350 Berks & Lehigh Valley Climate Action is a network of leaders of environmental, renewable energy, and sustainability efforts in Berks County and the Lehigh Valley who have joined together to spotlight the climate crisis. We are dedicated to educating and informing the public and taking action to mitigate the effects of climate change in our region.

We invite interested individuals to join us!

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan organization devoted to the defense of civil liberties. It files legal briefs in civil liberties cases, discusses civil liberties problems with government officials, and testifies before legislative bodies. It provides educational information on civil rights in protests, immigrants rights, on being a legal observer, LGBTQ rights, and other issues.

Contact us to get on our chapter email list. All are welcome.

I’m Dedicated to empowering our diverse communities through the performing arts, expanding opportunities for cultural participation and education in theatre, and creating works that address contemporary issues. APT offers after-school theatre programs, summer children’s programming in downtown Allentown, original touring productions, educational workshops, and the curated arts series “Voices of Conscience: Toward Racial Understanding”, which stretches across the Valley, engaging dozens of other arts organizations and sparking relevant community discussion through the arts. Community-based arts events build healthy, sustainable, cultural places that will last for generations to come. Like us on Facebook or sign up for our free e-newsletter on our website.

We promote sustainability, advocating for (and opposing threats to) the environment; the rights of communities, social groups, and individuals; local economies serving community needs via meaningful, non-exploitative work; healthful food and farms; healthy communities built on participatory democracy. We work to enhance the efforts of sustainability-minded organizations. Our projects include: the Sustainability Commons, Sustainable Lehigh Valley and its directory, our website, a college internship program, support of the community rights work of CELDF, and other working groups. Sign up on our website to receive our Sustainability Doings e-newsletter.

The Greater Lehigh Valley chapter of Buy Fresh Buy Local is working to build the local food economy by

• educating consumers about the benefits of choosing locally grown foods,
• promoting local food providers,
• improving fresh food access in low-income neighborhoods,
• facilitating local food purchases by wholesale buyers, and
• providing research about the Greater Lehigh Valley’s local food system.

Pick up a copy of our Local Foods Guide at your nearest producer-only farmers’ market. Connect with us on Facebook @BuyFreshBuyLocalGreaterLehighValley or Instagram @bfblglv. Sign up for our monthly newsletters so you don't miss a *beet* when it comes to local foods! 

** Participant in the Alliance's 2019 Sustainability for Cafés & Restaurants project **

The Caring Place is a non-profit youth development center. Its services focus on the low-income, high-risk, inner-city youth of Allentown, Pennsylvania. The educational programs include science, math, reading, and art, just to name a few. Social programs include Sister to Sister and Boys to Men. Our entrepreneurship program is linked to the Caring Coffee Cafe, which is the most recent addition. Our goal is to improve the outlook for the lives of the children, today's youth are tomorrow's future.

Supporting mobility via better bicycling, pedestrian experience, efficient and comfortable public transit, and loving our local trail network. CAT’s educational programs:

CAT Bicycle Cooperative, open three days a week, community workshop and donated/refurbished bikes, bicycling classes for adults, bicycling education in schools, sponsor of Lehigh Valley, bike to Work Week annually in May, advocacy on municipal & regional levels, yield to Pedestrians, Adopt-a-Bus Stop (with LANTA bus), Love Our Local Trails.

CAT envisions a Lehigh Valley with better quality of life and personal ways to decrease oil consumption. Appropriate trans- portation choices mean less traffic congestion, reduced pollu- tion, and fewer road deaths/serious injuries. Curbing use of automobiles reduces suburban sprawl, obesity, and increasingly high medical costs.

The Children's Home of Easton provides a caring, nurturing environment for children in need, as well as assistance for their families. We provide long-term care to guide, support, and encourage children to believe in their own self-worth and reach their full potential. Our Wellness Program has the motto "Work it, Feed it, Rest it, Believe it!," encouraging all students and staff to exercise, eat right, sleep enough, manage stress, and do it all with a positive attitude and outlook about themselves and their future, and features a large organic garden used for better nutrition, education, and job training.

