On Wednesday, May 22 Moving the Needle hosted a wonderful discussion on the ways our community and schools support LGBTQ youth, and how can we help. MTN steering committee member, social worker, and Bryn Mawr College professor Sara Bressi gave an engaging and informed presentation on the importance of the…
Read MoreLast Wednesday, March 27, Democrats elected to Delaware County government in 2017 talked to Moving the Needle members about their work, the difference they’ve been making on the job, and what’s at stake in the upcoming 2019 county elections. Register of Wills Mary Walk talked about the improvements she’s been…
Read MoreWritten By Sue Edwards This article was originally published in the Swarthmorean. It has been republished here with the author’s permission. Longtime Chester activist Zulene Mayfield threw down a gauntlet at a meeting in the social room of Trinity Church Swarthmore on the evening of February 27. Addressing about 70…
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…
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