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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
America250PA brings its Keystone Classroom Initiative to Kistler Elementary
May 15—WILKES-BARRE — William Penn, who was born in 1644 and died in 1718 — which would make him 380 years old — came to life on Thursday at Kistler Elementary School as part of America250PA's Keystone Classroom Initiative. And Mr. Penn delivered a historical summary of his significant life to the delight of the students. Mr. Penn, who founded the Province of Pennsylvania — the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania — was played by Robert Gleason, appropriately of Philadelphia. The students learned much about Mr. Penn and the democratic principles that he set forth, having served as an inspiration for the U.S. Constitution. America250PA continued its Keystone Classroom Initiative (KCI) — a program that connects young Pennsylvanians with the history and values that unite us as we prepare to celebrate America's 250th anniversary in 2026. "America250PA is so excited to continue the Keystone Classroom Initiative in Luzerne County and engage our next generation of Pennsylvanians at an age-appropriate level," said Cassandra Coleman, America250PA executive director and former mayor of Exeter Borough. "This program will allow us to visit with more than 50,000 Pennsylvania students all across this Commonwealth by July 4, 2026, when this historic anniversary rolls around." Several volunteers and guest readers joined America250PA for the special Keystone Classroom Initiative (KCI) visit in Luzerne County — including State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, Wilkes-Barre Mayor George C. Brown, representatives from the Office of U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, Jr., the Pennsylvania State Police, the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, Vicki Austin of WVIA, Chris Bohinski of WYOU/WBRE, Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Victoria Vespico, and Miss Lebanon County Kristen Griffiths. America250PA's mascot — the Keystone Kid — was joined by Tux, mascot of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, and Leo the Lion, King's College's mascot, to distribute swag bags filled with Pennsylvania-themed goodies, including an America250PA T-shirt, a pencil, and a custom-designed Pennsylvania coloring book. Coleman said students also received treats from Pennsylvania-based sponsors such as the Hershey Company, Crayola, Utz Quality Foods Inc., and Natural Food Group, along with contributions from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General. In addition to classroom readings, third- and fourth-grade students attended a special assembly featuring Historic Philadelphia Inc. and a live portrayal of William Penn. "We are very excited for our students to gain a deeper understanding of Pennsylvania's history," said Corey Brenner, Principal of Kistler Elementary School. "Many of our students don't yet realize the impact our state has had in so many aspects of the growth of the United States. This visit will help bring that history to life and inspire pride in our shared heritage." In total, the program reached over 800 students in Luzerne County on Thursday. Overall, Coleman said the program will reach more than 50,000 PA students by July 4, 2026. Coleman said the Keystone Classroom Initiative is a storytelling and outreach program for pre-K through fourth-grade classrooms, children's hospitals and youth camps across the Commonwealth. With the help of age-appropriate historical reenactors, storytellers, local figures and mascots, America250PA is ensuring students across the Commonwealth learn about their shared Pennsylvania story while building excitement for the nation's 250th anniversary in 2026. Coleman said the program is made possible thanks to the generous support of presenting sponsors — the Hershey Company, Kalahari Resorts & Conventions, The Hawk Family Foundation, UPMC & UPMC Health Plan, The Pennsylvania School Boards Association, the University of Pittsburgh, Access, Allied Services, Independent Graphics Inc., and Benco Family Foundation. To learn more about the Keystone Classroom Initiative and America250PA, visit About America250PA The Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial (America250PA) was established by the General Assembly and Governor in 2018 to plan, encourage, develop and coordinate the commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States, Pennsylvania's integral role in that event, and the impact of its people on the nation's past, present and future. Reach Bill O'Boyle at 570-991-6118 or on Twitter @TLBillOBoyle.
