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UPCOMING EVENTS
POWER Celebrates 10th Anniversary!
September 25, 2021 marked POWER’s tenth anniversary of connecting diverse faith communities, speaking truth to power, and striving to change Pennsylvania — and the world. Join us in celebrating throughout the year as we reflect how far we have come and envision our shared future!
Building Communities of Opportunity that Work for All
POWER works with faith communities in Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania to address local and statewide issues while simultaneously strengthening the life of our congregations. Our path to creating a more just world involves teaching people of faith how to build and exercise their own power to address root cause of the daily injustices they face.
FEATURED CAMPAIGN
Civic Engagement
Our voter engagement work is crucial in ensuring that our Black and Brown communities are seen and heard! It is our life’s work to make sure that these communities “Get Out To Vote” and follow through in exercising their political power.
LATEST NEWS
Q&A: Lessons Learned at Education Vigils
This fall, the POWER Metro team organized a series of vigils in West Chester, PA. Every Thursday evening they gathered on the courthouse steps to...
POWER Supports the School Funding Lawsuit
POWER supports the plaintiffs in the PA School Funding Lawsuit (William Penn SD, NAACP PA, et al. v. Pa. Dept. of Education et al.) The…
A Year Like No Other: Read the 2020 POWER Impact Report
In a year like no other, POWER showed up. 2020 brought a global pandemic, uprisings in response to police violence and white supremacy, and an…
Latest Updates
Everyone has a right to heat. Why has @MYPGW failed to promptly re-connect low-income households who've obtained LIHEAP? It's winter & lives are at stake. Let’s hold CEO Seth Shapiro accountable. https://bit.ly/3rG4Sx8 @councilmanDerek @Philacontroller @Mr_4thDistrict
How many Philadelphians are being denied heat this winter by @MyPGW? No heat can = eviction, lost health, family separation. In 2021, PGW shut off 15,669 customers & only reconnected 10,567, though many more qualify for assistance. We need answers. https://bit.ly/3rG4Sx8
Rucker Johnson, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley stated “When we don’t do sustained investments, we see evidence of fade out.” Occasional bumps in funding “don’t translate to significantly improved outcomes.”
https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/1/21/22895701/pennsylvania-is-forgoing-resources-economists-say-school-funding-matters via @ChalkbeatPHL
Friends, urgent timeframe for responding to HB38 and HB2207 vote on Tuesday, Jan 25th! Vote NO to Gerrymandering!
Voters would be disenfranchised.
Judicial candidates would be even more impacted by partisan influence and donations than they are now.
https://www.fairdistrictspa.com/updates/say-no-to-judicial-gerrymandering
Lifting Up a Moral Voice with Political Muscle
We help equip community leaders with the skills needed to reach out into their neighborhoods, identify common concerns, research possible solutions, and work with public officials and private businesses to put those solutions into effect. Through our issue-based campaigns listed below, leaders learn how to build and sustain strong teams and networks, research and analyze community issues, develop campaign strategy, and work with elected officials to implement changes in public policy.
We are over 50 congregations throughout Southeastern and Central Pennsylvania
POWER Philadelphia
POWER Philadelphia represents congregations and faith leader located in West Philadelphia, Center City, Northeast Philadelphia, and North Philadelphia
POWER Metro
POWER Metro represents congregations and faith leaders located in Bucks County, Delaware County, Montgomery Count, and Chester County.
POWER Central PA
POWER Central PA represents congregations and faith leaders located in York County, Lancaster County, Dauphin County, and Lebanon County.
POWER Lehigh Valley
Our newest branch, POWER Lehigh Valley, represents congregations and faith leaders located in Lehigh and Northampton Counties.