Stadium Stompers

Great news from Carmela Hernandez and her children:

On March 17th - "Shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Hernandez and her four children walked out of the Germantown Mennonite Church, officially concluding three years and three months in sanctuary — longer than anyone in Philadelphia during the last five years."..

“'Freedom is never free,' the Rev. Renee McKenzie told the crowd. 'Sometimes you just have to grasp it and take it because it’s yours, and you’re not going to let anyone take it from you.'
It was McKenzie who, at the start, on a moment’s notice, welcomed a desperate Hernandez family into the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia."

Carmela Hernandez formally ends more than three years in Philly church sanctuary The move inside, first to one church, then to another, shielded Hernandez and her four children from deportation.

We've missed you! Check out our latest newsletter with a bit of an update on what we've been up to. We plan to reach out over the phone as well -- read more about our Covid Relief Survey on page 2! Down with the stadium! Up with the community.

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Gentrification and policing are inextricably linked!

"When the layers are peeled back, the origin of Breonna’s home being raided by police starts with a political need to clear out a street for a large real estate development project and finishes with a newly formed, rogue police unit violating all levels of policy, protocol and policing standards.”

Breonna Taylor warrant connected to Louisville gentrification plan, lawyers say The complaint claims Breonna Taylor was wrapped up in a case that was less about a drug house and more about speeding up the city's development.

Before Friday, call and e-mail District 5 City Council Representative Darrell Clarke and the Historical Commission. Tell them: No Police Station in the Diamond Street Historical District!