Miami Herald
09-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Some Pennsylvania school districts are facing budget cuts despite winning a court case over state funding
Two years ago, a Commonwealth Court judge ruled that Pennsylvania had unconstitutionally deprived poor school districts like Delaware County's William Penn of the resources needed to educate students. Increased state funding followed. But instead of bolstering its programs headed into next year, William Penn is weighing cuts - confronting a $6 million budget deficit even after halving the number of academic interventionists for struggling students, and proposing to raise taxes by nearly 6%. "With this size of a shortfall, there will be significant reductions we will have to make," the district's superintendent, Eric Becoats, said at a school board meeting last month. While Pennsylvania changed its school funding system in the wake of the court ruling, William Penn and other underfunded districts have received just the first installment of a nine-year plan to boost school funding by $4.5 billion. Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposed budget for next year includes the second round of money, which would bring 348 districts deemed inadequately funded closer to their spending targets. Districts benefiting from the new formula say it's allowed them to make new investments and staved off cuts, particularly as federal pandemic aid has run out. Republican lawmakers, meanwhile, control the state Senate and have pushed back, questioning whether the formula is fair to all 500 of Pennsylvania's districts. They'll need to negotiate with Shapiro, a Democrat, and the Democrat-led House. Shapiro's proposed budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year includes a less than 1% increase in the main form of state aid that goes to all public schools. While leaders of underfunded districts support the new formula, they say the fix isn't happening quickly enough in the face of rising costs and a continued squeeze on district budgets from cyber charter schools. "It is deeply frustrating to have won the moral battle, and be losing the logistical battle," said Pottstown Superintendent Stephen Rodriguez, whose district is facing a $5 million deficit for its 2025-26 budget. Pottstown is considering cutting librarians and instructional coaches tasked with improving achievement at the district's lowest-performing schools. While "we are much better off now" than before the court decision, Rodriguez said, "are we where we need to be? The answer is a decided and resounding no. We're not." 'Deeply problematic' cuts The William Penn School District was one of six districts that sued the state in 2014, alleging Pennsylvania's heavy reliance on local property taxes to fund schools had shortchanged the poorest districts compared to wealthier peers, and left students with inadequate educations. After a monthslong trial, a Commonwealth Court judge sided with that argument in February 2023 - ruling that William Penn and the other plaintiffs didn't have the necessary resources to provide the "thorough and efficient" system of education guaranteed by Pennsylvania's constitution. The ruling spurred the state to adopt a new school funding formula calculating each district's needs - based on higher costs of educating students in poverty and English language learners, among other factors - and its ability to raise its own revenue, based on the wealth of its local tax base. For the first time, the formula set targets for what each district would need to spend to adequately educate students - and how much money it would need from the state to fill the gap. William Penn, which already taxes residents at one of the highest rates in the state, had an adequacy gap of $29 million; last year, the district received $3.2 million of that money. The prospect of William Penn now making cuts is "deeply problematic," said Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, a senior attorney with the Public Interest Law Center, which along with the Education Law Center and O'Melveny LLC represented plaintiffs in the school funding case. William Penn officials did not respond to requests for comment. The district has experienced upheaval in its business office: Its former business administrator resigned in the winter, and an interim chief financial officer said in February that "it seems like we find problems every single day." The administrator, David Szablowski, said the district had made "several duplicate payments" totaling more than $500,000 that it was working to recover. William Penn borrowed $13 million to pay bills this past year after spending more than it budgeted, a financial consultant said during that February meeting. The budget situation has frustrated teachers and community members, who say administrators should be held accountable. The district's expenses are "things they needed to pay for," Urevick-Ackelsberg said, including aides for children with disabilities and transportation. At last month's school board meeting, Becoats noted that the district's shortfall would grow from $6 million to $11 million if it added special education positions recommended in an audit by the Chester County Intermediate Unit. The positions would "help us stay in compliance," said board member Jennifer Hoff. Rising costs are forcing reductions In Pottstown - which had an adequacy gap of $8.2 million last