On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden chats with Maria Andrews, Movement Politics Director at PA Stands Up, about municipal election wins and losses and how members can get involved and run for office ..read more

Welcome to episode 12 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's episode, temp host Dr. Ashleigh Strange chats with Nick Martin, PASU's Training and Statewide Campaigns Director about the ear of PASU, the Listen Up! Campaign. A lot of movements start "the day after" a big event and we talk about the day after 9/11, the day after the 2016 general election, and just to stick with the theme, this is posted the day after Danelo was caught. (But our tips are still relevant. Lock yo' doors!) This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited format. ⁠⁠Find us at an event ..read more

Welcome to episode 11 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden chats with Edwin Stubbs, PASU's Digital organizer about what it takes to communicate with and for the movement. Our hot topics are as hot as the unseasonable weather in Minnesota and Hawaii and we tell you where you can join thousands of people in the streets in September to do something about it. https://www.endfossilfuels.us This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited format. ⁠⁠Find us at an event⁠⁠ near you! https://www.mobilize.us/pastandsup Sign up for  ..read more

Welcome to episode 10 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden sits down with Daphne Daulton to talk about their work around bringing new members in to Lancaster Stands Up! We also chat about the Pennsylvania political budget pickle that a governor and a billionaire have gotten us into, and why we shouldn't deadname X, the former bird app. This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited format. ⁠Find us at an event⁠ near you! Sign up for ⁠News you Can Use ⁠emails Check out our ⁠2023 endorsements⁠ Check your  ..read more

Welcome to episode 10 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden sits down with Daulton Bucher to talk about their work around bringing new members in to Lancaster Stands Up! We also chat about the Pennsylvania political budget pickle that a governor and a billionaire have gotten us into, and why we shouldn't deadname X, the former bird app. This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited format. ⁠Find us at an event⁠ near you! Sign up for ⁠News you Can Use ⁠emails Check out our ⁠2023 endorsements⁠ Check your  ..read more

Welcome to episode 9 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden returns triumphantly to chat about the ⁠2023 People's Action Convention⁠ with attendees Matt Lo of LVSU and Dom Santiago of NEPASU. We talk about billionaires getting what they deserve (nothing), the stranglehold that Schoolhouse Rock still has over us, and how much easier it is to lobby 2 democratic senators in PA while still maintaining a strong aura of anxiety about the future. This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited format. ⁠Find us at an event⁠ near you ..read more

Welcome to episode 8 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's episode, it's a they-kover! (a he/they/they/he takeover). Temp host Ashleigh Strange (they/he) is joined by Alec Walker-Serrano (he/they), a Scranton Activist and NEPA Stands Up volunteer leader with NEPA’s LGBTQ+, comms, and labor teams. We learn about what's happening in the forests of NorthEastern PA and in the deepest depths of the ocean. Spoiler: we're team Orca all the way. This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited format. Find us at an event near you! Sign up for News you Can Use ..read more

Welcome to episode 7 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's episode, we're Voting Yes For Jess! Host Pele IrgangLaden abandoned us to get married so Ashleigh Strange steps in to interview Berks Stands Up endorsed candidate Jess Royer for Berks County Commissioner. He talks about making the shift from mild-mannered librarian to rabble-rousing activist and how his time in boring zoning board meetings made him a better candidate. Not officially sponsored by Smokey the Bear, but we plug his sacrifices anyway. This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited form ..read more

Welcome to episode 6 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's Very Special Episode, Host Pele Irgangladen is tired, wired, and joined by PASU Narrative and Comms Director Ashleigh Strange to talk PA primary municipal election wins, losses, and uses for Visene. This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited format. Find us at an event near you! Sign up for News you Can Use emails Check out our 2023 endorsements Check your Voter Registration Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok Next episode drops first w ..read more

Welcome to episode 4 of News You Can Use, a podcast by PA Stands Up. On today's episode, host Pele IrgangLaden interviews Lehigh Valley Stands Up endorsed candidates Rodney Bushe for Allentown City Council and Jon Irons for Lehigh County Commissioner. They talk about the challenges of running and why it's so important to stick together as progressives. This podcast is recorded live in a conversational, unedited format. Find us at an event near you! Sign up for News you Can Use emails Check out our 2023 endorsements Check your Voter Registration Follow us on Facebo ..read more