Easton parents can ask questions, learn more about remote learning
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
Now that COVID-19 has forced Easton schools to deliver classes online, parents are trying to come to grips with how the process works.
So the Boys and Girls Club of Easton has set up a series of forums to help parents navigate the topic.
The forums at the club at 210 Jones Houston Way in Easton will allow parents to ask questions and raise concerns based on what they encountered while helping their children with online learning.
This event is open to parents and guardians of club members that currently attend the after-school program. Topics of the forum include:
Easton’s best kept secret? Its Black-owned businesses and nonprofits, says new coalition.
Updated Jan 03, 2021;
Posted Jan 03, 2021
The African American Coalition of Easton launched on the last week of 2020.Courtesy African American Coalition of Easton
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The Easton area has worthy Black-owned businesses and nonprofits that could use a hand.
The problem was figuring out how to pair the relief organization with those who need help.
That inspired the creation of the African American Coalition of Easton. The organization is a clearinghouse of information about Black-owned businesses and nonprofits and what they do in the Easton area.
“One of the challenges for the African-American community in Easton and the Lehigh Valley is that we’re very fragmented. There’s not a lot of connectivity between Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton,” said the Rev. Phillip Davis, senior pastor at Greater Shiloh Church of Easton. He’s also on the coalition.