Contact information
Stan Shapiro
Phone: 215-247-9169 (Home)
Bill Marston
Phone: 215-557-9445 (Home)
Phone: 267-304-4193 (Mobile)
Vivienne Crawford
Phone: 215-567-6670 (Home)
Welcome to Center City west!
This is the city's Ward 8, or Eighth Ward. Its boundaries were established many years ago by the political parties and elecoral commissions. Its extent is from Broad Street to the Schuylkill River, from Lombard Street to Spring Garden Avenue (more or less).
Coming events
Progressive Organizing Workship (POW)
September 25, 1:00 pm - September 25, 4:30 pm
Where: Community College
17th And Spring Garden, Philadelphia
Save the Date...more details to come
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The POW! Conference will focus on moving the local political power structure to put the needs of poor, working, and community people first and to also make sure that that power structure is inclusive and democratic (small "d") with clear entry points for people who may now feel excluded.
We believe that the first step in pursuing this vision must be to get out the vote to stop the Corbett-Toomey ticket in the fall election. To accomplish that goal, as well as our long-term policy goals, the POW! Conference will focus on creating a strong neighborhood-centered political structure that will be present in every election cycle, and in every significant policy campaign.
Register now!
News
What you'll learn: everything you need to know about beating Republicans, and Keeping Democrats . . . democrats.
By Stan Shapiro
August 15, 2010
OK, let’s start with first things first. We must defeat the Republicans this Fall. The Republican Party has scuttled all pretenses to moderation, particularly in Pennsylvania. Its candidates for Governor and Senator, Tom Corbett and Pat Toomey, are far to the right of the last Republican holders of those offices, Tom Ridge and Rick Santorum. Yes, that’s right, Pat Toomey is far to the right of Rick Santorum. And Tom Corbett, who claims that the unemployed like being out of work, and that national health care legislation is unconstitutional, thinks taking Pennsylvania back to the 1920’s would be really swell.
So these two must be beaten, no ifs, ands, or buts. Insuring that PA remains blue this Fall is reason enough to hold a training event devoted to getting out a huge Democratic vote in November. Register now!...
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US Senate Incumbent upset; 8th Ward State Representative Incumbent wins again; MORE!
By by Bill Marston LEED AP
May 20, 2010
Center City's 8th Ward voting results show that we supported the candidates endorsed by Neighborhood Networks citywide: Joe Hoeffel - governor; Joe Sestak - US senator; Babette Josephs - state representative. We also voted overwhelmingly for Philadelphian Jonathan Saidel for lieutenant governor....
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