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In 1991, Fair was arrested and injured by Philadelphia police at an ACT-UP demonstration against President George H.W. Bush for his inaction on the AIDS crisis. [36] As a result of a lawsuit filed against the Philadelphia Police Department, Fair received a settlement of $3,000 which he used to purchase the first computer for We The People.
Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in Philadelphia" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger (GPCAH) is a support organization for residents in the Greater Philadelphia region founded in 1996. Its mission is connecting people with food assistance programs including, SNAP benefits, food banks, soup kitchens and "to build a community where all people have the food they need to lead healthy lives".
The BSA National Office sent Cradle of Liberty a cease-and-desist letter which threatened dissolution of the council if it failed to adopt the policies set forth by the National office, and the council rescinded its non-discrimination policy at the annual BSA meeting. Philadelphia, whose city charter bylaws prohibit discrimination against all ...
The National Civic League was founded as the National Municipal League in 1894 at the National Conference for Good City Government in Philadelphia. [5] [6] The convention of politicians, policy-makers, journalists, and educators (including Theodore Roosevelt, Louis Brandeis, Marshall Field, and Frederick Law Olmsted) met to discuss "incompetence, inefficiency, patronage and corruption in local ...
District Council 47 of The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees represents more than 3,000 unionized workers for the city, who negotiated remote-work arrangements beginning ...
The Philadelphia Reparations Task Force was created by the Philadelphia City Council in June, 2023. After meeting with the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America , Councilmembers Jamie Gauthier , (D) and Kendra Brooks (WFP) introduced the legislation to develop the city's plan for reparations for slavery .
The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.”