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Is PHL Mayor Meeting the Moment?

  Checking the Boxes for Philly Kids While we always want more, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker continues to invest in Philadelphia children and teens. As a candidate in 2023, she pledged to support the comprehensive Kids’ Campaign agenda, and her new fiscal...

Strength in the Hispanic Community

  Hispanic Leaders are Driving Long-Term Change for Hispanic Kids The Hispanic community in Philadelphia (and nationwide) deserves more attention than the alarming headlines about the Trump Administration’s targeted deportation and harassment tactics. Hispanic...

Not all politics is conflict

  IT’S NOT ALL BAD NEWS Not all politics is conflict. For the first time in a REALLY LONG TIME, juvenile justice reform is progressing in Pennsylvania. Bipartisan Movement in Harrisburg State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle put aside partisan...

Guarantees in Life

  Parents and Students Deserve Guarantees in the SDP Facilities Plan A Statement by Children First In Philadelphia, providing a world class public education to every student is a daunting challenge due to decades of underfunding that starved our schools of...

ICE & Education Funding, What’s the Connection?

  WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING From our nation’s capital to small-town PA, taxpayers are footing a hefty bill for the chaos that ICE is creating.   Starting tomorrow, the agencies within the Department of Homeland Security will either shut down or work...

Opening Play of the PA State Budget

  MAKE THE NUMBERS LINE UP FOR KIDS In many ways, putting together a $53.2 billion state budget is like winning at Rubik’s cube – each twist toward matching patterns must be carefully planned or else you could get trapped in a losing game.    Governor Shapiro...