year and received $890,000 from the state toward closing it - school officials said inflation has contributed to the $5 million budget deficit, along with other rising costs. For instance, even though the district doesn't bus students to its schools, its costs for busing students to private schools for special education and students in Montgomery County's early intervention program have grown from $2.2 million in 2021-22 to nearly $4 million this year. "Everything from gasoline ... to the workers to the insurance - it's all gone up," Rodriguez said. With recent state funding increases, Pottstown has tried to invest in personnel and programs - raising teacher pay to be more competitive with other suburban districts, and adding staff to combat behavioral problems at its middle school. But now it's considering scaling back, along with raising taxes as much as the state permits - 5.8% - in the already tax-burdened community. Potential cuts before the school board include positions for four librarians, a music teacher, two elementary counselors, and five instructional coaches who focus on improving outcomes in Pottstown schools that Pennsylvania has designated as needing improvement. "Nobody's happy with this," Rodriguez said. But "you don't make up in two or three years what has been a financial disaster for the past 20 years." New dollars 'are a necessity' Some underfunded districts aren't facing shortfalls, but say the new adequacy formula has been critical. Without that money and another new funding stream meant to compensate high-taxing districts, "we would be struggling," said Yamil Sanchez, superintendent of the Southeast Delco School District. With the infusion of state aid - owed $23 million by the state, Southeast Delco last year got $2.5 million in adequacy funding and another $1.6 million for tax equity - the district has maintained full-day kindergarten, added more teachers at its kindergarten centers, and hired counselors and literacy and math interventionists at schools across the district. "The additional dollars aren't a luxury, they're a necessity," Sanchez said, and the district needs to continue ramping up supports to improve student achievement. Statewide, districts that received a share of the $494 million in adequacy money last year reported using it primarily on "academic performance of students" - including costs for teachers and reading and math specialists - and full-day kindergarten, according to a report last month by Teach Plus PA, an advocacy group that backs greater funding for public schools. The School District of Philadelphia, which received $136 million in adequacy funding last year, was able to retain 350 positions, according to the report. But the district is facing a fiscal cliff and planning to spend reserves next year. While districts are still owed $4 billion in adequacy funding, that calculation doesn't account for capital needs, Urevick-Ackelsberg noted. Districts with structural deficits "really need this funding accelerated if they're going to maintain stability, let alone do the things the court has said they need to be able to do," he said. Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Homeownership Has Always Impacted American Democracy
Model homes sit vacant in the center of a 750-home housing development where construction was halted November 20, 2008 in Rio Vista, California. Credit - Justin Sullivan—Getty Images Land and property ownership have colored American politics since the very beginning of our democracy in New England in the 1600s. Broad land ownership challenged the economic and social divisions that prevailed in Europe. It helped foster political equality among white men settlers, because most of them met the property qualification to vote. Land would become a cornerstone of the effort by America's Founders, such as William Penn, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, to distribute power across society, which they saw as integral to protecting liberty and democracy. Today, however, democracy is facing challenges in part because the pathways to real estate ownership are increasingly out of reach. The homeownership rate in the U.S. has dropped from 69% before the 2008 economic crash to roughly 65% today. Even more troubling, the dramatic increase in home prices since the covid-19 pandemic twinned with supply constraints have put the housing market on ice. Over 70% of Americans who planned to buy a home in 2024 could not do so. These trends are exacerbating economic inequality. They're also pushing people away from political participation. Scholarly research shows that homeownership enhances the tendency to engage in politics, from participating in city council meetings, to donating to candidates, to turning out in local elections. Deliberative and participatory local democracy of the sort that has a long pedigree in America is withering as a result. Small-scale farming became a mainstay of the economy in colonial New England. Settlements were initially laid out as fairly compact townships with modest plots of land to enable farmers to support themselves. The public land survey system systematized settlement at the end of the 1700s and stipulated a method for subdividing townships into sections and lots. Land speculators and companies carved up large territories into family-sized plots to sell at affordable prices to the growing ranks of settlers and their many children. Because