Roadmap for Fairness
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Welcome to our Platform for a Prosperous Pennsylvania! POWER Interfaith’s multi-racial coalition demands a thriving world for all. This plan outlines how we can get there…
Bishop Dwayne Royster’s address at the Roadmap for Justice Interfaith Convention In February 2024 set the stage for the work to come.
More than 400 congregations from across Pennsylvania came together for an historic event to launch POWER‘s 2024 legislative agenda.
1) EDUCATION JUSTICE
As outlined in our ongoing Education Campaign, we need fully funded schools free from racial or economic biases.
Each child in Pennsylvania deserves to go to a public school that receives the funding it needs from a Commonwealth budget prioritizing high-quality, equitable education for all and correcting for decades of underfunding for majority Black, brown, and low-income districts.
Fair funding for each child in each district, regardless of race or family wealth, is a moral imperative. Read More
2) CLIMATE JUSTICE & JOBS
For a prosperous Pennsylvania, we need a healthy planet. Our Commonwealth Constitution requires all officials to act as trustees of a healthy environment, but pollution and unsustainable resource extraction have damaged our communities in pursuit of profit.
We need affordable renewable energy, environmental justice, and public investment to rebuild our economy with healthy green jobs and fair labor practices.
Review our Climate Justice Campaign.
3) 'LIVE FREE' – CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
All people deserve to live free, but for us to live free, we must change a judicial system that devalues and disproportionately detains Black and brown bodies, funneling people of all ages into a morass of prisons and detention centers.
We expect authorities to help foster safe environments in which to live, and we insist on accountability for police officers who commit egregious harms against members of our communities. POWER Interfaith’s ‘Live Free’ campaign, based in Philadelphia, invites other POWER chapters to join us in this journey toward reform, justice, and police accountability.
4) ECONOMIC DIGNITY
No person should be forced to choose between healthy food and paying for rent, utilities, or health- and child-care. We are dedicated to an economy that provides a basic level of dignity and housing stability for all Pennsylvanians.
Read more about our Economic Dignity Campaign.
5) EXPENDING DEMOCRACY
We want more people to participate in the democratic process – unintimidated by White Christian Nationalist attempts to restrict and ultimately strangle our democratic rights.
We want to remove barriers, streamlining democratic participation and making voting easier for each voter. We therefore work to ensure that everyone in our community who is eligible to vote is able to vote, from returning citizens to senior citizens.
Join the movement:
Learn about our Civic Engagement Campaign
POWER Interfaith is a 501c(3) non-profit organization. We are non-partisan and not aligned explicitly or implicitly with any candidate or party. We do not endorse or support candidates for office. All contributions are tax-deductible.
You Can Help Us Get Out the Vote
Please contact civicengagement@powerinterfaith.org for more information! You can also click here to be connected to our National Voter Registration Day website.
Ways to Get Involved
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