Trunk or Treat at Kelly Park; Public Bank Conference; Canvass in NE Philly; Call for the Academy; Election Workshop for First-Time Voters

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Boo! Trunk or Treat in Roxborough Tonight

Friday, October 23rd, 6PM-8PM, 440 Parker Avenue

Calling all ghosts, goblins, superheroes, pirates, princesses and other trick or treaters! Join PNN for the 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat festival in Roxborough TODAY at Kelly Park. There will be special contest prizes for Best Costume, Best Table and Best Trunk Design, plus FREE PUMPKIN PAINTING. Come for the candy, the family-friendly activities and a spook-tacular time! (Rain date is Saturday, October 24th)

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Call to Action: Speak Up for the Academy!

ASAP, Leave a Message at City Council

The City Council hearing on the Academy of Natural Sciences has been postponed to Monday, October 26th, giving us more time to build pressure on City Council and the Mayor’s Office and demand accountability. All it takes is a few phone calls.

Click Who to Call on City Council. for instructions on call scripts, phone numbers, and guidance on what to say to each Council member. Here are our targets: Council Members Thomas, Bass, Squilla, and Young

Ask Them to:

Hold the October 26th hearing as scheduled.
Use the Committee on Legislative Oversight’s full subpoena power to force Drexel and the Academy’s Board to answer questions publicly and provide documents.
Move Council Member Young’s Academy zoning bill out of the Rules Committee and to the full Council for a vote.

If you live in the 8th District (Bass) or 1st District (Squilla), be sure to mention it. Constituent calls carry extra weight.

Visit City Council on Oct 26th: Then mark your calendar to attend the hearing on October 26th at 2PM and show City Council that Philadelphians are paying attention. Let's pack the room! Click below to let us know you're coming.

Attend Council Hearing

Want to make a comment? Email chiefclerk@phila.gov or call 215-686-3406 by 3:00 PM the day before the meeting. Provide your full name, phone number, address, stance, and that you want to speak about the Academy zoning bill.

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Public Banking Conference in Philly

Saturday, October 24th, 1PM, 1501 Cherry Street

Imagine a Philadelphia where poverty rates have been cut in half and we enjoy $10 billion in new community assets. Project Beloved Community offers a detailed ten-year roadmap toward that goal. By city action alone we can direct locally generated wealth into our Philadelphia neighborhoods, create 65,000 new deeply affordable homes, place 50,000 more workers in living-wage jobs, build more than $500 million in new Black household wealth, and develop shared wealth worth billions more

Interested in how public money can help build lasting public prosperity? Come to the Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, at 1PM on Saturday, October 24th for the final afternoon of the national conference on "Public Banking, Public Prosperity, A Declaration of Financial Independence.

This special gathering in the Friends Center Courtyard, will begin with a costumed Colonial Town Crier’s dramatic reading of a Declaration of Financial Independence, which calls for separating public money from private profiteering.

The program will continue with a presentation of Philadelphia’s public banking history and an introduction to Philadelphia’s new Beloved Community movement, as well as a discussion of Project Beloved Community by Rev. Gregory Holston of Just Nation. No registration is required for the Saturday afternoon portion.

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Election Workshop for First-Time Voters

Saturday, Oct 24th, 2-5PM, and Sunday, Oct 25th 2-5PM, UU of Mt. Airy, 6900 Stenton Avenue

Our friends at Unitarian Universalist Church if Germantown are hosting a two-day information session for first-time voters this coming weekend. The sessions cover: Civic engagement and how democracy works; Youth-focused policy and real-world impact; Outreach and community engagement strategies; and Leadership development rooted in purpose. If you are just getting involved in voting, then this session is for you.

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Knock Doors to Win in NE Philly

Multiple Dates Until Election Day

The most competitive race in Philly is taking place in NE Philly for HD-170 as Democratic challenger Rob Gurtcheff takes on GOP incumbent Martina White, whose decade in office has been marked by hyper-partisanship, including legislation to withhold state funds from Philadelphia due to its sanctuary city policies, and questioning the results of the 2020 presidential election. If you want to make an impact, then this is the place to go. Learn more about Rob.