Red Hen Exploring Our Conditions explores issues and concerns in our Communities with a Focus on Community Responsibility and Civic Engagement.
#TeamRhino #SaveTheRhino #SaveFive
Raising Awareness to protect our #WildLife, Please take the pledge:
I would like to join #TeamRhinodotorg in the fight against rhino poaching to ensure a future for people and vulnerable wildlife on our planet:
I will never buy or promote any products made of rhino horn, as I know that demand drives poaching.
I will be a committed advocate to support rangers and others on the frontlines of rhino conservation.
I will share my passion about rhino conservation and recruit my friends and family to become involved.
I will urge my government to continue championing efforts to stop rhino poaching at home and abroad.
I will stand with IRF to help save rhinos from extinction. teamrhino.org
There is quite a bit of weaving going in on in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!! We have two large looms at Awbury Aboretum weaving earth products together and i learned yesterday about Artist Kathyrn Pannepacker homemade loom being used to weave the Germantown community together!!
My grandson Dondrae and i were on our way to The Please Touch Museum when i saw the weave on the corner of Germantown and Chelten Ave. without Artist Kathryn. I saw yarn up there and wanted to weave but choose to wait til i can see who is behind the weave and what's the purpose for the weave. On our way back from The Please Touch Museum we saw Kathryn working on the piece and got off of bus K to investigate the project.
"Trash To Treasure Urban Tapestry" is taking place at Chelten And Germantown Ave. A open art installation that invites the community to weave some yarn or trash into the tapestry that will be donated to a community center. This is a great way to bring people into the conversation about community and learn the craft of weaving. We weaved a Best Bye split top wheat bread plastic bag that we used for our lunch bag during our museum visit. Recycling is what we do!! Please join us Thursday, October 26th & Friday October, 27th 10am-4pm to complete the project and the loom cutting celebration!!
There is another preservation project going and Germantown is the only finalist from Pennsylvania and needs your vote to receive up to $150,000 in funding from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The funds will repair and restore properties significant to African-American hertiage in Germantown shopping district.
Please visit www.voteyourmainstreet.org/germantown, select Germantown project and place 5 votes from now til the end of October!! #VoteGermantown
We don't need Donald's Trump Mexican wall of separation. He is doing a horrible job as the elected leader of our country. In fact he is only good at destroying families much like the fashion of Willie Lynch. We need understanding of one another's difference and the history of rape culture employed by this country. These attacks on immigrants via #OperationSafeCity is another example of vulnerable citizens being plotted on for the private industry gains.
1. Build unnecessary policing units
2. Create fake welfare systems
3. Create abusive foster care programs
4. Half educate the most vulnerable
5. Offer poor living and working conditions
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"We are celebrating the strength of our ancestors, the strength of Divine Protection and the strength of folks who have been detained and have contributed in so many ways to their communities."
"Estamos celebrando la fortaleza de nuestros antepasados, de la Proteccion Divina de aquellas personas que han sido detenidas y han contribuido tremendamente a comunidades"
October 5th, The New Sanctuary Movement held a vigil adjacent to the new ICE office which is across the street from the Philadelphia police headquarters and shares the same building as Liberty Resources who provides life sustaining resources to some of our most vulnerable members of society. During the vigil we opposed the horrific treatment immigrants are facing under the Trump administration. ICE agents are equivalent to the origination of today's police squads. On the hunt for those labeled unfit to be in our country. Totally illegal fear tactics are being put into place in Sanctuary cities who refuse to go back in time with derogatory discriminating practices of destroying families, communities and the fabric of our country.
We need a major coming together to understand how "ICE" and "Stop And Frisk" are the same. We need some major organizing to bring all communities together to understand how these illegal practice affect us all. #HumansInvolved #EndRapeCulture
Call your State Senator and Governor Wolf: Republican leadership is pushing for a veto-proof majority, so we really need our Senators to hear from each and every one of you. Tell your Senator to vote no on HB 1885, the Anti-Sanctuary Bill. You can find your State Senator here. Then please call Governor Wolf at 717-787-2500 and tell him to veto the bill.
