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Coming this week, are a wide array of events including a Panel on Voter Engagement with former Mayor Wilson Goode, a Community Policing Teach-In, a City Budget Workshop, a Public Bank Town Hall, and an opportunity to call on PECO to move to local solar energy. But first, sign up now to take a shift...
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In this week’s newsletter we’ll update you on a report from the Poor People’s Campaign, bring you up to date on the cleanup efforts at the old refinery and, of course, give you an opportunity to talk with voters about the upcoming election. Finally, we’ll be asking you to save some very important dates. Poor...
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This past Saturday, August 1st marked my two year anniversary as the Projects Organizer for Philly Neighborhood Networks. You have been getting newsletters from me for about half that long and I hope they have been entertaining and informative. So, I hope you’ll allow me in this newsletter to speak from my heart. I am...
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We can’t believe it was 15 years ago! In 2004, hundreds of progressive activists organized a huge grass roots turnout in neighborhoods across Philadelphia for the Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry. With strong support from MoveOn, we kept Pennsylvania “blue” with a massive turnout in Philadelphia even as Kerry lost nationwide. Energized by this experience...
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Whether you vote by mail or in person, please consider the PNN endorsements and recommendations in this primary election which include the candidates and delegates to the Convention, and also the ballot questions. Based on candidates’ questionnaires and interviews, and a super majority vote by our members, PNN endorsed the following slate of candidates in...
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