On Tuesday I went to the annual Johnstown Juneteenth Celebration. Because of the heat it was easier to get interviews as the crowds were smaller. I took a 16-minute video which can be seen above. Local NAACP president Alan Cashaw, a representative from Summit Legal Aid, Yamila Audisio and another from the Unity Coalition ofContinue reading “The Annual Johnstown Juneteenth Celebration”
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A Firsthand Experience of Prenatal Care Disparities in Johnstown
Our latest guest contribution came from Lee Perrin Seese. She wrote the comment below on the last post on the rise in low birth weight babies among African Americans in Cambria County. I suggested to her this story on prenatal care disparities in Johnstown would make a good post on the site. When I hadContinue reading “A Firsthand Experience of Prenatal Care Disparities in Johnstown”
Successful Rally for Palestine in Johnstown
On Friday there was a successful rally for Palestine in Johnstown. It was part of a series of nationwide protests listed in the website Shut it down for Palestine. Put People First PA organized the event. There was a variety of speakers including three local Palestinian Americans. There were around 30 attendees with no troublemakers.Continue reading “Successful Rally for Palestine in Johnstown”
A Panel Commemorated the Rosedale Incident
This week in Johnstown, a panel commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Rosedale incident at the Johnstown Area Heritage Association. For those of you who do not know, during World War I there was a large influx of African Americans and other ethnic groups to work in the steel mills. In 1923, in the RosedaleContinue reading “A Panel Commemorated the Rosedale Incident”
The Johnstown LGBTQIA Pride Event
On Saturday, July 15, the Keystone Alliance Gaylife Newsletter had its Johnstown LGBTQIA Pride Event Johnstown to celebrate diversity in the area. A crowd of hundreds came out to enjoy the day. There were twenty plus groups with tables at the event. I got interviews with each of them in the video below. In theContinue reading “The Johnstown LGBTQIA Pride Event”
Thanksgiving Reflections on the Election in Cambria County
Fifteen days have passed since November 9. The red wave turned out to be a ripple on the national level. Just as the GOP barely gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Democrats barely gained control of the PA state house for the first time since 2010. The Democrats gained a net ofContinue reading “Thanksgiving Reflections on the Election in Cambria County”
A Corona Virus Update: Cases and Hospitalizations Lower but Vaccinations also Lower
I stayed away from the Coronavirus as long as I could. The news in Cambria County has recently been mostly good. The height of the omicron surge was January 16 when the 7 day average for new cases was 337.29 cases per day. Today it is 43.14 per day, the lowest it has been sinceContinue reading “A Corona Virus Update: Cases and Hospitalizations Lower but Vaccinations also Lower”
Higher COVID-19 Case Rates Outside of Johnstown: Even When Excluding Prisons
Coronavirus cases have slowed over the 4th of July holiday so I thought I would take a look at how they are now distributed throughout Cambria County. This is what the distribution of cases in the county looked like in the image below on Dec 13 when the rise in cases and deaths was atContinue reading “Higher COVID-19 Case Rates Outside of Johnstown: Even When Excluding Prisons”
100 COVID-19 Deaths in Cambria County Since the Candlelight Vigil
I couldn’t stay away from the Coronavirus pandemic in the area for long. On January 19, In This Together: Cambria County held a candlelight vigil next to the Stone Bridge in Johnstown in honor of the 340 who died from the virus since the pandemic began here on March 23. There was one candle forContinue reading “100 COVID-19 Deaths in Cambria County Since the Candlelight Vigil”
Some Clues for Racial Disparities for Cambria County
Last week I posted on the racial disparities in health outcomes in Cambria County. These disparities are primarily what is driving the low rankings for the county in the County Health Rankings. County Health Rankings provides a wealth of statistics called health factors which provide clues to these disparities. Here is a list: 9% ofContinue reading “Some Clues for Racial Disparities for Cambria County”