POWER Philly Affordability Story Collection Drive
How has the Affordability Crisis affected you, or those you know? POWER Philadelphia wants to hear your stories. POWER Philly, in partnership with 30 congregations, plans to launch the We
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POWER Kicks-off Revenue Fight and Housing Affordability Campaign.
POWER Kicks-off Revenue Fight and Housing Affordability Campaign. In the first city-wide campaign since our successful fight for workers at the airport that eventually led to Philly’s $15 an hour
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Fear Not 2.0 — …And Not Going to Take It Anymore?
An older friend told me about losing his political anger. He wasn’t sure exactly when, how or why, but it happened sometime towards the end of the Vietnam War. He
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POWER Organizing the Council’s Hearing about the Arena Proposal
POWER Organizing the Council’s Hearing about the Arena Proposal on Monday, December 2 There have been some tough questions these week in City Council as our representatives ask the developers
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Save Chinatown Update
Things are moving fast. The legislation has been introduced to City Council by Councilman Squilla. He promised the Center City Clergy he wouldn’t introduce the legislation unless he got a
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POWER Still Working Against the Arena Project
Old First had 36 people represented at the Save Chinatown meeting with Councilman Squilla at Mother Bethel on Dec. 17, 2023. And we’ve done a lot more around this issue
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Support Chinatown and Thank State Senator Saval
SUPPORT CHINATOWN AND THANK STATE SENATOR SAVAL City Hall, 1 pm Saturday, Sept. 7 Earlier this year, a group of leaders from Old First held two research meetings at the
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What Are the Housing Problems Philly Is Facing?
Over and over in the organizing work POWER is doing in Philadelphia, no matter what the campaign – jobs and living wage; schools and education funding; policing and prisons; even
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The Pastor Speaks Publicly (besides from the pulpit)
In the past weeks, Michael has had some outside speaking engagements. He thought it important that he should share with the congregations what he has said elsewhere. If you have
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February 25, Training with POWER – Save Chinatown Coalition
JOIN FEB 25 TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR SEEKING STATE SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ARENA A group of Old First POWER leaders has agreed to call meetings with both
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