With protests continuing throughout the area this past weekend, including in Hellertown itself, many local school districts as well as private schools have chosen to issue statements on the George Floyd murder, racism and/or diversity both within their districts as well as America over the past two weeks.
Estimates for the number of people in attendance at a peaceful protest against racism held next to Hellertown Borough Hall Saturday ranged from 150 to 250, however organizers said they were happy with the turnout and the message it sent, regardless of what the exact count was.
Saturday's Black Lives Matter demonstration will be held from noon to 2 p.m., rain or shine, outside Hellertown Borough Hall with social distancing guidelines in place to help prevent the spread of the virus.
I will remember the name, the person and the death of George Floyd. He has changed my life. Will he change your life?
A petition addressed to the Southern Lehigh School Board requests action from administrators to address what two former students see as systemic racial inequities and bias within schools. As of Wednesday night it had received nearly 1,900 signatures.
The anti-racism movement that began in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd has spread across the country, with protests now being held in many smaller communities that traditionally have not been home to large minority populations.
A large group of protestors assembled outside of Bethlehem City Hall and the Public Library Thursday afternoon as part of a continuation of nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Thursday’s stand-in came just four days after Saturday’s rally in which hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of Bethlehem in protest of a history of systemic racism in the country.
Saucon Source is taking a stand on the issue of racism in our online community by announcing an updated policy with regard to commenting on our Facebook page.
Anger over what they believe is systemic and deadly racism could be heard in the voices of nearly a thousand protesters who rallied for change at Centre Square and marched through downtown Easton Sunday shouting "Black Lives Matter" and "I Can't Breathe," but there was no aggression exhibited toward city police, who were present at the event.
The shock waves that have reverberated outward from Minneapolis following the death of an African-American man named George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer May 25 reached the Lehigh Valley Saturday in the form of a large protest in Bethlehem.
