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Join our grassroots movement in Western PA to oppose the proposed data center & gas power plant in Indiana County.

Community members are uniting out of care & concern for our humanity, health, natural resources, & a sustainable future. 🐦‍⬛

11/03/2026

11/02/2026

Support your local farms 🐦‍⬛

10/31/2026

One of our teachers, Grace Lee Boggs, asked, “What time is it on the clock of the world?” In other words: What does this moment require from us? If you were at our film screening at the theater this month, this may feel familiar.

If we’re serious about building a better world, the first step is to look at how we show up in it. It starts with recognizing how systems of control and judgment live inside us and shape how we treat others and move through the world. We have to confront how we’ve internalized these systems, often without realizing it, and how we end up repeating them in our relationships and communities.

As we roll through this weekend to Election Day, we are here to remind you that voting, while important, is the least we can do. We are currently living in a polycrisis. Building local networks of care is of the highest priority. We have to start acting like we need each other because we do.

Care for your neighbors as you want them to care for you. “Uproot tendencies toward policing others that exist inside you.” Or as Grace would say: Transform yourself to transform the world. 🐦‍⬛

10/29/2026

Peep our friend from Unite Armstrong holding a CROW sign! 🐦‍⬛❤️‍🔥 Our neighbors in Springdale are facing the same challenges we are with this massive data center rollout.

“This data center is being built here because we are a generally lower-income and under-advantaged area,” Cochran said. “This is not an opportunity for area investment and prosperity, but a conquest for hedge fund managers. I speak for my town and my family because I believe we all deserve to have a say in how our collective health is affected here in the Valley.”

“The billionaire’s boot is on our neck, whether we lick it or not,” she said. “We must resist and speak out — our lives depend on it.”

“Deny” was a common word from residents Wednesday evening at Allegheny County’s second preliminary hearing in Springdale regarding the proposed data center. Prior to the hearing, more than 100 people gathered across the street from Springdale’s borough building to protest the...

10/29/2026

Since the beginning of the year, CROWs have followed the 3-minute rule for public comments and, for the most part, respected the meetings’ structure.

Yesterday, we saw what can happen when someone pushes back a little. A resident from another group, who was talking about a different issue here in Indiana County, tried to finish her comment. The commissioner banged his hand on the desk, called for a deputy about 10 seconds after her allotted 3 minutes, and two of three deputies ended up escorting her out. 10 seconds.

There have been other recent overreactions too: sidewalk chalk labeled vandalism, the presence of four deputies at this month’s Planning Commission meeting, and three deputies at this week’s Commissioners meeting. Also, if you haven’t seen what happened in Johnstown at their Halloween parade, you might want to check it out, they’re our neighbors.

The County Commissioners are making choices that prioritize controlling residents over listening to our concerns. It continues to chip away at the little trust left between officials and residents.

If you don’t want to hear from residents during business meetings, then why not hold a town hall just for public input on the issues people care about? We’ve been asking for that for a year. 🐦‍⬛

10/27/2026

Big Tech is spending more than $230,000 a day to lobby the federal government. 🐦‍⬛

10/26/2026

Our Facebook Group is back: No Data Centers in Indiana County 🐦‍⬛ CROW!

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