215 People’s Alliance is a multi-racial collaborative dedicated to fighting for equity and justice in Philadelphia – at the ballot box, and in the streets. 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 to make meaningful change.
Leading Campaign
215 People’s Alliance is joining with the Pennsylvania Working Families Party to demand that Mayor Jim Kenney and the City Council appoint and confirm a designated member from a third party rather than a Republican. City Commissioner Al Schmidt, a Republican, resigned from the three-member board before the end of this term and by law, this minority seat cannot go to a Democrat. Instead of a special election, Mayor Kenney will soon appoint a replacement to be confirmed by City Council. This minority seat does not have to come from the Republican Party, but can come from any minority party.
In 2021, every state—including PA—will redraw its state and federal congressional districts. This process often becomes partisan and unrepresentative of the people due to something
BY KATHERINE RAPIN – The Philadelphia Citizen Last March, as the Covid-19 lockdown got underway in Philadelphia, Cristina Martinez and Ben Miller of South Philly
By Max Freedman, 215 PA Member In her seminal 2009 book A Paradise Built in Hell, esteemed writer Rebecca Solnit chronicles the resilience of, and
The 2020 election is only a few weeks away, and we are all working hard to mobilize around voting Trump out of office, yet there
By Ron Whitehorne, 215PA Executive Committee Member Donald Trump’s run for the presidency in 2016 proclaimed to white working people in the “Rustbelt” states that
Reimagining Philadelphia: Building Power with 215 People’s Alliance Saturday Sept. 19 11:00 AM Join us for the next meeting of online conversations on how we can organize