Listening to Lancaster

For this edition of Listening to Lancaster Hourglass was joined by Sarita Rivera, Lancaster City Alliance’s new Outreach Specialist. Funded by Lancaster City, Sarita is focused on assisting individuals in the city experiencing homelessness, addiction, or mental illness. Learn more about her, her new role, and how it will make a difference.

For this edition of Listening to Lancaster Hourglass was joined by Vanessa Philbert, CEO of the Community Action Partnership (CAP) in Lancaster. This conversation focused on the work of CAP in the Lancaster community and how the organization has assisted the most vulnerable during the pandemic.

For this installment of Listening to Lancaster the Hourglass was joined by Alisa Jones (President & CEO) and Jackie Concepcion (VP of Community Impact) from Union Community Care. They discussed the merger of Lancaster Health Center and Welsh Mountain Health Center to create Union Community Care. The conversation also touched on issues related to social determinants of health and the COVID-19 pandemic. Enjoy!

The Hourglass was joined by Linda Crockett (Safe Communities) and Brad Ortenzi (ZOE International) for a conversation about child sexual abuse and child trafficking prevention in Lancaster County.

For information on ZOE International: https://gozoe.org/

For information on Safe Communities: https://www.safecommunitiespa.org/

Get educated! You can’t protect children from what you don’t understand. Attend one of Safe Communities’ virtual workshops, or ask your school, church or organization to host one.
More than 20 workshops available for parents, teens, church and organizational leaders, and other professionals.
Get connected! Join a trauma-informed virtual group for survivors of sexual abuse, or attend one of our day long retreats.
Safe Communities’ groups and retreats connect you to a community of peers and allies dedicated to healing and building resilience.
Get a cultural change going! Don’t settle for a youth organization, church or program that is not proactive in preventing child sexual abuse.
Mandated reporting and background checks are not sufficient. Safe Communities’ cultural change programs include best practice policies, facility assessments, training and education.
Get engaged! Support Safe Communities’ work by making a donation to the organization; follow them on Facebook; become a volunteer. Donors are partners and allies in our work to create communities free of child sexual exploitation.

On this installment of Listening to Lancaster, the Hourglass was joined by Molly Crouser (Lancaster Chamber, Special Events Manager) and Sara Yoskoski (United Way of Lancaster County, Director, Leadership Giving & Events) for a discussion on public events during the pandemic.

Jonathan Russell (Executive Director of Hourglass) sat down (virtually) with Kevin Ressler (President & CEO, United Way of Lancaster County) and Sam Bressi (President & CEO, Lancaster County Community Foundation) for a conversation about the Lancaster Cares Initiative.