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Lauryn Antoine didn’t become interested in politics until high school when, she said, “It kind of happened progressively I fell into it.” The more she learned about feminism and critical race theory, the more her interest grew. Politics became her career path. “I got into political science and wanting to help stamp out bias and racism. I’m interested in bringing my feminism to policy. I’m trying to reach out and help people who are marginalized,” she said.
Antoine graduated from ESU in May 2020 with a degree in political science. While at ESU, Antoine participated in the Osgood Center Program, a 2-week educational program that focuses on politics, domestic and foreign policy, media, and public policy. “Dr. [Kimberly] Adams took me and a couple of other students to this program in Washington, D.C. We participated in lectures and discussions and learned leadership skills from guest speakers,” Antoine said
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Updated: 10:53 AM EDT Apr 23, 2021 Tom Lehman Reporter Some Pennsylvania House Democrats have introduced legislation to ban police officers from using chokeholds.House Bill 870 would also bar any kind of action that inhibits breath or the flow of blood to the brain due to physical position.The proposed law was announced the day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in the death of George Floyd.Rep. Patty Kim (D-Dauphin) is one of the sponsors of the bill, along with Reps. Stephen Kinsey (D-Philadelphia) and Jason Dawkins (D-Philadelphia).Kim said the bill is not a complete solution for law enforcement reform but is a good start. We acknowledge that there was too much force used on George Floyd. What s next? It s police reform. It s changing the ways we do things now. We have a long road ahead of us. This is just one of the reforms that I think is important right now, she said.Kim said about 200 police agencies have alread
Dr. Rachel Levine (left) and Rand Paul (right) At a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Feb. 24, former Pennsylvania health secretary Dr. Rachel Levine was repeatedly asked by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) about whether she supports treating gender dysphoria in children. Paul repeatedly equates gender dysphoria treatments, like receiving hormones, with “genital mutilation . Then he asked Levine if minors are capable of making the decision to transition. Later on, Paul asked Levine, as part of one question, whether she supports the “government intervening to override the parents consent to give a child puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and/or amputation surgery of breasts and genitalia?”