify boundaries for Congressional districts and preferential votes. I believe the politics of state legislatures are skewed by the high stakes inherent to the two mass parties' attempt to tip the scales of power between themselves. I find this evidenced by generous campaign financing... [that] permits... concealment, as referenced by the [OSCE/ODIHR] press release, of monetary contributions [from] non-profit organizations. If 2022 mailers and Youtube commercials here in Pennsylvania are any indication, then there appears to be more non-profits providing anything from monetary assistance to multimedia aid than there are headline candidates. Thank you to the OSCE for continuing its mandate despite a Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOM). I'll share these provided links and subsequent final report with my social media, friends, and political colleagues. Regards, Jubalyn ExWilliams Harrisburg, Pennsylvania landturn.com XXX-XXX-XXXX  People holding up question marks (Credit: xixinxing - 123rf.com) Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). In addition to 2022, she corresponded with international election observers in Dauphin County, Pa. from the OSCE in 2020. You can find her writings and commentaries, including "Internat'l mission to U.S. elections: correspondence," at landturn.com/blog. Related: What influenced me to reconsider participation in electoral politics (2019) Related: Ballot Access in Pennsylvania (2021) Related: Ballot Access in Pennsylvania, II (2021) Related: Ballot Access in Pennsylvania, III (2022) Related: Ballot Access in Pennsylvania, IV (2022) Related: About Me: Politics (draft) (2022) Related: Local Candidate Forum (2022) Please join the #CheyneyChallenge, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. Despite the national COVID lockdown of 2020, the Cheyney Foundation reports that the university had its highest retention rate in more than two decades. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it in 2015, and began donating the following year.  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Anybody catch the blood moon before dawn this morning?
Brought some binoculars to see some of the moon's features, but the view was dark and the reddish cast too subtle. For me, the shadow was far more visible to the naked eye. Now that I think of it, I didn't see the face of the moon. The moon doesn't rotate on an axis like the Earth, does it? On a related note, I went to a magnet school that remains a NASA Explorer School. Today I honored the school by visiting its Web page for the 2nd, maybe 3rd, time in my life. I see the mural of the 4 little astronauts -- one of the middle two... [for which I] was a model... -- was redrawn and painted over with 4 new little astronauts. [The original mural was up for] 30 years, so I'm not mad. Decades from now, at my memorial service, please start my obituary with a little humor: "Jubalyn was an astronaut! For 30 years!"
A Facebook post that originally appeared on the date above.
Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including "Blood Moon: When I learned NASA Explorer School repainted astronaut mural I was part of," at landturn.com/blog.
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Related: Is new U.S. Space Force another reason to ratify Outer Space Treaty? (2020) Related: Why satellite more useful than WiFi to fight kidnapping in Nigeria (2021) Related: Dark Skies in Pennsylvania (2022) The following is an archive of a political snapshot between September and Oct. 2022 on my homepage at landturn.com. >OSCE For the 2022 mid-terms, I corresponded with election observers in Pennsylvania from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Correspondence surrounded a perspective of small-party access to the electoral process, public reception to that representation; and obstacles to campaign efforts by its candidates. General Election Like 2022, I corresponded with OSCE observers dispatched to Dauphin County, Pa. for the general election between presidential headliners Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Final OSCE report on the 2020 general election: www.osce.org/files/f/documents/7/7/477823.pdf. Apparently, the international monitors were barred from Pennsylvania polls under state law. Little did I know that state law would be but one obstacle to a representative election. Jan. 2021 As a recent poll watcher, I raised multiple objections with the County Election Board for the renaming of a third-party, write-in candidate and an independent write-in candidate in the official tally. ("Ballot Access in Pennsylvania," "Ballot Access in Pennsylvania, II") To ensure the recognition of eligible challengers and third-party candidates in local campaigns, I ran for the Harrisburg School Board just weeks before the special election in 2021. Though unsuccessful and $0 in campaign funds, I garnered enough votes to maintain a ballot line not guaranteed to third-party candidates in general, and Green Party candidates in particular. Jan. 2020 I consider my Jan. 2020 commentary "Americans also have medical debt" a viral post that provided the political inspiration for Biden's expansion of Executive