land in New England was divided equally, so were property taxes, access to education, and, ultimately, political power. America Needs a New Approach on Affordable Housing. History Offers a Guide The result was a form of participatory governance and local democracy. Town hall meetings with votes on local considerations and laws became emblematic of this style of democracy. After the Revolution, American self-governance in the North became fundamentally rooted in ideals about average citizens participating in a locally rooted democracy even as the plantation system and slavery prevailed in the south. Early political figures and observers pointed to small-scale landholding and the farmers who toiled that land as a bedrock of democracy. As Jefferson put it, small farmers 'are the most vigorous [citizens], the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds.' The early American republic built that principle into policy as the U.S. acquired land through conquest and treaty-making. The government doled out millions of acres of land in small plots as bounty to soldiers enlisted to battle Native Americans, fight in the War of 1812, and confront Mexico in the Mexican-American War. The model of subdividing tracts of land into small plots eventually expanded to the Midwest and was replicated through the 1862 Homestead Act, which granted settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for a promise to farm it. This law turbocharged western settlement. Settlers embarked on hundreds of experiments in local democracy, even as they also dispossessed Native Americans from the land in the process. These forces helped spur democratic innovations that eventually spread: Western states led in the movements for women's suffrage, the direct election of senators, and the use of the secret ballot. Despite that, widespread land ownership was not universal in the post-Civil War U.S., nor did it live up to democratic ideals for all. In the West, settlers and the U.S. government repeatedly stripped Native Americans of land, which consigned them to shrinking reservations. The government also refused to afford Native Americans the vote. Meanwhile, in the South, the dashed promise of Reconstruction strangled the possibilities for land ownership. Initially, Union General William T. Sherman had promised freed slaves '40 acres and a mule,' in the hopes of breaking southern land concentration and empowering newly emancipated Blacks as fully free citizens with valuable economic resources. But that promise crumbled and President Andrew Johnson ordered most land confiscated by the Union returned to its white owners. This consigned most former slaves to sharecropping. It deprived them of the resources necessary to escape from Jim Crow segregation and repression. It also meant that they were shut out of the opportunity to acquire land and greater freedom through homesteading in the West. As the U.S. became an increasingly urban country beginning in the 1910s, the focus on land ownership for many Americans came to be channeled through what was on top of the land: housing. Home ownership began to define the American Dream. It enabled people to build a family and intergenerational wealth. Here's What Harris and Trump Have Proposed to Help the Housing Crisis The World Wars and the Great Depression helped to forge this link. Labor and supply constraints during World War I caused a housing shortage that stirred public concern over the spread of both disease and communism. The United States Housing Corporation tried to tackle the problem by financing and directly building homes at a large scale for wartime workers. But it wasn't a long-lasting solution. Instead, many Americans again struggled with homelessness in the early years of the Great Depression. Shantytowns known as 'Hoovervilles' (named for President Herbert Hoover) sprung up as makeshift housing. After defeating Hoover, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in 1934. The FHA sought to expand homeownership at a massive scale by insuring private mortgages to make them more widely available, stimulating home construction through building subsidies, and protecting lending institutions. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act, better known as the GI Bill, was the next major effort to spread homeownership and accordingly expand Americans' stake in democracy. Passed just after D-Day in 1944, the bill aimed to provide a pathway to the middle class for soldiers returning from war. It offered support to go to college or start a business, as well as home loans and loan guarantees. The GI Bill intended to help reintegrate veterans into civilian life and give them a successful and vested interest in American democracy. It also sought to avoid a repeat of the discontent among World War I veterans, which culminated in a dramatic march on Washington and a tense standoff with active duty troops. The GI Bill fostered the construction and purchase of millions of new homes and helped fuel robust post-war economic growth. And it came at a time of broader anxiety over housing—which could have left Americans disillusioned with their government and disengaged had it not been addressed. Frustrated by slow homebuilding, zoning restrictions, soaring rents, and construction bottlenecks in the post-war era, President Harry Truman declared that, 'The lack of adequate housing marks a glaring gap in our achievements