FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMEDIA CONTACTWiley Cunningham(215)626-8818philadelphiahousingaction@protonmail.comhttps://philadelphiahousingaction.info MEDIA ADVISORY Philadelphia Housing Action and Camp James Talib Dean Hold Press Conference to Respond to City’s July 17th Eviction Deadline On Friday, July 10th, […]
Philadelphia Housing Action Defends Homeless Family from Illegal Ejectment
### FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/10/20Contact:Wiley CunninghamPhiladelphia Housing Actionphiladelphiahousingaction@protonmail.comphiladelphiahousingaction.info(215)626-8818 Philadelphia Housing Action Defends Homeless Family from Illegal Ejectment Housing Authority Police Failed in Attempted Extra-Judicial Removal July 10, 2020, Philadelphia, […]
JTD Camp on the Parkway Cuts Off Negotiations with the City
### FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/9/20Contact:Jennifer BennetchPhiladelphia Housing Action(215)554-1386philadelphiahousingaction@protonmail.comphiladelphiahousingaction.info JTD Camp on the Parkway Cuts Off Negotiations with the City Demands Transfer of Vacant City-Owned Properties into a Community Land Trust […]
JTD Camp on the Parkway Cuts Off Negotiations with the City
Demands Transfer of Vacant City-Owned Properties into a Community Land Trust for Permanent Low-Income Housing After years of housing and homelessness advocacy by #OccupyPHA, the Worker’s Revolutionary Collective (WRC) and […]
Kendra Brooks supports James Talib-Dean Encampment
“Last week I had the opportunity to visit James Talib-Dean Camp, an encampment community named after James Talib-Dean Campbell, who passed away this month. Talib-Dean Campbell was a co-founder of […]
COVID-19 and Shelters -July 4, 2020
by Sterling Over the last three weeks, James Talib-Dean Camp has had only one positive COVID-19 case out of 58 tests completed. We have come together as a community to […]
Temple Law Professors Endorse Parkway Encampment
A group of more than 30 Law professors from multiple institutions, including Temple, Drexel, and the University of Pennsylvania, drafted a letter to Philadelphia’s Mayor Kenney urging “against any action […]
On Supervised Consumption, No Cop Zones and Liberatory Space
by Sterling This is Philadelphia where we have had the most overdoses in the whole country. We’ve averaged about 1,000 overdose deaths over the last 4 years. Many advocates have […]
City threatens Benjamin Franklin Encampment
As we write, the City is threatening to dismantle the homeless encampment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Stay tuned for more detailed updates.