Crispus Attucks Community Center

Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died at the age of 85.

Lancaster city is seeking public input through Sunday on traffic safety in the South Duke Street corridor. The city is planning improvements to the southeast Lancaster thoroughfare between Church Street and just south of Chesapeake street. Residents, it says, know where problems exists and where changes could help.

"I think this role found me instead of me finding it," says Kyonna Bowman, executive director of The Mix at Arbor Place. Bowman has led The Mix since July 2019, three years after she joined the nonprofit as program director. Her path has been a circuitous one. Born and raised in Lancaster, she attended city schools. At age 16, pregnant with her son, Diante, she dropped out of 10th grade at McCaskey High School.

The Crispus Attucks Community Center is seeking a part-time Clean Street Worker to join the CACC team! High School Students (aged 16-18) are encouraged to apply. The Lancaster Clean Streets Youth Employment Program is a new initiative at Crispus Attucks Community Center designed to blend together several areas of community development, including youth employment, environmental health, and civic engagement.

House lawmakers on Wednesday passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a police reform bill that would ban chokeholds and eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement. The 220-212 vote came nine months after Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed by Minneapolis police officers last spring. The wide-ranging legislation would also ban no-knock warrants, mandate data collection on police encounters, prohibit racial and religious profiling and redirect funding to community-based policing programs.

There are a few more days to tell us how you’d make the South Duke Street corridor safer! Your input and ideas will help make the Southeast a place where our community can safely walk, ride, drive, bike and get together. Register on Engage Lancaster now through Sunday, March 7 to tell us your thoughts. ---------- ¡Quedan unos días más para contarnos cómo haría que el corredor de South Duke Street sea más seguro! Sus aportes e ideas ayudarán a hacer del sureste un lugar donde nuestra comunidad pueda caminar, andar en bicicleta, conducir, pasear y reunirse con seguridad. Regístrese en Engage Lancaster desde ahora hasta el domingo, 7 de marzo para contarnos lo que piensa.

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Sisterhood (FaWMs) invites you to a free and interactive forum on race! Join us on Saturday Dec. 12 at 11 am. Register for FREE by scanning the QR code or the link below. Panelists include: ... Danene Sorace, Mayor of Lancaster Chad Dion Lassiter, Executive Director of PHRC Sgt. Dorsey Sumrall Lancaster Bureau of Police Dr. Lilian Odera, Director of Salisbury University's Salisbury University Counseling Center Officer Andrew Williams Moderated by Dr. Margaret Mbindyo

Rashida Jones is about to become the highest-ranking Black executive in cable television and the first Black woman to run a major cable news network when she takes over as president of MSNBC in February.

Join Welsh Mountain Health Centers & Lancaster Health Center in partnership with CATE for FREE Flu Vaccinations! Stop by the Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County on Sat 12/12 10am-1pm or San Juan Bautista Church 12/17 2pm-5pm

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Crispus Attucks Community Center for our Halloween Grab & Go! We're wishing you a night full of frights and a bag full of delights. Have a Spooktakular Halloween

Crispus Attucks families are invited to experience the virtual performance of Black Violin! The performance link will be available through Sunday, December 13 at 11:59 P.M. Teachers, students, and/or their families can view the FREE 42-minute performance any time of day or night they like within that five-week period. Please register below to get the link!

The 34th Annual Lancaster County Project for the Needy Holiday Dinner giveaway has partnered with the United Way of Lancaster County, PA and UPMC Pinnacle to provide a complete holiday meal for families through Lancaster County on Saturday, December 19, 2020. Please pre-register between November 27 - December 11.

The Lancaster County Project for the Needy has opened up its sign-up for Holiday Food Boxes! This is open to everyone. Currently, there are 400 open slots. Sign up by Friday December 11 by calling United Way of Lancaster County, PA's PA 211 East PA -211 or 855-567-5341. First come, first serve.

It takes more than a financial workshop to overcome a lifetime of anxiety that you could lose everything you ever worked for with just one misstep.

Stop by the Crispus Attucks Community Center today from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm for the Halloween Grab & Go! The event is free and open to everyone get ready for a SPOOKTAKULARLY good time! : SouthEast Times

Ron Martin was an advocate for the Crispus Attucks Community Center emceeing at both the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Emcee for many years and supporting the Crispus Attucks Golf Tournament. Thank you Ron for everything! Happy Retirement!

Stop by the Crispus Attucks Community Center on Friday from 3:00pm to 5:00pm for a hauntingly good time! Join us for the Crispus Attucks Halloween Grab & Go Treat Bags. The Spooktakular Crispus Attucks staff shall hauntingly await you and your family! The event is free and open to everyone.

Stop by the Crispus Attucks Community Center every Tuesday & Thursday for the FREE Grab 'N Go Lunch from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. No ID or age requirement. Today's Menu, Thursday, October 29, includes: Sheppard Pie

Stop by between 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm to pick up the first edition of the SouthEast Times!

Andraéa LaVant wants you to know that she’s many things, a living snapshot of humanity’s vast kaleidoscope. She’s a Black woman. A native Midwesterner. A college graduate and business owner. A daughter, sister and friend. LaVant is also among the estimated 61 million people in the U.S., according to federal data, living with a disability in her case, a form of muscular dystrophy called spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA for short

Every Wednesday, the Crispus Attucks Community Center holds a FREE Food Pantry to serve the community! Stop by between 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm to get a pre-packaged food box. Please bring your ID, cart/vehicle and someone to help you load the items.

Middle + High School Students! Come hang out at The Mix at Arbor Place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4pm-6pm for some fun activities, learn some new skills and meet some new friends! Inspiring Local Youth to Thrive

Sesame Street has always pressed for inclusion. Now in the wake of the national reckoning on race, it’s going further teaching children to stand up against racism. The special defines racism for younger viewers and shows how it can be hurtful. It urges children who encounter racism or hear someone else be the victim of it to call it out.

The Crispus Attucks Community Center is seeking a skilled strategic planning facilitator to assist in the establishment of a strategic vision and a path forward for our work at CACC! The facilitator will work in collaboration with the Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County and CACC staff, community stakeholders, and the CACC advisory committee.