PNN’s mission is to engage, educate and empower our neighbors to make our City a better place to live. Here’s what’s coming up in each of these areas:
Engage: Details About Our All-Hands Meeting
Educate: Human Right Coalition Awards, Ranked Choice Happy Hour
Empower: Join People's March
Don't Miss Our All-Hands Meeting!
Saturday, January 25th, 2-4PM, 5722 Greene Street (GLEC)
Our 2025 All-Hands Meeting promises to be the most consequential in our 20-year history! We will be meeting as a community just as Donald Trump completes his first week in office. We anticipate chaos.
We will meet at the Germantown Life Enrichment Center (better known as GLEC), located at 5722 Greene Street, across from Vernon Park.
Here's what to expect at our meeting:
Our speakers, including State Senator Art Haywood, will address the crises we'll face from the new regime, and what we plan to do about it.
You'll hear about how we plan to defend our Civil Rights & Liberties - on issues like immigration, abortion, free speech, education, housing, climate and prison justice.
We'll talk about how to Protect our Social Services against an onslaught of federal cuts, and how our state and city elected officials can step up to provide needed services, as well as what we can do as neighbors to support each other.
You can take part in one of our Breakout Sessions on these issues.
You'll learn about the work already underway on local campaigns right here in Philly against the billionaire class that Trump is fronting for.
And we will share ideas that we and our allies are developing to strengthen our connections to communities around the city, and across the state.
Sign up below to be a part of this in-person meeting at GLEC, located at 5722 Greene Street, so that we can reflect on the first week of chaos from the trump administration and, equally important, how we can respond together as a team to build stronger communities.
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Join the People's March
Saturday, January 18th, 10AM, City Hall, 1401 JFK Blvd.
Philly Neighborhood Networks will be joining allies all across the city for a "People's March" to protest the coming fascist administration two days before the inauguration of the 47th president.
We'll meet on the North Apron of City Hall. The march will start at 10AM at City Hall where we'll hear speakers, and then head towards the Art Museum for the rally.
Hosted by our friends at the Women's March, this January 18th event will be a bold demonstration of resistance to the new administration; and it will be a chance to rally with the brave patriots who will stand with us against the bullies and craven politicians who are only interested in maintaining their own power. We will remind civil servants that they answer to us, and to inspire change that reflects the will of the people.
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Human Rights Coalition Awards Banquet
Sunday, January 19th, 1PM-4PM, 1735 Market Street
The Human Rights Coalition will be holding their annual Formerly Incarcerated & Families Union Awards Banquet to support the work of those who have achieved excellence in working to uplift our communities and youth.
PNN Community Engagement Specialist Jayme Walker will be one of the recipients of their Award of Excellence. As a returning citizen, Jayme has shown those exemplary community engagement and leadership skills that make him a prime example of what we want all our citizens to become. Congratulations!
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Ranked Choice Voting Happy Hour
Thursday, January 16, 4:30PM, Attic Brewing Co, 137 Berkley St
Join our allies at March on Harrisburg for a happy hour at the Attic Brewing Company in Germantown on Thursday, January 16th from 4:30-6:30PM! We will talk about Ranked Choice Voting, the Gift Ban to Legislators, and how to get more involved in the movement to make corruption illegal and build democracy in a hostile political environment.
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This Week in History
Jan 14, 1784 – U.S. Wins Independence. On this day, the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris thus officially ending the War for Independence from Great Britain.
Jan 15, 1929 – MLK's Birthday. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on this day in Atlanta, GA. This son of a Baptist minister went on to receive a degree in divinity and helped organize the first major protest of the civil rights movement, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in 1955.
Jan 17, 1961 – Ike Warns of Military Industrial Complex. President Eisenhower warned the nation about the increasing power of the military-industrial complex during a televised farewell address to the nation. Had we only listened.
Thanks for your activism!
Tim Brown, Organizing Director
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