Join Moving the Needle and Delaware County officials, including Register of Wills Mary Walk and Council Member Kevin Madden, for a Delco politics update and a discussion of what’s at stake in the 2019 elections. We’ll talk about the prospect of taking the county for the Dems this year, and…
Read MoreOn Wednesday night, January 23, Swarthmore Indivisible: Moving the Needle hosted the first of a two-part series on climate change. Rachel Valletta, Environmental Scientist at The Franklin Institute, showed some of the overwhelming evidence that climate change is happening here and now, and suggested that talking about the issue would be a…
Read MoreOn December 12 Amy Cohen and Irene Lin, from the local chapter of Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network, talked to members and guests of MTN about their work organizing employers of nannies, house cleaners, and home attendants to create better conditions for the people who work in their…
Read MoreOn Wednesday night, November 14, Moving the Needle members gathered to celebrate the many victories in local races we supported, to hear from some of the candidates, and to look toward the future. Leanne Krueger-Braneky–re-elected to the PA House 161st by about 5,000 votes (compared to fewer than 600 last…
Read MoreThe 2018 Midterms turned out to be a monumental success. Building on victories made in 2017, Delaware County turned out in record numbers to elect Democrats to State and Federal office. Mary Gay Scanlon’s race was decided early, becoming the first congresswoman to represent the newly redistricted PA5. Much to his…
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