We keep us safe! Grab know-your-rights red cards and NO SECRET POLICE signs in my South District Office anytime Monday to Friday from 9am-5pm at 1107-09 South 6th St.
Want to learn more about how to uphold your rights during an encounter with ICE? Be sure to attend an upcoming ICE OUT training! Find a workshop near you at trainings.iceoutphilly.org.
WE JUST WON $125 MILLION FOR WHOLE-HOME REPAIRS!
Every person has a right to a home that is safe—a home that is healthy. For decades, urban, suburban, and rural communities alike have suffered from disinvestment from their government at all levels. The creation of the groundbreaking Whole-Home Repairs Program in this year’s budget changes that.
This win would not have been possible without the tireless organizing of a coalition of housing and energy advocates, community organizers, Pennsylvania residents, and legislators committed to fighting our state’s ongoing housing crisis.
This is a hard-fought victory for every Pennsylvanian who is struggling to stay in their home. This program is a direct investment in our people and our communities, whose needs have been ignored, and whose voices have gone unheard. At this time of protracted hardship across the Commonwealth, we have seized a historic opportunity to move the needle on our housing crisis—permanently.
What we have done sets a new standard. Today we have a program to preserve housing across the Commonwealth, to stabilize our communities, to prevent blight and abandonment and displacement, to build a skilled workforce to keep our state at the forefront of the industries of the future, and to protect the place that is most dear to all of us: home. I'm committed to fighting for every household to have what they need to make their home whole.
I am grateful to everyone who shared their story, their experiences, and their support for this program. My office may have put pen to paper, but this program was written by you. The United States needs a model for how to preserve its aging housing stock and create new jobs, and with the Whole-Home Repairs Program, we've made Pennsylvania a leader. ONWARD!!!
For more than 100 years, the Curtis Institute of Music has helped make our city and our commonwealth a hub of creative education, artistic achievement, and a model of musical excellence. 🎶
What an honor it has been to celebrate Curtis with a citation for their century of achievement, both at home in Philadelphia and among my Senate colleagues in Harrisburg. Special thank you to the Viano Quartet (@vianoquartet ) who brought a stunning performance to our Capitol!
Congratulations to the 1,500 residents and fellows at Jefferson Health for securing a tentative agreement on a first contract!!! It was a joy to meet with you ahead of yesterday’s powerful bargaining session ❤️
This historic step was made possible because CIR has remained united throughout the negotiation process and refused to back down.
Their fight is not only about correcting unfair working conditions but about creating new expectations of treatment and pay that allow physicians in training to provide the highest quality of care to patients across the field. They have carved out a vision for a system that can prioritize both patients and front-line caregivers, which will inspire so many more healthcare workers throughout the city to take the same step.
Thank you @cirseiu for fighting for ALL of us!
State Sen. Nikil Saval (D-Pennsylvania) is advocating for legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate that requires brand new warehouses to be solar ready, and would provide tax credits for older warehouses to retrofit their rooftops as a way to expand affordable renewable energy resources as the Iran War continues to drive up prices.
✏️/📹: Sean Kitchen
Thanks to @senatorsaval for joining our 4th period class to hear their ideas about issues with funding they face and to share his ideas on how funding could be increased for District schools. We appreciate the Senator for his openness and willingness to talk candidly about his work and our students’ experiences. While we discussed his success with securing grants for schools in his District, he emphasized that the solutions we need are more systemic, and talked to students about the need for institutions in our city like Penn to pay into the funding of our schools.
Happy 60th anniversary to the inimitable @chinatownpcdc ! Spent a wonderful evening celebrating with community members, government colleagues, and the incredible staff who help continue the vibrant legacy of our city's Chinatown.
From Stanford English Literature Ph.D. to Pennsylvania State Senator, Nikil Saval’s path has been anything but conventional. 📚🏛️
We caught up with Senator Saval to talk about the throughline connecting his love of books, how time in Bolivia impacted his time organizing with labor unions, his writing on architecture and cities, and his work today on the Urban Affairs and Housing Committee.
We got his take on Philadelphia’s semiquincentennial art moment and his favorite museums outside of the city.
Oh, and his pump-up song for the Broad Street Run? Ray of Light by Madonna. 🎶
🎧 New episode out now; link in bio, you know the drill.
#PhillyHasHeartPodcast #Philadelphia #PhillyArt #NikilSaval #250philly
Always proud to join my @uniteherephilly family and the workers who power Philadelphia on May Day ❤🌹 Together we're fighting for a city that works for the people, not the billionaires. Thank you @phillyaflcio for bringing us all together to demand what we deserve and to all who are working tirelessly around the country to reignite a fighting labor movement--solidarity forever!
