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POWER Board Names Bishop Dwayne Royster as Executive Director

POWER Interfaith’s Board of Directors is delighted to announce that it has hired Bishop Dwayne Royster as the Executive Director, effective January 1st, 2021. Bishop…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithJanuary 15, 2021
Rally on Rotunda steps in Harrisburg NewsPublications

More than 1,000 people rally in Harrisburg for fair school funding

BY: The Notebook The Rev. Phyllis Harris of Mount Pisgah A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia volunteers in a kindergarten class at Alain Locke Elementary School every…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithJune 26, 2019
NewsPublications

Gov. Wolf brings fight for $15 minimum wage to Philly

BY: Michael D’Onofrio Gov. Tom Wolf took his campaign to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour to Northern Philadelphia on Friday. Fresh off…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 15, 2019
City Council At-Large Candidates NewsPublications

City Council at-large candidates hear from the people at a People’s Forum

BY: Erin McCarthy David Lipscomb, who said he’d been handcuffed during a traffic stop in South Philadelphia, called for an end to stop-and-frisk. Teresa Herrera, who…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithMay 15, 2019
NewsPublications

Gov. Wolf brings fight for $15 minimum wage to Philly

BY: Michael D’Onofrio Gov. Tom Wolf took his campaign to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour to Northern Philadelphia on Friday. Fresh off…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithFebruary 11, 2019
NewsPublications

Council Approves Bills For ‘Fair Workweek’ And $15/Hr. Wage Hike

BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes Terrence Wiggins is trying to support his family, but it’s been difficult. The 24-year-old graduate of Olney High School left his job…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithJanuary 11, 2019
NewsPublications

Plans for Temple’s proposed football stadium on hold, but not off the table

BY: Antoinette Lee PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The fight over Temple University's proposed plan to build a $130 million football stadium in North Philadelphia continues. Temple’s current…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 30, 2018
EducationNewsPublications

Rural/urban poll finds common ground on school funding, corporate influence

BY: J.D. Prose A new statewide poll of urban and rural Pennsylvania voters released last week shows they share similar opinions on corporate influence, school…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 30, 2018
Economic JusticeNews

Marriott workers say they are drowning in credit union fees

BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes Out of the roughly $30,000 that Amos Troyah made last year as a dishwasher at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, $2,000 went toward…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 17, 2018
Economic JusticeNews

Summit rallies forces to fight easing of federal lending law

The Community Reinvestment Act has enabled capital to flow into minority communities throughout the country that previously were denied access to loans. Now the Trump…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 11, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

Mayor Kenney proposes minimum wage hike for Philly employees, contractors

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced legislation on Wednesday to incrementally raise the minimum wage for city employees and contract workers to $15 by July 1,…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 28, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

Kenney pushes raising city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour

BY: Michael D'Onofrio Mayor Jim Kenney aims to raise the minimum wage in phases for some workers in the city to $15 an hour by 2022.…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 2018
Economic JusticeNewsPublications

Kenney Wants $15 Minimum Wage for City Employees, Contractors

BY: Claire Sasko Mayor Jim Kenney is pushing to raise the minimum wage to $15 for city employees contractors. Kenney is scheduled to announce on Wednesday proposed…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 2018
Climate JusticeEconomic JusticeNewsPublications

Why labor has embraced immigrant rights – and 9 more examples of Philly intersectionality

BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes Last month, 2,000 workers and labor leaders sporting brightly colored shirts and waving "Libertad y justicia para todos" signs marched through Old City…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 11, 2018
NewsPublicationsVoter Engagement

Midterms: Civil rights groups on high alert for cyberthreats as they register minorities

WASHINGTON – Trupania Bonner is quick to warn groups registering minorities to vote to be alert for cybertricks. His training class for civic engagement groups now…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 4, 2018
Criminal Justice ReformNewsPublications

Black pastors criticized for lauding President Trump

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 Interfaith
POWER InterfaithAugust 4, 2018
EducationNewsPublications

More parking tickets should mean more school books, activists tell PPA

BY: JIM SAKSA This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly. — Why does the Philadelphia Parking Authority exist? This isn’t just the lament of drivers filled with…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithJuly 24, 2018
EducationNews

Local leaders, pols applaud state funds for schools but want accountability

BY SUE ANN RYBAK City officials, representatives, experts and residents weighed in on Gov. Tom Wolf’s recent announcement at a press conference held at Roosevelt…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithJuly 16, 2018
EducationNewsPublications

Gov. Wolf calls for drastic school funding shake-up in surprise announcement

BY: Avi Wolfman-Arent Governor Tom Wolf called for a major change to the way Pennsylvania funds schools Friday, advocating for the state to distribute its…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithJuly 2, 2018
NewsPublications

Philly leaders bash Supreme Court’s decision on Trump travel ban

BY: Sam Newhouse Philadelphia leaders of faith gathered on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding the travel ban on citizens of Muslim-majority countries to…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithJune 27, 2018
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