Coalition to Save Northeastern- Almost 100 supporters of Northeastern Hospital, including community members, employees, Temple students, and Senator Larry Farnese energetically picketed Temple’s “Acres of Diamonds” fundraising gala at the Union League Saturday evening. The formally dressed attendees paid at least $500 for dinner to hear Ann Weaver Hart, president of Temple talk about their…
Tag: activism
Politics As Usual?
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Green City Journal hosted a forum on November 8th for the closing night of Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association’s (PIFVA) expo “Politics As Usual?”, which highlighted political documentaries made by local filmmakers. I moderated a forum with local activists: Jerry Silberman, sustainability advocate and negotiator for PASNAP , Philly for Change’s David Sternberg, Casino…
Riverkeeper: Stop VX Dumping!
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Operation Transparency
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On Monday, October 30th, members of the coalition organization Casino Free Philadelphia launched Operation Transparency at City Hall. The campaign spotlights the secrecy surrounding the casino licensing procedure from the time of its creation, without a public debate, by an act of legislation in 2004, and that continues today, with only a fraction of the…
MCA: Challenging Casinos
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In 2004, Pennsylvania legislated the expansion of gambling to slots parlors, without the benefit of a public debate, mandating two 3000 slots-sized casinos for Philadelphia, and appointing the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to issue licenses. That casinos are devastating to the communities in which they locate is pretty well known. They have brought nothing but…
NABR Covers the Waterfront
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Perhaps you are familiar with Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront (NABR) from their citywide “CasiNO” campaign, whose signs are in the windows of many homes, especially those closest to the proposed casino sites. Perhaps you’ve gotten literature about the state stripping Philadelphia of zoning authority over casinos from a NABR member running a table…
Won’t You Be My NABR?
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Lacking every resource except conviction, citizens across this city of neighborhoods are banding together to ask important questions about the future of Philadelphia. A the forefront of this struggle is Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront (NABR). NABR was formed on April 29, 2006, after worried Fishtown residents had their first look at a proposal…
