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POWER Live Free – Statement on Walter Wallace Jr.

The POWER Live Free family expresses our sorrow and extends our support to the family of Walter Wallace, Jr. We are outraged and we condemn…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 27, 2020
Publications

POWER Multi-Faith Service: Faith Healing and Action in Our Times – April 2

In this POWER Multi-Faith Service we came together across faith traditions to offer encouragement and solidarity to one another and our community. Watch the full…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithApril 5, 2020
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
Climate JusticePublications

Uprooting racism is the answer to the Climate Crisis

BY: Anthony Giancatarino It is ironic, or maybe just a tragedy, that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest Special Report on…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 16, 2018
PublicationsVoter Engagement

POWER Congregations Branch Out in Election Season

BY Mary Laver As the 2016 general election on Nov 6 gets closer, Mary spotlights a congregation within the POWER interfaith network that’s working hard toenhance voter…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithOctober 3, 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 JusticePublications

Philadelphia mayor wants to raise minimum wage to $15 for city workers, contractors

Philadelphia's mayor has proposed increasing the minimum wage for city workers and employees of city contractors to $15 an hour by July 2022. City workers…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 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 JusticePublications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: POWER Charges Environmental Racism in Nicetown

For Immediate Release August 27, 2018 POWER CHARGES ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN NICETOWN Community group uses Civil Rights law to call for EPA investigation   Philadelphia,…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithSeptember 17, 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
Publications

Don’t Simply Resist. Transform America into What it Ought to Be.

BY: Rev. Gregory Holston With children separated from their parents at the border, routine police shootings of unarmed black men, and the other cares of…
POWER Interfaith
POWER InterfaithAugust 20, 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
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