In the face of the Trump Administration’s extremist anti-immigrant agenda, Sanctuary in the Streets draws on our ancient traditions to respond with courage, spirit and bold action. Since a family cannot seek Sanctuary in a congregation if their house is raided, we will bring the congregation to them by holding an interfaith service. An internal memo in ICE prevents officers from conducting enforcement in sensitive locations, such as congregations, schools, and hospitals. The interfaith service claims the space as holy ground, as a place of worship, and therefore ICE should not conduct enforcement. An interfaith service also sets the tone of the action as peaceful and prayerful. In this dark time people of faith must increase our light – by lifting up, and living out, our values of love and radical hospitality. Read our 2017 Statement on Sanctuary.
We have two raid hotlines that are staffed 24/7: 267-333-9530 (English/Spanish) and 267-345-5248 (English/Indonesian). When immigrants call to report an ICE raid, staff will send an emergency alert to all trained members of Sanctuary in the Streets and activate our raid response system. For more information, please email maria@sanctuaryphiladelphia.org.
Stand in solidarity and accompany families targeted by raids
Prayerfully disrupt raids – we will bring our presence, songs, prayers, and bodies to peacefully and prayerfully disrupt a raid.
Put public pressure on ICE and the Trump Administration to stop all raids and deportations. These raids violate our values and we will not stand silent when ICE comes into a neighborhood and takes tares apart families. This action will shine a light on raids and uncover the persecution of immigrant communities in the US today.
Raids and the threat of raids send a wave of terror through the immigrant community. Sanctuary in the Streets counters this with a message of hope, faith and planned action in immigrant communities.
Juntos is hosting Know Your Rights Trainings and Door Knocking to inform people of their rights.
This Fall Juntos is building a Community Resistance Zone. Given the attacks on our community, the only way to have a "Safe City" is one that is actively resisting against the criminalization of our families. Community Resistance Zones are built by educating everyone in our neighborhoods on their rights and on how to protect their neighbors from raids and racial profiling by Police and ICE. Please join us in fighting back by building out a South Philadelphia Community Resistance Zone on Saturday Nov. 11 and Sunday November 12th.http://vamosjuntos.org/volunteer/
September 28th members of 350 Philly addressed their concerns about the proposed and illegally started Nicetown natural gas plant during Septa public board meeting. 350 Philly is working to hold Septa future facility plans accountable to our communities.
Tammy Murphy, Medical Outreach Coordinator at Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility explained the new obligations created for Septa under the recent PA Environmental Rights Amendment. Tammy stated that Septa is obligated to respect people’s right to clean air, and to "conserve and maintain" PA's "public natural resources" for the "benefit of all people," including future generations. She asserted that building this natural gas power plant--especially without first conducting a full health impact study and a comprehensive analysis of alternatives--would violate the rights enshrined in the PA Constitution.
1. It appears that contractors are laying a foundation for the gas plant prior to AMS granting a permit.
2. Any construction work that serves to create a permanent structure for a facility that will pollute the area is illegal until air quality regulators issue a permit for that facility.
"Mitch Chain 350 Philly"
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportataion authority August and Year to date results of operations, Passenger revenue was $3 million lower than budget. Septa acquired ownership of portions of the former Reading Railroad and Penn Central Railroad systems in 1976 with utility licenses with rental payments with PECO. These utiliy licenses are expired. Septa submitted demands to PECO to enter into a new licenses. so please stop telling me SEPTA is beign forced by PECO to build the gas plant in nicetown.Great jobPeter Winslow, and Tammy Murphy from Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility and all of 350 Philadelphia
"Learning Without Love Will Not Stick. But If Love Comes First, Learning Is Sure To Follow."John Burroughs
Family exposure is key to building our youth and families. Nature Play is key in human development for various reasons. Most importantly nature play connects the family to the natural environment and promotes our responsibility to nature. In Philadelphia you don't have to be a consumer to have fun. Don't have to join expensive competitive sports teams or museums to have fun and grow. Just need to "Rethink Our Norms" and get back to basic life skills and fun. Fun with nature happens all around us but if you are looking for some free nature inspiration then you may want to visit some of Philadelphia's great nature play based facilities.
