BY: Bill Rettew Jr As part of two different demonstrations, diverse groups of protesters met Monday outside U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello’s, R-6, office, at the Historic…
POWER InterfaithDecember 19, 2017
Philadelphia City Council members heard arguments from parents, activists, the Mayor’s Office, and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers on school-related issues this week as they considered a formal…
POWER InterfaithDecember 18, 2017
BY: Sue Ann Rybak Local politicians, educators, advocates, parents and other community members said they are both excited and concerned after the Philadelphia School Reform…
POWER InterfaithNovember 27, 2017
BY: Greg Windle The crowd spilled over the steps of District headquarters and out into the parking lots as Randi Weingarten, president of the American…
POWER InterfaithNovember 17, 2017
BY: HARRISON JACOBS By the time Larry Krasner entered the William Way LGBT Center in Philadelphia Tuesday night, his victory party had already become something…
POWER InterfaithNovember 16, 2017
BY: Samaria Bailey A group of civil rights and community organizations working together as The Philadelphia Coalition for a Just District Attorney has announced a set…
POWER InterfaithNovember 10, 2017
BY: Ryanne Persinger City Council was packed Thursday morning as Mayor Jim Kenney asked members of the School Reform Commission to vote to dissolve and return…
POWER InterfaithNovember 3, 2017
Over a year ago, we launched the Our City Our Schools campaign to end the 16-year-long failed experiment of the state-controlled School Reform Commission (SRC). The SRC…
POWER InterfaithOctober 30, 2017
BY: Mary Michael A few weeks ago I joined other members of POWER, a progressive nonpartisan inter-faith activist group comprised of concerned citizens from Philadelphia…
POWER InterfaithOctober 30, 2017
BY: Samaria Bailey A group of 12 clergy and hospitality workers were arrested for staging a sit-in on behalf of workers’ rights at the Aloft Hotel…
POWER InterfaithOctober 24, 2017
BY: DARRYL C MURPHY City Councilwoman-at-large Helen Gym and fellow education advocates held a rally Monday at City Hall to celebrate a milestone victory in…
POWER InterfaithOctober 4, 2017
BY: Susan L. Serbin SPRINGFIELD >> Sidewalk rallies on Sproul Road outside of U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan’s, R-7, office have become routine, and Monday was no…
POWER InterfaithOctober 2, 2017
BY: SAMAIRA BAILEY Janes Memorial United Methodist Church formally welcomed the Rev. Gregory Holston as its new pastor at a special service on Sept. 17.…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 22, 2017
Facing a warming planet, these organizers are offering their Philly neighborhoods hope and solutions
BY: JIM IRBY August 2016 was the hottest month ever — until it wasn’t. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggest that 2016 and 2017 will be…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 18, 2017
BY: DENISE CLAY When I was a kid in the 70s, my brother and his friends wore the kind of Afros you’d see on “Soul…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 18, 2017
BY: EVAN BRANDT POTTSTOWN >> The people of POWER and the lower-income people they represent want to be heard — and they want to be…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 18, 2017
Two dozen protesters turned the tables on federal immigration authorities on Tuesday, demanding “ICE, show us your papers!” and filing a formal legal request for…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 13, 2017
I was born into a family of hard-working people. I grew up watching the people I loved make sacrifices, day in and day out, to…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 5, 2017
Philly is Charlottesville: Unmasking White Supremacy in Philadelphia POWER Rally, August 16, 2017 Rev. Linda Noonan, Senior Pastor at Chestnut Hill United Church, Philadelphia One…
POWER InterfaithAugust 28, 2017