Cheyney stamped its 186th 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. ​

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Note: Bio emailed to fellow GPPA committee member on date above for publication to gpofpa.org.

Jubalyn ExWilliams (she/her) is affiliated with the Capital Area Greens (CAG). In 2020, she began petitioning door-to-door after the state rejected a COVID exemption for the Green Party of Pennsylvania. 
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In summer 2022, she petitioned again to help statewide Green candidates get on the ballot. The last day of petitioning was with Howie Hawkins, national Green Party co-founder and presidential candidate removed from the 2020 PA ballot. 
In regard to CAG, her respective input and contributions have resulted in:                     

• Meetings committed to the same date and time each month since 2021
• A landing page with notification signup launched in Jan. 2023
• Virtual Q&As with 2022 Green candidates for Governor, Lieut. Governor, and Attorney General
• Correspondence with OSCE observers on small-party, electoral participation and reception in Dauphin County ('20) and in PA ('22)
• Email and verbal objections to Dauphin County Elections over 2020 Green and independent write-in candidates misspelled in the official tally

She lives in Harrisburg, PA.

Jubalyn serves as an at-large member of the Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) Steering Committee, 2023.

Edited version published to "2023 GPPA Leaders Steering Committee" (GPPA)

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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 Bagdes-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)

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including one on J.L. 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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