Order 14009 in 2022. Medical Debt In reference to an NBA player working with RIP Medical Debt, I noted that medical debt is highest in the United States. The Price We Pay, written by a surgeon at Johns Hopkins, brought this distinction to my attention. And it was the surgeon's book that I'd review after my "Medical Debt" commentary later that month. A note on the geographic degree of separation between myself and Joe Biden via a high-profile Democratic operative with multi-generational ties to Penn State is forthcoming. Nov. 2020 One of my works was also the basis of a ten-part series by PennLive in 2020. That November, I emailed a health official and two of the leaders from a homeless advocacy group to suggest church pews, then-vacant gymns, etc. to meet the need for more beds. ("Ways to provide more beds for the homeless in Harrisburg") (Also see landturn.com/blog/this-winter-is-deadlier-for-the-homeless.) Homelessness A response came less than a month later, when PennLive published its series on homelessness with multiple angles similar to the points of my email (e.g. "Scenes from a homeless shelter on a cold night amid the coronavirus"). Leadership for one organization of which I'm a member also switched one of its planks to homeless charity from a stated interest in human trafficking awareness the month before. At the time of this writing, the PennLive articles remain accessible to paid subscribers only. The irony that this paid exclusivity stemmed from an act of civic engagement first occurred to me only 15 months later. Sept. 2021 Less significant but still annoying, "Spotted Lanternfly in Harrisburg" -- about the invasive species on the Riverfront -- seemed to reincarnate itself five days after I posted it. An article with points presented in the same order as my own appeared in another publication as "Spotted, Smashed: Harrisburg City forester offers tips for dealing with spotted lanternflies". For example, my blog ends, "But first thing's first: If you see one, 'Kill it! Squash it, smash it... just get rid of it.'" The article ends, "The bottom line? Roane says, if you see a spotted lanternfly, smash it." NAACP Environmental Committee In 2021, the Pennsylvania State Conference approved my proposal for the vacant Environmental Committee of the Harrisburg NAACP. (Committee Proposal: landturn.com/blog/fires-in-harrisburg) As a result, I've served as founding chair of the branch committee since then. Fire Safety/Prevention More than 17 monthly progress updates on our development (June 2021 - Present) of a free educational product on fire safety and prevention is available at landturn.com/naacp. State of the City, 2022 In her first State of the City address, Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams lauded the fire department more than 3X longer than any other. I believe the 17 updates by the Environmental Committee up to that point provided much of her talking points and disproportionate proficiency. A note on the political degree of separation between myself and the mayor is forthcoming. Green Party Like summer 2020, I petitioned on foot as part of the statewide effort to gain ballot access not guaranteed to statewide Green candidates. The last of four days was with Howie Hawkins, Green Party co-founder and 2020 presidential candidate. Two days later, a small delegation of members and I delivered the requisite 5,000 signatures then approved by the Pennsylvania State Department. Unlike 2020, state-level Democrats filed no lawsuit, which ousted Hawkins from the battleground ballot in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania that year. ("Howie Hawkins campaign: my statement") (Also refer again to "Ballot Access in Pennsylvania.") As a result, the 2022 ballot was extended to Green candidates for Governor, Lieut. Governor, and Attorney General in Pennsylvania.  A single puzzle piece (Credit: "Puzzle Piece" by iFireDesign) Related: What influenced me to reconsider participation in electoral politics (2019)
Related: Local Candidate Forum (2022) Related: Presidential Howie Hawkins campaign: my statement (2020) Related: Internat'l mission to U.S. elections: correspondence (2022) Almost six months ago, I demanded the following individual keep away from me. Upon my May 9 demand, he has had access to when I come and go and thus my schedule. That day, he learned that security footage caught him running down a corridor of the building to which I returned from the same establishment. (See "Alert" below). Initially, he denied ever being at the establishment, but would later walk down the corridor with more stuff to finish his errand there. "Forget your camera," he shot back. Three days later, he installed his own. Prior to the May 9 altercation, he'd lurk multiple times a night in the corridor outside a private space where I work. When I say "night" in this instance, I mean "After 12, Before 6." (RIP Sam Salter.) Three weeks ago -- during the first-third of October -- one of the most notable incidents of his lurking or mirroring me since then reccurred. I performed a routine activity, but on a day I had not previously. In the mid-40s, it was the chilliest morning of the fall at the time. 
