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 InterfaithJuly 16, 2018
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 InterfaithJune 27, 2018
BY: Evan Brandt One day before the Pennsylvania General Assembly adopted its $32.7 billion budget, and one day after local parents and school officials rallied…
POWER InterfaithJune 22, 2018
BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes In 2012, Onetha McKnight and her coworkers would vent about what seemed unfair about their jobs. Their biggest worry, said McKnight, who had…
POWER InterfaithJune 12, 2018
BY: Julia Hatmaker Outrage over the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks continued on the evening of April 16. The two men had…
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 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
BY: Ayana Jones Local hospitality workers, clergy and allies recognized the 50th anniversary of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in…
POWER InterfaithApril 5, 2018
BY: ANDREA SEARS PHILADELPHIA, – Interfaith protests and arrests marked the week before Easter as clergy and congregants demanded investment in a clean-energy grid for…
POWER InterfaithApril 2, 2018
BY: Michael D’Onofrio As Temple University presses forward with a proposed $130 million stadium, community leaders and groups continue to dig in for a long battle.…
POWER InterfaithApril 2, 2018
BY: Michael D’Onofrio When resident Gail Loney looks around her North Philadelphia neighborhood, she sees a building bonanza of luxury apartments and new developments. But that…
POWER InterfaithMarch 28, 2018
BY SAMARIA BAILEY Nearly 400 people packed in the Carver Engineering and Sciences High School on Thursday evening, declaring “We will not move,” in opposition…
POWER InterfaithMarch 5, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2018 Our City Our Schools Responds to Mayor’s Budget Address On School Funding PHILADELPHIA -- Today, Thursday, March 1, Mayor…
POWER InterfaithMarch 1, 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
BY REVEREND GREG HOLSTON It’s written in the Book of Ecclesiastes that “what has been, will be again. What has been done, will be done…
POWER InterfaithFebruary 9, 2018