The greater Lehigh Valley region’s many fine colleges and universities have a variety of resources that can promote sustainability, including courses, expert speakers, specialized libraries, workshops and lectures, and special programs. (Some colleges operate programs in more than one location.) Many events and resources are open to the public, but available resources and programs depend on the time of year and academic calendar. In most cases, the website offers a calendar of events and a variety of other information. Contact the institution directly for information about current offerings:

Cedar Crest College  (Allentown)
www.cedarcrest.edu | 610-437-4441

DeSales University (Center Valley)
desales.edu/home/about/campus-region/sustainability | 610-282-1100

East Stroudsburg University (Bethlehem Campus)
www.esu.edu | 877-422-1378

Kutztown University (Kutztown)
www.kutztown.edu | 610-683-4000

Lafayette College (Easton)
www.lafayette.edu| sustainability.lafayette.edu | 610-330-3000

Lehigh Carbon Community College (Schnecksville)
www.lccc.edu | 610-799-2121

Lehigh University (Bethlehem)
www.lehigh.edu| sustainability.lehigh.edu | 610-758-3000

Moravian College (Bethlehem)
www.moravian.edu/sustainability | 610-861-1300

Muhlenberg College (Allentown)
www.muhlenberg.edu| www.muhlenberg.edu/sustainability | 484-664-3100

Northampton Community College (Bethlehem)
www.northampton.edu | 610-861-5300

Penn State University–Lehigh Valley (Center Valley)
www.lv.psu.edu | 610-285-5000

Community Action Lehigh Valley is an anti-poverty nonprofit that improves the quality of life by building a community in which all people have access to economic opportunity, the ability to pursue that opportunity, and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.

We offer programs and services in: Advocacy, Business Start-Up and Development, Food Access and Nutrition, Housing, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Youth. 

The Community Action Development Corporation of Allentown works toward the stabilization of neighborhoods and the economic empowerment of residents by enabling and encouraging them to develop and own businesses in the neighborhood. Through training and business related programs, projects, and initiatives, CADCA promotes a diversified economy of small-scale, locally owned businesses and empowers residents to assume more active roles in the stewardship of their community.   It’s our mission to assist and promote neighborhood revitalization and community spirit by providing access to economic opportunities.  Visit our website for more information.  You can also find us on Facebook at  facebook.com/CADCAllentown.

• Identifying environmentally sensitive areas such as flood-prone areas, swamps, and other unique natural areas;
• Making recommendations for the most appropriate use of open land;
• Developing Open Space plans and programs;
• Recommending and assisting in developing projects to protect the environment; and
• Promoting community environmental programs.

• the Tenth Street Veggie Stand, which runs 5:30-7:00 every Thursday during summer harvest (mid-July through mid-September). Three interns from Lafayette College operate the Stand.
• the Neighborhood Center Food Pantry, open 9 a.m. to noon every Friday.

• Seeing folks on limited incomes receive fresh-picked produce for their tables
• Working with youth from the South Side, as well as Lafayette College students
• Making new friendships and exchanging gardening information with volunteers from the community

changing the world one gift at a time^™

We are a nonprofit organization that works to draw the local community together in a large-scale collaborative effort to build simple, decent and affordable homes for hard-working, disadvantaged families in the Lehigh Valley. Hundreds of local volunteers and thousands of supporters help make the Habitat mission possible. Our ReStore, at 1053 Grape Street, Whitehall, sells donated building supplies, home furnishings, and appliance in support of our mission. Please contact the office to see how you can help!

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/habitat-lehigh-valley
Facebook: @habitatlehighvalley
Instagram: @hfhlv610
Twitter: @HFHLehighValley

Our mission is to improve the quality of life of Hispanic and other families by empowering them to become more self-sufficient while promoting an intercultural understanding in the Lehigh Valley. Our programs/services include the WIC program (Women, Infants, and Children), Senior Center, and Food Pantry.

Senior Center Phone: 610-882-2032

(CSA = Community Supported Agriculture)

The International Institute for Restorative Practices (the IIRP), located in Bethlehem, PA, is the world’s first accredited graduate school solely focused on the field of restorative practices, the study of strengthening relationships and building effective social connections between individuals and within communities.  Primarily serving K-16 education, community-based organizations, and government agencies, the IIRP offers graduate degrees, graduate certificates, and continuing education for individuals.  It also provides customized integrated services for communities and organizations and conducts research within the field. IIRP students and clients become adept at driving positive sustained change within their professional and personal spheres of influence. For more information, visit www.iirp.edu. 

