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, Triangle Park Day, Community Clean-Up
Educate: Black Women's Lives Count Event, Summit on Youth, Crime, Solutions
Empower: John Lewis Day March & Candlelight Vigil, Paid Canvassing
Want to Participate in Any of These Events?
We will have a table at the following events:
Sat, July 20 - Belfield Day (2109 W Chew Av)
Sat, Aug 17 - Wallace Playground Park Clean-Up (33rd & Wallace St)
Sun, Aug 25 - Back-to-School Event (Piccoli Playground)
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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Paid Canvass Opportunities
Thru the Summer Until Election Day
If you or someone you know would like to get paid to talk with your neighbors, then click on the link below to sign up. PNN is looking to hire people to canvass neighbors in select communities in the city. You must be personable, responsible to the work, have a smart phone, and be willing to learn how to use the MiniVAN app to capture information from the people you talk with at the doors.
Work is typically a five-hour shift with a paid half hour break taken from that time. At the start of each shift, you'll get a List Number that you'll input into the MiniVAN app. You'll be given instructions - and practice - on what to say at the doors, how to record information in MiniVAN, and how to close out your shift.
Canvassers are paid $20/hr for five hours for a total of $100 per shift. Accommodations can be made on hours and days to fit personal schedules. You can work as often as you like within program limits.
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Triangle Park Community Day
Saturday, July 13, 12PM-4PM, 1838 N 54th Street
Join Friends of Triangle Park for a day of family-friendly music, delicious food, face-painting, crafts and products, community leaders and resource vendors. PNN will be there to talk with neighbors about our work, our upcoming events and provide help with voter registration.
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John Lewis Day March & Candlelight Vigil
Wednesday, July 17, 6PM-8:30PM, Art Museum Steps
Join with our friends at Transformative Justice Coalition, Public Citizen and other local allies to remember civil rights and legislative icon John Lewis on the 4th anniversary of his passing. We will be promoting the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, as well as other voter-protection legislation.
We'll begin on the steps of the Art Museum, where we will kick off our march down the Parkway to the Octavius Catto statue on the south side of City Hall. We'll hear from community leaders about the importance of this legislation, and there will be a candlelight vigil (we'll supply the candles).
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Summit on Youth & Criminal Justice
Saturday, July 20, 12PM-4PM, 1610 S. 26th Street
Join allies at the Brilliant Minds Children's Learning Center for a full and frank discussion of the challenges facing our youth, including the criminal justice system, and explore solutions within our community. Refreshments will be served.
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Black Women's Lives Count Exhibition
Saturday, July 20, 3PM-5PM, 5011 Wayne Ave
Join allies at the Crossroads Women's Center in Germantown for Black Women's Lives Count, a conversation and exhibition about the murder or disappearance of more than 200 poor black women in Los Angeles who authorities decided not to investigate. Enjoy conversation with founder Margaret Prescod, see film clips from "Tales of the Grim Sleeper" that tells the story of these murders and the fight for justice.
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Community Clean-Up Day
Saturday, July 27, 1PM-3PM, 2200 Block Lambert St
Believing that a clean neighborhood leads to a better sense of community, we will be conducting a Community Day Clean-Up on the 2200 block of Lambert Street on Saturday afternoon, July 27th. We'll supply materials, but if you have a favorite broom or some other things you'd like to bring, please do so. Afterwards, we'll be treated to water ice and pretzels.
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This Week in History
July 13, 2013 – Black Lives Matter. Following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin, a Facebook post containing the phrase "Black lives matter" soon becomes a rallying cry for a movement across the nation and around the world.
July 15, 1978 – The Longest Walk. On this day, a 2,800-mile trek for Native American justice that started with several hundred marchers in California—ends in Washington, D.C., accompanied by thousands of supporters to call attention to the mistreatment of First Americans.
July 17, 2020 – John Lewis Died. Civil Rights leader and U.S. Representative for Georgia John Lewis died at the age of 80. Before being elected to Congress, Lewis was the Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and a chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Thanks for your activism!
Tim Brown, Organizing Director
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