While Trump’s rise to the presidency has heightened our political awareness as a country, we also know that he is just one symptom of the injustice and inequality that have been part of our realities for centuries. And while Trump didn’t come from nowhere, the resistance to him, his policies, and his sympathizers hasn’t come
https://www.facebook.com/phillywerise/videos/481501495534037/ “All we really do is look to our ancestral and cultural ways to find the answer.” Our final video in the Reimagining Resistance series is with Lan Dinh of VietLEAD. VietLEAD focuses on sustainability and self-determination for the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian communities in Philadelphia and South Jersey. Under the new administration, the Vietnamese
https://www.facebook.com/phillywerise/videos/481504732200380/ “Especially in this hostile political environment, we need to offer sanctuary for each other.” In our 6th video of the Reimagining Resistance series, Stevanie Theresa of New Sanctuary Movement – Philadelphia talks about the collective power of community, NSM’s emergency hotlines, and creating sanctuary spaces to fight back against the ever-growing threat of deportations
https://www.facebook.com/phillywerise/videos/481500215534165/ “We have to link the struggles in the workplace with the struggles at home.” Spring 2017, 215 People’s Alliance led a campaign calling for the City of Philadelphia to divest its payroll funds from Wells Fargo Bank. And won. Our fifth video in the Reimagining Resistance series is with Meghna Chandra and Derrick Mathis
https://www.facebook.com/phillywerise/videos/483952928622227/ “You need to find the folks that have been moving towards a vision for a long time, and throw down with those folks.” Our forth video in the Reimagining Resistance series is with Pep Felton of Philly SUN. Philly SUN is currently building a network of parents, students, school staff, community members and community
https://www.facebook.com/phillywerise/videos/481497282201125/ “Cash bail doesn’t keep communities safe.” Our third video in the Reimagining Resistance series is with Reuben Jones and Elizabeth Long of the #No215Jail Coalition. On May 13th, Members of #No215Jail Coalition, Philly Student Union, and 7 other organizations bailed out Philly mamas as part of the national movement to end cash bail and
https://www.facebook.com/phillywerise/videos/481282998889220/ Our second video in the Reimagining Resistance series is with Briheem Douglas, vice president of @Unite HERE Philly, local 274. Unite HERE represents over 5000 workers in the service industry. They recently protested with LSG Sky Chef paying its workers poverty wages. We talked with Briheem about building a movment that foregrounds the needs
https://www.facebook.com/phillywerise/videos/480148465669340/ Our first video in Reimagining Resistance is with Robert Fields, a leader of Put People First – PA! Put People First! PA is a statewide membership organization of everyday people. Their current campaign is for the human right to healthcare. Rob was interviewed in his neighborhood in Southwest Philadelphia to shed light on what keeps