toward fulfilling the promise of democracy.' While the success of the GI bill spurred greater civic engagement and political participation, the effects of these federal housing policies were uneven. Black veterans, for example, faced myriad obstacles to using the GI Bill to access housing benefits. States administered the benefits, which meant that racist practices—especially in the Jim Crow South—undermined Black access to housing. It also had limited effects on women. That had implications for American democracy. The inability of Black veterans to access home loans left them segregated and sidelined from democracy even after the Voting Rights Act. Practices like redlining deepened that marginalization. Obstacles to home ownership left Black families poorer and less educated than whites, disparities that helped to drive lower rates of voter turnout among Blacks in southern states than in the rest of the country until the 1990s, and lower turnout than whites until the 2008 election. The large gap between Blacks and whites in homeownership remains, and beginning with the 2008 financial crisis, home ownership has also become increasingly out of reach even for many white Americans. The lull in homebuilding following the financial crisis along with onerous zoning restrictions and land regulations have fueled an ongoing housing shortage. Inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions during the pandemic exacerbated the problem. With home prices and rents soaring, many Americans are now deprived of the opportunity to build generational wealth through land and home ownership. The rise of institutional investment in housing has also made people more vulnerable to eviction and to neglectful or abusive landlord management practices. Such practices disproportionately harm Black Americans. The resulting housing instability has driven down voter turnout and decreased civic engagement. Rekindling the spirit of democracy rooted in property ownership and the American dream is going to require a building boom and more affordable housing. And it necessitates renewed attention to supporting minority communities, which have long been marginalized from the broad home ownership that is so integrally linked in democratic participation. Michael Albertus is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, and author to Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies. You can follow him on Twitter/X @mikealbertus Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians. Learn more about Made by History at TIME here. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of TIME editors. Write to Made by History at madebyhistory@
Associated Press
17-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION: Halper Sadeh LLC Investigates VOXX, ACCD, WMPN, AVAV on Behalf of Shareholders
NEW YORK, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to: VOXX International Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX)'s sale to Gentex Corporation for $7.50 per share. If you are a VOXX shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options. Accolade, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCD)'s sale to Transcarent for $7.03 per share in cash. If you are an Accolade shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options. William Penn Bancorporation (NASDAQ: WMPN)'s sale to Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. for 0.4260 shares of Mid Penn common stock for each share of William Penn common stock. If you are a William Penn shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options. AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV)'s merger with BlueHalo LLC. Per the terms of the proposed transaction, AeroVironment will issue approximately 18.5 million shares of AeroVironment common stock to BlueHalo. Upon closing of the proposed transaction, AeroVironment shareholders will own approximately 60.5% of the combined company. If you are an AeroVironment shareholder, click here to learn more about your legal rights and options. Halper Sadeh LLC may seek increased consideration for shareholders, additional disclosures and information concerning the proposed transaction, or other relief and benefits on behalf of shareholders. We would handle the action on a contingent fee basis, whereby you would not be responsible for out-of-pocket payment of our legal fees or expenses. Shareholders are encouraged to contact the firm free of charge to discuss their legal rights and options. Please call Daniel Sadeh or Zachary Halper at (212) 763-0060 or email [email protected] or [email protected]. Halper Sadeh LLC represents investors all over the world who have fallen victim to securities fraud and corporate misconduct. Our attorneys have been instrumental in implementing corporate reforms and recovering millions of dollars on behalf of defrauded investors. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Contact Information: Halper Sadeh LLC Daniel Sadeh, Esq. Zachary Halper, Esq.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Quakers call on Pennsylvanians to Make America Love Again