The front of the building was about a 15-second walk away. It was then that I noticed the individual at the intersection there ahead. He stood across the street from the building, and the establishments that lined the block. In a short-sleeve T-shirt, the individual held a phone to his ear. Per security footage, he had left the building -- at least the corridor -- 40 minutes earlier. The building has no waiting area. A cell phone to his ear, the individual moved his lips a moment, but made no apparent sound. Despite crossing into an oncoming traffic lane, he watched me at a 90-degree angle. And despite his slow-motion strides (and shorter stature), he reached the building from across the street before I did. He entered. I entered. Beyond the vestibule, he ran through the building, trampling the new hard-surface floor the whole time. Within 30 minutes of his return (and 70 minutes after he left the first time), the individual left the building again. Despite the cooler temperature earlier, he wore a jacket only now. The first time I saw him standing across the street from the building, it was in the springtime. That's when I learned he smokes. Only it was the side of the building, near an eatery I'm not sure was open for business even then. Where he stood was also across from a window in which I hung a sign. It displayed a message and organizational website. The window was closed, so I didn't know he was watching it. Not at first anyway. Once I left the building, I noticed the individual across the side street facing that window. Ignoring me, he crossed the street back to the building in a slow motion. He then dropped the cigarette he was smoking, and went inside. This was in the weeks before the May 9 altercation, during which I screamed and barked on him. "STOP following me!" Get AWAY from me!" "I'm NOT interested!" In August, I altered my routine as best I could and the time frame during which I leave. In September, I even looked up the individual on a couple social media sites and blocked him right away. Neither worked. Putting on my face mask and gloves, grabbing my belongings, tidying up, and my keys in tow, I'd prepare to lock up before leaving. With only his person, the individual would cut down the corridor and leave the building ahead of me. As mentioned in my original Alert below, this individual turns me off, nor am I attracted to him. After the trampling incident three weeks ago, I had had enough. I went to the police that day and filed a report in person.  Contact, affiliation not wanted or desired Related: Alert (2022)
Related: Environmental Committee: Smoke Alarm Volunteers (Apr. 2022) Related: Environmental Committee: Harrisburg Fire Department, II (Dec. 2021) Please join the #CheyneyChallenge, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. Despite the national COVID lockdown of 2020, the Cheyney Foundation reports that the university has its highest retention rate in more than two decades. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it in 2015, and began donating the following year.  Cheyney students | © The Philadelphia Tribune (Used by permission) Related: September Cheyney Challenge (2022)
Related: October Cheyney Challenge (2020) Related: October Cheyney Challenge (2021) The following message is a copy of the email I sent as an individual effort and not on behalf of the Harrisburg NAACP. Dear Third-Party Candidates: My name is Jubalyn ExWilliams, and I'm a member of the Harrisburg NAACP. I'm also a registered member of the Green Party. I invite you to be part of the virtual Candidates Forum hosted by the Greater Harrisburg NAACP on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. EST. There, you can introduce your campaign, candidacy, or political philosophy. Monthly branch meetings -- during which the Forum will take place -- are scheduled for one hour, so your introduction or statement should be brief -- say, three minutes. Afterward, members of the Harrisburg NAACP and other attendees might have questions. Please reply to this email, if you or someone representing you are interested or have questions for me. To maximize the likelihood that someone sees your reply, please Cc my fellow branch member <Redacted> at <Redacted>. Best of luck, Jubalyn ExWilliams Harrisburg, PA landturn.com P.S. Tables and or advertising are still available for our annual Freedom Fund dinner on Oct. 22. For more info, please visit hbgnaacp.com/freedom-fund-dinner. P.S.S. I found no contact info for <Redacted> of <Party Name Redacted>. If someone knows it, please forward him the above message.  Man standing in front of people (Credit: Moodboard/AP Images) Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including the one about her failed attempt to kickstart the Harrisburg NAACP Candidate Forum in 2022, at landturn.com/blog. Related: What influenced me to reconsider participation in electoral politics (2019)
Related: Electoral Politics, II (2020) Related: Green presidential candidate reacts to Trump, Biden debate (2020) Related: NAACP marks one year of its ETF on New York Stock Exchange (2019) Related: About Me: Politics (draft) (2022) Please join the #CheyneyChallenge, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. Despite the national COVID lockdown of 2020, the Cheyney Foundation reports that the university has its highest retention rate in more than two decades. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it in 2015, and began donating the following year.  Cheyney students | © The Philadelphia Tribune (Used by permission) Related: August Cheyney Challenge (2022)
