Some local clergy leaders are critical of inner-city pastors who recently lauded President Donald Trump during a recent White House round table that focused on…
POWER InterfaithAugust 4, 2018
BY: Samaria Bailey Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild (POWER) staged sit-ins at two separate Starbucks in Center City Monday evening, protesting what they called…
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
BY: FOX 9 PHILADELPHIA - The Center City Starbucks manager who called police, leading to the controversial arrest of two black men, is no longer an…
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
BY: Samaria Bailey As they work to close the gap where public programs have not been able to support the city’s underserved communities, Philadelphia churches know,…
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
BY: Vince Lattanzio, Alicia Victoria Lozano, Lauren Mayk and Steven Fisher Starbucks’ leadership team embarked on an apology tour through Philadelphia Monday as they attempted to…
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
BY: Eliott C. McLaughlin Anger over two black men being perp-walked out of a Philadelphia Starbucks continued to simmer Monday, with protests that briefly shut…
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
BY: Alexandra Olson and Joseph Pisani Starbucks, moving swiftly to confront a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its…
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 27, 2018 Contact: Rhonda Smith, PICO National Network, 202-308-0514, rsmith@piconetwork.org WASHINGTON – Clergy leaders with PICO National Network, the largest coalition of faith-based groups…
POWER InterfaithMarch 1, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyowlrDK0qM On February 21, 2018 at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced an end to cash bail in Philadelphia for low-level…
POWER InterfaithFebruary 23, 2018
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: Samaria Bailey The Jewish-based advocacy group Tikkun Olam Chavurah and the Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower and Rebuild, or POWER, announced an effort to end…
POWER InterfaithOctober 6, 2017