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City Council Needs to Hear from YOU! – Jun 11, 2021

     The Philadelphia budget negotiations are going fast and furious at City Hall. It’s important that councilmembers hear from people like you who support initiatives that protect children and youth from violence. Our city is experiencing an alarming rise...

What a reveal! – June 8, 2021

    “Wow!”  Five eye-catching mosaics — created by the students, staff, and parents of the Bayard Taylor Elementary School in Hunting Park — are proudly on display! Just eight years ago, the Taylor School was targeted to be shuttered, but they fought...

Are the Unemployed Just Lazy? – June 4, 2021

    It’s the narrative — not the unemployed — that’s lazy (This is an excerpt of an opinion piece written by Dan O’Brien, PCCY Education Coordinator for Bucks County, that was published in the Bucks County Courier Times.) We’ve all heard...

Black & Hispanic Students Aren’t Criminals – May 28, 2021

    Hopes for Gianna Floyd & All Students of Color Standing proudly on the White House lawn on Tuesday, George Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter Gianna led the chant to say his name as the country marked the anniversary of his slaying. His murder sparked a...

She’s talking to YOU! – May 21, 2021

  Pennsylvania House and Senate Republican leaders declared last week’s vote to amend the state constitution and limit the powers of the Governor to declare an emergency a “victory for the people of Pennsylvania.” The swift process used to place this...