William Penn Statue atop of City Hall in Philadelphia. (Getty Images) By Christopher Fee I belong to a tiny Quaker Meeting in the rolling hills of South Central Pennsylvania just north of Gettysburg. Our meeting house is surrounded by acres upon acres of apple orchards, and our community is an agricultural one. While no place is perfect, there is plenty here to love, and not least amongst all that I love here are our hardworking and helpful neighbors, many of whom are now terrified that they might be deported or might lose their birthright citizenship. Some may even fear 'to send their children to school.' Our bucolic existence has been rocked to its very core by policies generated just a hundred miles away in the White House. These policies have little foundation in knowledge of who produces the food in this country, what the realities of immigration today entail, or of who and what actually Made America Great in the first place. According to the American Immigration Council, immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are estimated to make up around 9.7% of the state's total workforce, according to 2022 data. The immigration advocacy group says Pennsylvania is home to an estimated 155,000 undocumented migrants, with some 30,000 of them approximately working in the state's agricultural sector, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Moreover, the policies and practices of the current administration fly in the face of the history of my religious community, which is based upon universal love, speaking truth at all costs and acting with integrity. Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but we form a tiny minority here or anywhere. Few we may be, but 'right is right, even if everyone is against it,' as William Penn is reported to have said. Traditional Quaker values may seem quaint to some, but all Pennsylvanians should recognize that our commonwealth was founded upon them. Working with other Faith traditions, Quakers have filed suit against a change in ICE procedures that would allow the agency to enact immigration raids in our Houses of Worship, and a judge has recently blocked this change of policy. The administration's new policy, if allowed to stand, would violate three core aspects of our beliefs. These include treating all who enter a meeting house as equal in the eyes of God; following the leadings of our faith and and practice by offering sanctuary and sustenance to the persecuted and oppressed without question; and forbidding weapons in a space dedicated to peace and love. Quakers have long been at the forefront of social movements against slavery, for equal rights and against hatred and violence. These are not simply political positions for practicing Quakers, however. These are core spiritual tenets that lie at the heart of our faith community, of our individual identities as Quakers, and of our ability to see that of God in each and every one of our neighbors, regardless of any other factors. Radical love is fundamental to Quaker faith and practice. George Fox, the founder of Quakerism, taught us to 'walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one.' Quakers therefore must endeavor to love all, even those with whom we disagree, and even those who might be incited to hateful speech or acts by these very words. Quakers have always been most especially concerned, however, with showering love upon those who, in the terms of Matthew 25:35-36, lack food, drink, or shelter, or who are ill or imprisoned. Moreover, we very much take to heart the lesson of Leviticus 19:33-34 regarding accepting immigrants. Quakers especially embrace the notion that no one is 'foreign' to us, for, in the words of early Quaker and ardent abolitionist John Woolman, 'God's love is universal.' Furthermore, it is a crucial tenet of Quakerism to speak truth, and notably in the current context where hatred against our neighbors is being stoked by fear, especially as 'significant numbers of Americans believe false and misleading claims about immigration — particularly those who get their news from Fox and conservative outlets.' In this regard, we especially must speak truth to power, confronting courageously and in plain words those in authority who cultivate and nurture harmful misconceptions. As Bayard Rustin, 'a Black Quaker and the principal organizer of the March on Washington,' put it in 1942, 'the primary social function of the religious society of friends is to 'speak the truth to power.'' When it comes to immigration, at best 'the White House's data use is misleading.' At worst, it stokes hate and rationalizes aggressive and unnecessary policies. The world can seem a terrifying and hate-filled place, but that is no excuse to wreak terror and spew vitriol. Quakers don't teach our children not to feel grief and sorrow at all the terrible things going on in the world; rather, we expect them to step up to such challenges and to try to alleviate them. Such active love is our entire reason for being. Quakers see our mission precisely as the imperative to provide protection and relief to the most vulnerable at the worst moments of conflict and despair. We are committed to continuing this work. We invite all Pennsylvanians to join us in our task of Making America Love Again by repudiating hate and offering love, seeing that of God where some might see only reflections of their own worst fears. Christopher Fee is a member and former clerk of Menallen Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and currently serves as co-clerk of the Northeast Regional Group of the American Friends Service Committee. Fee is also the Graeff Professor of English at Gettysburg College, where he is a member of the Eisenhower Institute Campus Advisory Council.
