On May 31, 2021, Memorial Day weekend, PPP made a Facebook Post for Memorial Day using a “Thin Blue Line” style American Flag with a rainbow stripe, enraging many members of the LGBTQ community, as that flag is a symbol of Blue Lives Matter, police solidarity and white supremacy. Then, on June 10th, PPP made a Facebook Post “honoring Stonewall,” reading…

“…For the next few years Pride continued unchanged, but a series of social media posts this past May led to the organization quickly imploding and disbanding.”

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The Reclaim Housing Task Force has launched a campaign for a Philadelphia Tenants Bill of Rights. Throughout the month of November, we have been speaking with fellow tenants across the city about your housing experiences. We want to know - what challenges have you faced? What is your vision for solutions that bring us closer to safe, affordable and accessible housing for all?

As we face irreversible climate change, including unprecedented wildfires, heat waves, and hurricanes, a new destructive plan to prioritize profit over the planet and humanity looms large in Pennsylvania: the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by train. Unless President Biden acts soon, this incredibly hazardous and extremely flammable and explosive material is set to be transported from Wyalusing in North Central Pennsylvania to Gibbstown, NJ (across the Delaware River from the Philly airport), passing directly through Philadelphia. This LNG will be produced by fracking, with significant pollution, methane leakages, and harms to the health of Pennsylvania communities at every stage.

At stake in this election is the future of how we deal with harm in our city — will we go back to the values of racist sentencing and mass incarceration or will we continue to move boldly towards justice that works for all of us?

Reclaim Philadelphia’s Steering Committee asks that you join us in supporting our endorsed candidates for District Attorney, Court of Common Pleas, and Municipal Court this Tuesday, November 2, 2021. We’ve also detailed some recommendations for our members in races where our members haven’t endorsed and for the ballot questions.

Early Survey Results Reveal: Overwhelming Support to Redirect Police Funding to Community Programs

For too long, climate change has either been ignored or framed as a matter for technocratic and technological fixes. But that notion is starting to crumble. For many Philadelphians, it is becoming clear that climate change is inextricably connected to fights for social, racial, and economic justice. To ensure a livable future for our city, we must link these movements in our organizing. Here at Reclaim, our members have already begun this work. Climate justice is increasingly integrated into a wide range of organizing activities, from fighting to stop evictions to organizing against austerity for our public schools to demanding a reduction in the bloated police budget.

This event will honor lost loved ones, using art, music, and storytelling to cultivate healing in community with each other. You’ll hear from community members directly impacted by gun violence and some community leaders who are providing healing, violence interruption, and other resources for our people.

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On September 14th, the City of Philadelphia and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) announced that an agreement on a three year contract had been reached. In many ways, this negotiation was a historic first. For the first time in Philadelphia and nationally, public testimony was part of the contract process. This was a critical step towards increased transparency and greater community involvement. It is important that those who are most affected by police violence and misconduct be part of the negotiations.