Related: September Cheyney Challenge (2020) Related: September Cheyney Challenge (2021) Gift ban does not see House vote, but advocates say ‘there’s still time’by Marley Parish, Pennsylvania Capital-Star The Pennsylvania House of Representatives had adjourned for the day when MarchOnHarrisburg Executive Director Rabbi Michael Pollack, who was holding a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda, learned that lawmakers had not forced a vote on a proposed gift ban. After six years of advocacy efforts, the group was cautiously optimistic that legislation prohibiting lawmakers from accepting gifts from lobbyists and special interest groups would go “farther than ever before” in the Republican-controlled Legislature on Monday. But the legislation, authored by Rep. Aaron Kaufer, R-Luzerne, saw no action in the chamber as the House returned from its summer break. For months, MarchOnHarrisburg advocates have pressured lawmakers to bypass House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre, who controls the voting calendar, to advance the proposed gift ban. The maneuver would require 102 votes and courage from House rank-and-file members to stand up to leadership, Pollack said. After finding out lawmakers were headed home for the day, Pollack congratulated Benninghoff and state Rep. Jordan Harris, D-Philadelphia, the minority whip. “You win,” Pollack said. “You’ve got us this round.” Lawmakers can accept gifts from anyone if they disclose items more than $250 on annual interest forms. Proposals to tighten the law have been introduced in the Legislature over the years. However, they’ve died with no debate — until last fall, when lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed interest in a more comprehensive gift ban. When Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, took office in 2015, he immediately signed an executive order prohibiting executive branch employees from accepting gifts. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and state Liquor Control Board enacted similar policies. Wolf’s ban expires when the term-limited governor leaves office in January 2023. MarchOnHarrisburg members argue that the loose restrictions for lawmakers leave room for lobbyists, special interest groups, and others looking to influence policy decisions to bribe elected officials. Kaufer’s proposal would cap the amount lawmakers can receive from those seeking to influence government decisions at $250 and bar elected officials from accepting lodging or transportation for events connected with public office. Though the bill isn’t perfect, Pollack said it’s a starting point to improve the current system, which is “nothing,” he said. “We’re tired of talking to these people,” Pollack said. “They give us hollow promises. They say they’re going to do the right thing, and then they don’t.” He added that MarchOnHarrisburg wasn’t planning to come back to the state Capitol this year, saying that the group would focus on organizing across the commonwealth — “to raise up an army” and “come back here 10 times stronger.” The current legislative session ends Nov. 30. However, after stepping away to talk to a lawmaker on the phone, Pollack said the fight to pass a gift ban was not over this week. He declined to identify lawmakers who support bypassing legislative leadership but said MarchOnHarrisburg will be back before the House adjourns for the week. Pollack also encouraged those who support the proposed ban to contact Benninghoff, Harris, House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, and House Minority Leader Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia, to urge them to support the legislation. “This is not over at all. Anybody can back out. And of course, nothing is settled. But there’s still room for people to do the right thing,” Pollack said. “There’s still time.” Pennsylvania Capital-Star is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Pennsylvania Capital-Star maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor John Micek for questions: info@penncapital-star.com. Follow Pennsylvania Capital-Star on Facebook and Twitter.
Republished here from "Gift ban does not see House vote, but advocates say 'there's still time" (M. Parish) under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
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Related: Final Open Presidential Debate (2020) Related: Pa. lawmaker holds fundraiser after becoming chair of influential committee (2023) Related: Environmental Committee: Proposal (Mar. 2021) Related: Environmental Committee: Intro (1/2 June 2021) Please join the #CheyneyChallenge, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it in 2015, and began donating the following year.  Cheyney students | © The Philadelphia Tribune (Used by permission) Related: July Cheyney Challenge (2022)
