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: Help with Voter Registration
Educate: Reparations Town Hall, Article on Organizing Strategy
Empower: Tribute to the Drum Fest, Poor People's March on D.C.
Want to Do Voter Reg at Events?
We will have a table at the following events:
Sun, June 30th - Stenton Park Drum Fest (4600 N 16th St)
Sat, July 13th - Triangle Park Community Day (1838 N 54th St)
Wed, July 17th - John Lewis Day of Action/Remembrance (loc TBD)
Sat, July 20th - Belfield Day (2109 W Chew Av)
Sat, Aug 17th - Wallace Playground Park Clean-Up (33rd & Wallace St)
If you'd like to help this summer, whether it's postcards, planning/staffing events, buddy canvass, make phone calls or you've got another idea, please Click Here to let us know.
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Poor People's Moral March on Washington
Saturday, June 29th, 10AM, 3rd & Pennsylvania Ave, D.C.
Join the Poor People's Campaign and allies for a gathering of poor people, low-wage workers, faith leaders and advocates in our nation's Capital.
Led by Bishop William Barber, the PPC will be uplifting and centering the needs of the over 135 million poor and low-income people in this country – demanding that those running for office this year embrace a moral public policy agenda that ends poverty as the fourth-leading cause of death in this country.
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21st Annual Ngoma Tribute to the Drum
Sunday, June 30th, 12PM-7PM, Stenton Park
Join PNN and neighbors for the 21st Annual Ngoma Tribute to the Drum. This event will be held at Stenton Park, located at 1701 W. Courtland St. There will be African drumming, dance, spoken word, vendors for this family-fun event.
Look for our table and at least one of us playing in a drum circle. We'll have some new PNN tee shirts available for our friends, so just ask us at the table. Bring chairs, blankets, instruments and good vibes as we gather to get our groove on!
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Reparations Town Hall
Saturday, June 29th, 11AM-2PM, 4308 Woodland Ave.
The the Philadelphia Reparations Task Force will be hosting its first Reparations Town Hall at the McNeil Science and Technology Center located at 4308 Woodland Ave. The town hall will be an opportunity for community members to join task force committees and offer feedback on our harm and repair research agenda. It is an opportunity to learn more on how we can enforce the city's existing Slavery Disclosure & Financial Reparations Laws in Philadelphia.
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Organizing Skill-Builder: On Secrets & Silence
Kate from Ultra Violet
This piece contains the musings of a veteran organizer on the pros and cons of organizing actions in secret, and compares it to transparently organized real-life actions.
"Many years ago, some of us were involved in planning a secret action. We had our meetings at secure locations – the homes of nonpolitical friends of some of the organizers..." MORE
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This Week in History
June 28, 1969 – Stonewall Riots. Regarded as America's first major protest on behalf of equal rights for LGBTQ people, a police raid of the popular Stonewall Inn was met with staunch resistance from patrons and local sympathizers.
July 2, 1964 – Civil Rights Act. On this day, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the historic Civil Rights Act during a nationally televised ceremony at the White House.
July 4, 1776 – U.S. is Born. The United States came into existence in our hometown, as the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain and its king.
Thanks for your activism!
Tim Brown, Organizing Director
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