BY: Valerie Russ People across the city and suburbs will take the day off work Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.: with volunteering, fund-raising,…
POWER InterfaithJanuary 15, 2018
BY: David Patrick Stearns “Why should the devil have all of the good music?” –– 1960s “jazz ministry” pioneer Rev. John G. Gensel Worship, jazz, the…
POWER InterfaithJanuary 8, 2018
District Attorney-elect Larry Krasner and City Controller-elect Rebecca Rhynhart are scheduled to be inaugurated along with 26 members of the judiciary Tuesday morning. Rynhhart…
POWER InterfaithJanuary 3, 2018
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
BY: Rick Kauffman Faith-based leaders were on a mission Monday to change the hearts and minds of a congressman ahead of the tax bill vote set…
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: 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
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