Harrisburg’s Comprehensive Plan Working Group takes questions from PennLive at 6 p.m. today on Facebook Live
Updated May 04, 2021;
Members of the City of Harrisburg’s Comprehensive Plan Community Working Group will meet with PennLive’s Editorial Board at 6 p.m. Tuesday in a Zoom event that will be aired on live on Facebook.
Winnie Okello, Basir Vincent, and James Hobbs, all members of the working group, will discuss the upcoming public Zoom forum “Civic Engagement, Power, and Politics,” that will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, May 6. The committee says it is looking to engage resident of the city with the following objectives:
Safety, effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine emphasized in PennLive Town Hall
Updated Jan 29, 2021; PennLive Outreach & Opinion Editor Joyce M. Davis moderated the webinar, which included:
John Goldman, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs, UPMC Pinnacle Epidemiologist, and DIO
Bolanle Limann, MD, MDA, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Hamilton Health Center
Sharee Livingston, MD, ACOG, UPMC, Pinnacle, UPMC, Lititz
Ayodeji O. Bakare, MD, FACOG, Medical Director, Bakare Associates OB/GYN
Tina L. Nixon, MHA, CDE, Vice President Mission Effectiveness, Diversity & Inclusion
Oralia Garcia-Dominic, PhD, Chief medical officer and medical policy research analyst, Highmark
You can watch a recap of the discussion in embedded video above, but here are a few notable highlights from the event:
Get your questions answered about the COVID-19 vaccines Friday at PennLive’s virtual town hall
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Now that a coronavirus vaccine is here, many people are wondering when they can get it and where. But there also are those who are skeptical about whether they want to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
PennLive and The Patriot-News are partnering with the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg to sponsor a virtual “COVID-19 Town Hall” at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29 with respected healthcare professionals to answer questions about the vaccines, including whether they are safe and effective.
PennLive Outreach & Opinion Editor Joyce M. Davis will moderate the webinar that will include:
Experts discuss how parenting issues impact youth violence in Harrisburg in Tuesday’s “Save Our Children” webinar
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
The City of Harrisburg had more homicides in 2020 than at any time in the past 30 years. And many of them involved youth.
PennLive and The Patriot-News is sponsoring “Save Our Children: A Harrisburg Community Forum” to explore reasons for the increased violence among youth and what can be done to stop it.
A panel of experts will discuss parenting in the next online forum at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. The event will examine the special challenges of single mothers, grandparents raising small children and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on parenting.
How to watch Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine talk COVID-19 vaccines and more with PennLive Editorial Board
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine will meet with PennLive’s Editorial Board to provide details on the coronavirus vaccine rollout. The discussion will air live on PennLive’s Facebook at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
The livestream of the Editorial Board meeting will allow readers to submit questions and hear the questions asked by PennLive reporters, editors and community board members.
Reporters Wallace McKelvey and David Wenner will join PennLive Outreach & Opinion Editor Joyce M. Davis and PA Media Group President Cate Barron to lead the discussion with Levine. They will explore the latest information about the vaccines being offered in Pennsylvania and how quickly people can expect them to be available.