215 People’s Alliance (215PA) is a multi-racial, membership-based collective dedicated to building poor and working-class solidarity, equity, and justice in Philadelphia’s Black, Brown, immigrant, and white communities through immediate calls to action, community education, solidarity sharing, and long-term individual and community capacity-building. We are parents and neighbors, teachers and students, union members and block captains, cab drivers and cashiers working to unite a broad sector of Philadelphians at the ballot box and in the streets.
Leading Campaign
Councilmember Kendra Brooks is putting forward another COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave bill! As it stands right now, this bill (#22051) would allow workers to take up to 40 hours of paid leave, which would be available for use immediately to recover from COVID-19 or care for a sick family member if they work in a business with 10 or more employees. This is different from the city’s paid sick leave law that requires time to be accrued. The public hearing is February 14th at 1pm. In addition to potentially being a (small) win for workers, this could also be an important opportunity to let a lot of potential mayoral candidates know who we are and what our demands are. We need to let city council and the mayor know that we want to push this forward!
In these challenging times, we all need to do our part to defend and expand the rights of our communities. Philly We Rise, powered by our sister organization 215 People’s Alliance Education Fund, is a hub for taking action on your block, in your neighborhood, in your community, for the world we all deserve. Visit the Philly We Rise website to sign up for Philly We Rise’s action events newsletter and submit your events for promotion. Philly We Rise is independent of any political party or affiliation.
View the English Livestream.View the Spanish Livestream. June 30th at 1PM Restaurant Workers, is there really a labor shortage? Worried about health and safety? Poor working conditions
Join us in demanding that the City and School District of Philadelphia expands Summer Programming Opportunities to make them accessible to working families. The Committee
We are excited to bring you the first edition of 215 PA’s newsletter! We’re here to share some updates about what 215 PA has been
Previous Next Last Saturday over 100 community members joined 215PA and our movement partners Free the Ballot and Reclaim Philadelphia for a rally to get
“This election is really important for the movement of the left in Philadelphia,” said Kevin Kuriakose, an organizer with the social justice group 215 People’s
Next Tuesday May 18th Philadelphians will vote for District Attorney and Judicial candidates in the primary election. Learn about more about who we will be