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We have an update on the budget fight and what we can do. Tomorrow is a busy day with a rally in solidarity with City workers in the morning, followed by a rally to teach truth in our classrooms in the afternoon. You’ll also have an opportunity to take a six-week course on how to...
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With final decisions on the City Budget upon us, we have a few days to win budget concessions from the Mayor and City Council. We’ll start this weekend with a media blitz of our elected officials – making calls, emails, posts, and Tweets – to let them know what we want in next year’s budget....
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(Have any photos of your activism? Want to be on our new website? Send your photos to tim@phillynn.org) Hi Tim, As you read this, our City’s budget is being decided upon by our elected officials. Now is our opportunity to make our voices heard with a Rally/March to support progressive budget priorities, followed by a...
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This week brings us some opportunities for activism, starting with the monthly Public Bank hosted by Councilmember Derek Green. On Thursday evening join us as we decide on what we want to see in our City’s budget. We also recap the Primary Election. And be sure to find out what happened this week in history....
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There are Two Big Things on our collective plate this week. First, of course, is the Primary Election where the FOP will attempt to steal back the District Attorney’s office with a misinformation campaign. The other is preparing for justice work around the City Budget. We’ll do that with a Budget Summit where we will...
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