Related: August Cheyney Challenge (2020) Related: August Cheyney Challenge (2021) Yesterday Matthew Hoh won a federal case challenging N.C.'s refusal to certify his spot on its November ballot. The same day, I was on-site when the PA State Dept. approved 5,000 signatures to land the Green Party on the statewide PA ballot. I expect the Copycrats to challenge the petitions during the week-long window after the Aug. 1 deadline. I also expect that they won't go heavy on campaign ads and further media placements until next week. Thank you to all who took the time to sign a petition. And thank you to every volunteer who was the face and voice of this mass effort. Special thanks to Howie Hawkins -- 2020 Green nominee for president -- who drove to Harrisburg from upstate NY to help me petition two days before Aug. 1 deadline. And shout out to Alexis (Harrisburg), the last person to sign a petition as our delegation walked to the state dept. with a box of 5,000+ signatures in tow. Yesterday Matthew Hoh won a federal case challenging N.C.'s refusal to certify his spot on its November ballot. The same day, I was on-site for the PA State Department's approval of the 5,000 wet signatures that qualifies statewide Green candidates for the PA ballot. I expect the Democratic Party to challenge the petitions during the week-long window following the petition deadline. I also expect that they won't go heavy on campaign ads and further media placements until then. Thank you to everyone who signed or petitioned in the Greater Capital Region. Special thanks to Howie Hawkins -- 2020 Green candidate for president -- who drove to Harrisburg from upstate NY to help me petition two days before the Aug. 1 deadline. And shoutout to Alexis (Harrisburg), the last person to sign a petition as our small delegation walked to the PA State Department with a box of 5,000+ signatures in tow. #VoteMattHoh Content of this post appeared on the Capital Area Green Party's Facebook group on date above.  Howie Hawkins pictured with petitioners from the Keystone Party in Harrisburg (© 2022 Jubalyn ExWilliams) Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). She's petitioned on-foot to help Howie Hawkins get on the state ballot in 2020 and statewide Green candidates in 2022. You can find her writings and commentaries, including "Ballot Access in Pennsylvania, IV," at landturn.com/blog. Related: Ballot Access in Pennsylvania (2021)
Related: Ballot Access in Pennsylvania, II (2021) Related: Ballot Access in Pennsylvania, III (2022) Related: Internat'l mission to U.S. elections: correspondence (2022) Related: About Me: Politics (draft) (2022) Related: Local Candidate Forum (2022) Please join the #CheyneyChallenge, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it in 2015, and began donating the following year.  Cheyney students | © The Philadelphia Tribune (Used by permission) Related: June Cheyney Challenge (2022)
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Hanks' medical story would lend itself well to a movie or memoir, even if his story is a bit extreme. Or perhaps unbelievable.
A stomach. A kidney. A pancreas. A small intestine. A large intestine. And another liver? Not by name had I heard of multi-visceral transplantation -- or the replacement of multiple organs during the same operation. Nor had I known that all of these organs are replaceable, or that the odds of their replacement are favorable. According to the Health Resources & Services Association, 17 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant. That may compound if waiting for multiple organs. At the center of the six organs is Phillip Hanks, a Chicago-area man no older than 50 when he braved the multi-visceral transplantation in 2021. The possible origin of his Hepatitis -- specifically, Hepatitis C -- isn't far-fetched. However, the complications from treating a random onset of course pain led to a second liver transplant in his lifetime. I recall a couple of acquaintances who I knew who had Hepatitis, but my introduction to complications from it came by fictional depiction. In the short story Saboteur (Ha Jin), the professor's liver seemed to embalm itself or froth in its diseased state. It was very disturbing. That isn't to overlook the willingness of the organ donors or their families, who remain anonymous to Hanks. Nor the physical endurance, mental stamina, and pressure required by Dr. Mangus and his surgical team at Indiana University Health. They performed the transplants over two consecutive days, which totaled 12 hours. The first day alone was more than 7 hours. I finished this article queasy. Unless a passing injury or the last stage of a life well-lived, I didn't want to witness human frailty. It was growing up that I got my first sense of it as a visitor to loved ones recuperating from medical events such as complication from HIV/AIDS or a school trip interrupted by what became a friend's pediatric cancer diagnosis. In adulthood, further, a dear former coworker began to miscarry while on the job and another collapsed red-faced on the concrete of the same job. It's affirming that Hanks was undergoing training for ministry after braving and surviving the nexus of medicine and miracle. I can only hope that circumstances won't call for it in my life, to say the least.
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Operating room (Credit: "Sailors perform surgery on a patient in an operating room aboard the ship." by Official U.S. Navy Imagery)
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A little surprised that drinking less alcohol rather than, say, smoking cessation or sound sleep was the greatest single extender to life expectancy -- regardless of the measured age range or chronic health condition. (Multiple major ailments and over age 80 included!) Compared to the other health factors, I'd thought alcoholic intake was less prevalent across an older lifespan.
Apparently, the reduction in intake [was not] insignificant. By doing so, even healthy 40-year-olds increased their life expectancy by 6 years.
A comment via the Cryonics Institute on "Researchers Discover How Nearly Everybody Can Increase Their Lifespan" (OSAKA UNIVERSITY)
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