I use the concrete jungle to teach our youth about culture, shapes and color when we walk through the community. When we visit Smith Memorial Playground i allow youth to play on the slide and other fun play apparatus. Before we leave i take them to the Nature play area and they really become creative once we get to that section of the playground. Creativity sparks their imagination when they get to digging in the dirt and exploring the natural setting. We pretend we are digging for lost treasures or build with the sticks, rocks, leaves and dirt. We could buy those items but why when we can do that for free in our yard, park or nature based facilities. Yes i play with our youth and love to play!!
Saturday October 7th
Bartram's Garden from 10 am to 4 pm we will be celebrating Indigenous People!!
Recognizing and honoring the achievements, traditions and contributions of American Indians, also known as “indigenous peoples” of the City of Philadelphia and declaring October 8, 2011 as Indigenous Peoples Day and every first Saturday of October thereafter as Indigenous Peoples Day.
WHEREAS, Over 4,000 indigenous peoples currently live in the City of Philadelphia; WHEREAS, American Indians developed a highly advanced agricultural system that is still practiced in our nation’s farming system, cultivating crops from potatoes, tomatoes, beans, chocolate, corn, pumpkins, and sugarcane among many others.
Mission:
The mission is to Investigate, Understand and Raise Awareness of The Indigenous Peoples Culture, which flourished on this continent prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1492.
Explore a quiet stretch of the Schuylkill River by kayak or rowboat. No registration or boating experience necessary. All ages are welcome, minors must be accompanied by an adult. We provide the boats, life jackets and very basic instruction. Boating excursions limited to 30 minutes. Wait can be up to an hour on our busiest days. Please check out our FAQ before coming!
Free Saturday Boating embarks from our Community Boathouse,on the northern tip of Bartram’s Garden. Walk downhill from the Visitor Parking area onto the Meadow trail, which leads to the Boathouse.
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse 3500 Reservoir Drive East Fairmount Park Philadelphia, PA 19121-1095 (215) 765-4325
info@smithplayground.org David Pincus Extra Fun Day (Free) 12-4pm Smith Playground and The Pincus Family Foundation will host the 5th annual celebration of the life of David Pincus–local philanthropist, art collector, and Smith supporter. In the spirit of David Pincus’ dedication to issues pertaining to children and families, families are invited to Smith for a free celebration of fitness and recreation that includes sports activities, special giveaways, and lots of yummy food
Sunday, October 8th Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse 3500 Reservoir Drive East Fairmount Park Philadelphia, PA 19121-1095 (215) 765-4325 info@smithplayground.org Be My Neighbor Day: Daniel Tiger Meet and Greet, Global Cardboard Challenge | October 8
Daniel Tiger 10am-12pm Open to general Public Celebrate the arrival of fall with WHYY and Daniel Tiger at Smith! Make memories while creating a community mural, participate in the “Global Cardboard Challenge”, and enjoy the Playground and Playhouse. Bring a gently used book to share with your neighbors and receive a special treat.
Awbury Arboretum The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road Philadelphia, PA 19138 Phone: 215-849-2855 Adventurewoods is a natural materials playground space, inspired by sketches by Studio Bryan Hanes and built in the Awbury’s Secret Garden in 2017.
Adventurewoods is open to the public Wednesdays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and for special community events. On Saturday and Sunday, guests are welcome to visit the Arboretum; please note that there is no weekend access to the buildings, except for special events or by arrangement.
