PhillyGives Story on Vietlead’s advocacy
During an interview in VietLead’s cramped offices in a South Philadelphia Asian shopping center, Chu Bach began to cry. It’s all too much — too much trauma, too much pain,…
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The Save Chinatown Campaign and Petition
Historical & Cultural Significance of Chinatown For 150 years, Philadelphia’s Chinatown has been the cultural heart of Philly’s Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and our community is worth fighting…
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About the New Sanctuary Movement: Our Work Through grassroots organizing led by affected immigrants, we fight and win immigrant justice campaigns with our members across nationality, faith, class, and immigration…
Sanctuary Schools Campaign Update – Juntos
March 2024 marks exactly three years since a pregnant immigrant mother was detained outside a public elementary school in South Philadelphia, an arrest that sparked widespread fear and concern for…
Behind the Scenes: Navigating Philadelphia’s Complicated Park Upgrade Process
Outside of Philadelphia’s Rebuild initiative, which aims to invest in more than 70 parks and recreation centers in the city, the path to upgrading city-owned parks and playgrounds is not…
Developer Connects Green New Deal to Affordable Housing
Marc Rowell’s mission with Deep Green Retrofit, launched in 2021, is to develop energy efficient, move-in ready housing for working-class families, putting affordability and sustainability ahead of personal profit. Growing…
At the Liberty Bell, immigrant leaders tell Biden to dismantle deportation mechanisms
About a hundred immigration activists and supporters met in the shadow of the Liberty Bell on Wednesday to demand that President Joe Biden use his remaining time in office to…
“Incompatible with Healing”: Vote for Homes Statement on Treatment Center Next to a Prison
Statement by Project HOME, 2024: Our organizations were deeply concerned to read newly released details about Mayor Parker’s proposed treatment and wellness center in the news last week. The decision…