 

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The Journey Home is an expressive art-based program for women in the Northampton County Correction. The programming integrates trauma-informed care and restorative practices with expressive arts. Circles of Caring is facilitated by compassionate, dedicated, trained volunteers from the community and local colleges, offering support, mentoring, and advocacy. The Journey Home also has a physical space as a community art studio in the historic district of downtown Easton, PA. We offer creative experiences in the form of workshops, open studio, and expressive arts facilitation for individuals and groups. Our mission is to provide a creative open space for the creative spirit to thrive. 

www.facebook.com/TheJourneyHomeEaston/ 

The Kellyn Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation with a mission to develop, support, facilitate and implement programs that encourage family and community physical and emotional wellness.

Our four cornerstones combine to form the infrastructure for the “Healthy Neighborhood Immersion Strategy” Initiative

To follow our journey, please like us at www.facebook.com/kellynfoundation

1. Kellyn Schools – Healthy Lifestyle Education in classrooms, Garden as a Classroom, the Veggie Challenge
2. Kellyn Food Access – Local Food Hub, “Eat Real Food” Mobile Market
3. Kellyn Kitchens – Hands-On Healthy Lifestyle Cooking, Lifestyle Medicine Meals
4. Kellyn Lifestyle Medicine – Physician-led Intensive Lifestyle Medicine Change (ITLC) Programs to prevent, reduce and/or reverse Lifestyle-based Chronic Disease

Kirkridge is a place
to be,
and to become
a people of hope,
compassion, justice, and service.

Since 1942, Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center has provided a place for rest and renewal to pilgrims along life’s journey. Our retreats, our hospitality, our gorgeous vistas, and our sacred grounds have blessed, and continue to bless, countless lives.

We are located on a ridge of the beautiful Kittatinny Ridge of Northeast Pennsylvania, overlooking the Delaware Valley. You can say that the Kirkridge community is, too, now standing on our own precipice, as we look back on our over 75 years of service. For the past 75 years, we have served a thriving Christian and interfaith community. Looking ahead, we plan on serving an even wider community of people of good faith, no faith, and interfaith – and providing safe harbor to all.
As we work to embrace a wider community, our spirit of excellent hospitality is more important than ever. Our historic motto of “picket and pray” has now extended itself “to protect, tend, and embrace.” From the peak of the ridge to the clear waters in the valley below, the new century calls for stewardship, nurturing, and embracing inner stability with outer sustainability.

We invite you, as pilgrims in search of a balanced life, to help us nurture the ground on which we stand and the people with whom we interact each day to build a safe, sustainable future.

A nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active citizen participation in government, increases public understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League’s position on natural resources is to promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest. Specifically, to promote management of natural resources as interrelated parts of life-supporting ecosystems and to promote resource conservation, stewardship, and long-range planning, with the responsibility for managing natural resources shared by all levels of government. Our social media accounts are:

Facebook: facebook.com/LeagueofWomenVotersLehighCounty/

Twitter: @LVCountyLWV

A nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active citizen participation in government, increases public understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League’s position on natural resources is to promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest. Specifically, to promote management of natural resources as interrelated parts of life-supporting ecosystems and to promote resource conservation, stewardship, and long-range planning, with the responsibility for managing natural resources shared by all levels of government.

The Lehigh County Farmland Preservation Program works with landowners to preserve agricultural land with conservation easements.  The program is also known as the purchase of development rights program. Under this volunteer program, landowners are financially compensated to preserve their properties for agricultural production perpetually. Over 25,000 acres of farmland have been preserved in Lehigh County.

Lehigh Gap Nature Center (LGNC) is a member- supported nonprofit environmental education center and wildlife refuge located near Slatington, Pennsylvania. Our mission is to improve the quality of life of present and future generations by protecting the wildlife and enhancing the habitats of our Refuge, the neighboring Kittatinny Ridge, and the Lehigh River Watershed through conservation, education, research, and outdoor recreation. Through our efforts to revegetate a once barren and lifeless section of the Kittatinny Ridge, LGNC established the only environmental education center in the U.S. on a Superfund site. An outdoor classroom, environmental laboratory, and recreational hotspot, LGNC’s 756-acre refuge annually hosts tens of thousands of local, regional, and international visitors.

Bird Town is an Audubon Pennsylvania program that enlists municipalities to commit to promoting environmental stewardship and programs that benefit birds and people. The Bird Town Coalition builds on this program by bringing together Lehigh Valley municipalities and local organizations promoting individual and community environmental stewardship, with a focus on birds as an indicator of success.

The Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (LVCIL) is dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities and promoting the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life. LVCIL provides services for its consumers such as information and referral, peer support, independent living skills, and individual and systems advocacy. The organization also provides housing search and support, services for landlords, a 24-hour sign language interpreter referral service, youth transition services, waiver supports coordination and community outreach through specialized programs and groups.

The Lehigh Valley Food Policy Council was formed to promote policies and action supporting a local food system that benefits our community, our environment, our farmers, and our economy in ways that are equitable and sustainable. The Council fosters awareness and understanding of the role played by an environmentally healthy food system in food security, economic vitality and the health and well-being of our community.

The Council’s Steering Committee of stakeholder representatives meets bi-monthly. Working Groups meet and work across the Valley. Membership is free. Contact info@lvfpc.org for information on joining or starting a work group initiative.

Working Groups:

Food Access – Making sure that fresh healthy food is available and affordable for everyone in the Lehigh Valley. We are currently working on summer food initiatives while school is out, SNAP education, WIC participation, healthy and culturally appropriate options in pantries, and access to growing spaces.

Food Recovery and Respect – How do we use our food well and reduce the waste? We support two food recovery initiatives in the Lehigh Valley, the Easton Food Recovery Group and Plant A Row LV that focuses on extra produce from backyard and community gardens.

Community Farms and Gardens – Connecting with coordinators and gardeners across the Lehigh Valley, growing community support and involvement to improve food security, knowledge of what we eat, and technical assistance. 

Farm to School–  Working with schools to add local, fresh, healthy food options to lunch, activities, and curriculum. We are especially looking for interested participants for this work group!

Aggregation & Value Added – Working on ways to best support and encourage the Lehigh Valley residents who grow our foods and to help them improve their market and operation, examining infrastructure and logistics for sustainable growth, and encouraging workforce and economic development that focuses on local investment and re-investment in the Lehigh Valley food system.

Grassroots group fighting for a ban on shale gas development and for clean air, clean water, and a sustainable future free of fossil fuels. For more information on how to get connected, please contact Karen Feridun, Founder of Berks Gas Truth.

Lehigh Valley Humanists focuses on a progressive life stance that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead meaningful, ethical lives capable of adding to the greater good of humanity. Our goal is to promote Humanism and foster the building of a vibrant community dedicated to a positive ethical life-stance in the Lehigh Valley Area.

Vision - By partnering the the community, Lehigh Valley Zoo will be a leader in conservation education and action.

Mission - Lehigh Valley Zoo connects is community with nature to empower people to protect wildlife.

Learn more about us:

• Web: www.lvzoo.org
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/LVZoo
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/lvzoo/

A non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of Lenape history and culture, the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania joins together members of the Lenape Nation and enyone else interested in the continuing development of Lenape language and culture. The Lenape Nation encourages partnerships among people and organizations, in order to foster cultural, historical and environmental education and preservation.

Also see Acknowledging the Original Inhabitants of the Area.

LEPOCO (Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern) brings people together to counter threats to peace, our way of life, and our planet.  Ongoing programs, all open to the general public, include:  Peace Camp, Monthly Peace Vigil, LEPOCO Peace Singers, Annual Gathering in March, Bike/Walk-a-thon in October, Underground Reels & Spiels film and speaker series, monthly book discussion group.

Working groups include:  Stop the Wars Committee and various planning committees. LEPOCO publishes a newsletter and a periodic email update and updates its website calendar regularly.  Call for more information.

The Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King Memorial Project of the Lehigh Valley is an organizational initiative designed to develop a memorial and strategic community programs to commemorate and memorialize the life-work and ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King by leading a collaborative funding, construction, and program development process to honor their national and international contributions to world peace, justice, and equality.

We address the social determinants of health that impact life outcomes for some of our most vulnerable community members (i.e., formerly incarcerated, juveniles aging out of the foster care system, homeless populations, individuals recovering from addiction, and newly settled refugee communities). MANLV addresses social needs of isolation, lack of community engagement, lack of a sense of belonging, poverty, institutional racism, restorative practices, health outcomes, education, and violence. One of eight pilot sites around the world in a global cooperative designed to build and share knowledge, resources, and experience in order to create a cooperative egalitarian economy from the ground up.

The mission of the NAACP—Allentown Branch is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.

The mission of the NAACP—Easton Branch is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. Our vision is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.

The Natural Builders Guild is made up of professionals and homeowners who formed the Guild to promote and foster the Natural Building trades, methods, and practices in the Greater Lehigh Valley.

