On 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 MoreThanks to Mary Gay Scanlon, Leanne Krueger-Braneky, and Tim Kearney for speaking with us on a wide variety of issues, as well as to everyone who attended and submitted questions for the candidates. SCANLON talked about the importance of good governance issues such as protecting access to the ballot, passing…
Read MoreOn Wednesday, September 12th, MTN members gathered to hear local campaign updates and strategies from DelCo Dems chair Colleen Guiney and Mary Gay Scanlon’s campaign manager Heather Boyd. Members also wrote postcards to area voters encouraging them to vote for Democratic candidates. Thanks to all who attended!
Read MoreOn Wednesday night, about thirty people gathered at Trinity Church for “Deprivatizing Delco’s Prison” presented by Kabeera Weissman and Gwen McCullough of the Delco Coalition for Prison Reform (Delco CPR). In addition to being an activist, McCullough is a former inmate at George W. Hill Correctional Facility, and she shared…
Read MoreThe 2018 organizing meeting schedule for Invisible Swarthmore: Moving the Needle has been set. Trinity Episcopal Church, located at the intersection of Chester and College in Swarthmore, has graciously offered their basement space for these meetings. Light refreshments will be served at 7:30pm, with the meetings beginning at 8pm. September…
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