Regular monthly meetings (late afternoon/early evening).
Everyone is welcome to attend.

An Alliance Working Group.

Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley (NHCLV) is a local federally-qualified Health Center in the Lehigh Valley. One of the opportunities that NHCLV offers to patients, community members, and organizational partners is time banking, which is a model that is used to encourage reciprocity and mutual respect within our community by facilitating the exchange of skills and talents through time. In time banking, we believe that everyone has something to contribute, and that each individual should be valued for the gifts and talents that he/she has to offer.

Science-based organization that combines science, art, and community dialogue to get people talking and thinking about environmental issues. Its main exhibit is Science on a Sphere, a giant animated globe that displays breathtaking visualizations of Earth and planetary science. Visitors can also experience programs and exhibitions in the science theater and four art galleries. Regular hours: Wednesdays and Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. NNC hosts special programs: on the Sphere; gardening presentations; and hands-on art and garden projects. Visit the Urban Recycle Garden out back any time. More information: website and Facebook page.

PEACE-Youth was started in 2015, soon after the group’s neighborhood was targeted for the path of the PennEast pipeline.

Our focuses currently are threefold:  Stop the PennEast Pipeline, ban fracking, and help switch our communities to sustainable energy and sustainable living practices. We support all environmental practices and ecosystem restoration. As we develop, we hope to collaborate with schools and offer curriculum support for teachers to integrate this awareness into the classrooms and help youth recognize the incredible dangers we face — but also the amazing opportunities that come with an energy revolution.

Penn State Cooperative Extension in Northampton County gives local residents easy access to the resources and expertise of the Pennsylvania State University. Through educational programs, publications, and events, cooperative extension educators deliver unbiased, research-based information to Northampton County citizens. We can answer your questions on a wide array of topics. To find out how we can help you, browse our website or contact us by email or phone.

A 501(c)(4) policy and advocacy organization. A dedicated policy voice of family farmers and supportive rural and urban residents and consumers across the Keystone State. Through policy, advocacy and education, PFU works to preserve a sustainable local economy while ensuring domestically grown, healthy food choices for our community. PFU is a grassroots organization where policy positions are initiated locally. Whether it’s food safety, dairy, specialty crops, trade or any other issue facing Pennsylvania family farmers, PFU listens to farmers, trade organizations, conservation organizations, and food co-ops, in sharing a deep commitment to conservation and the success of family agriculture.

Plant A Row Lehigh Valley – we are local gardeners who dedicate a row in our garden and/or our surplus to donate to our neighbors in need. We provide convenient donation drop-off locations across Lehigh and Northampton counties from June to October. Volunteers transport donations received to area food pantries, meal centers, soup kitchens and shelters.  Don’t have a garden – purchase extra produce and bring it to a donation drop-off location. Visit our website to register your garden, find the nearest donation drop-off location, and/or learn additional ways to volunteer. Like us on Facebook; follow us on Instagram and Twitter. 

ProJeCt has served at-risk people and families in the Lehigh Valley for more than 50 years. ProJeCt believes that education and an inter-connected set of services are the keys to helping people help themselves break the cycle of poverty. We offer adult education, family literacy, school-based programs and safety-net resources (including a food pantry), all at no charge, to help our clients work toward self-sufficiency. ProJeCt’s research-based programs, combined with hands-on case management services, help clients achieve success in school, work and life. 

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania operates in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties. During Program Year 2021-22 we distributed nearly 11 million pounds of food including 4.5 million pounds of fresh produce, perishable protein, and fresh dairy products (41% of our total distribution), 1.9 million pounds of rescued food that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill (17% of our total distribution). Second Harvest administers supplemental nutrition programs for children, seniors, active-duty military reservists and veterans, SNAP outreach and application assistance, a nutrition education program, and anti-poverty advocacy initiatives. We are committed to providing the healthiest food possible to families most in need.

Second Harvest Food Bank is a program of Community Action Lehigh Valley. 

The Seed Farm is working to cultivate the next generation of farmers through our training opportunities and Farm Incubator Program. We provide beginning farmers with affordable access to land, infrastructure, equipment, technical assistance, and more, so that they can start their farm businesses. We also offer experiential training throughout the year in skill and knowledge areas that are critical to new farmer success, such as equipment operation, food safety, planning, and marketing. We are growing new farmers so that they can protect our farmland and grow the local food economy.

In 2019, The Seed Farm became part of local nonprofit Community Action Lehigh Valley and a program of Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania.

The mission of Slate Belt Rising (SBR), a program of Community Action Lehigh Valley, is to galvanize the boroughs of Wind Gap, Pen Argyl, Bangor, and Portland to capitalize on their shared heritage and traditions, the natural beauty of the Slate Belt, and the commercial potential provided by the proximity to major roadways in order to increase economic opportunity in the region, reduce poverty, eliminate blight, and improve the overall quality of life.

SBR will work toward five major inter-connected objectives to revitalize the Slate Belt’s boroughs of Bangor, Wind Gap, Pen Argyl, and Portland. These comprehensive priority areas include:

• Vibrant Economic Climate

• Regional Cooperation

• Neighborhoods and Housing

• Youth Engagement

In 1966 Russell Keich and Don Herring, avid gardeners and artists, purchased a farm and transformed it into a living museum, using salvaged materials from dismantled churches, barns, and other classic structures. Gradually the surrounding cornfields and stream were transformed into six acres of breathtaking gardens interspersed among waterfalls, water gardens, and ponds. Today, Stonehedge is a nonprofit that perpetuates the continuing creative expressions of nature, the arts, and metaphysical and holistic healing. Our mission is to provide a healing, sacred, inclusive environment for personal and community transformation and wellness.

Sustainable Energy Fund is a non-profit organization that assists energy users in overcoming educational and financial barriers to a sustainable energy future: a future in which energy is harvested, converted, distributed and utilized in a manner that allows all to meet their energy needs without compromising the ability of their children and grandchildren to meet their needs.

See our website for information about our annual EnergyPath Conference!

Visit the Teaching Climate website.

Founded in 1981, Touchstone Theatre is a professional, nonprofit theatre company located in our multi-ethnic and multi-lingual Bethlehem. At its heart is a resident ensemble of theatre artists rooted both in our local community and the international community of ensemble-created theatres. The ensemble is engaged in the creation of original work; the on-going development of theatre productions in which image, movement, space, and sound play as important a role as the text; touring selected original and ensemble-created works; offering educational programs that inspire students of all ages to discover their creative voice; and demonstrate the power of theatre as a community-building tool.

Turning Point is the domestic-violence agency for Lehigh and Northampton counties. Its mission is to eliminate domestic violence in the Lehigh Valley through empowerment, education, and engagement. Services include a 24-hour helpline, safe housing, crisis, and options counseling court advocacy, children and teen programming,  and community education and outreach. Healthcare professionals are trained through medical advocacy programming. All of the agency’s programs and services are available in English and Spanish and are provided free of charge.

Need Help? Call Our 24-HR HELPLINE 1-610-437-3369

Through collaboration, advocacy, and education, VAST empowers survivors and encourages the community to take action in the local anti-trafficking movement.

Please contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline to report tips, request services, or get help for you or someone in need.
1-888-373-7888 or contact the VAST Hub for Helpline 484-560-6836.

The Watershed Coalition of the Lehigh Valley serves as an umbrella organization for community watershed associations in Lehigh, Northampton, and surrounding counties. The Coalition's mission is to preserve and enhance watersheds throughout the region. It pursues its mission through outreach and education to the public, resource and information sharing among its community watershed organization members, and advocacy on key issues critical to water resource health in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding region. Most recently, the Coalition initiated Pennsylvania's first Master Watershed Steward Program, which serves to train ordinary citizens to be effective volunteers in local water resource protection.

• List of Community Watershed Associations

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Wildlands Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust of the Lehigh Valley and Lehigh River watershed. We?ve been creating lasting connections to nature since 1973, through land protection, environmental stewardship, and education. Wildlands has protected more than 54,000 acres of high-conservation-value lands, it benefits more than 19,000 school-age children annually through environmental education and is focused on improving water quality and wildlife habitat within and beyond its nine nature preserves totaling more than 2,600 acres. Wildlands? main office and the Air Products Environmental Education Center is at its 77.5-acre Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus. For more information visit our website.

Young People Making Peace Summer Day Camp (Peace Camp) takes place every summer in late July.  Founded in 1990, this one-week camp involves children (Kindergarten through 7th grade) and teen/adult volunteers in fun and creative songs, games, stories, craft projects, mostly in small groups, with a focus on peace and justice themes.  Registration forms are usually available in the LEPOCO Office by March.