Nonprofit group says 100,000 got flawed foreclosure notes Read more:...
Jeremy Boren--Pittsburgh Tribune Review 24 February 2012Pennsylvania homeowners who weren't told they could meet face-to-face with their mortgage lender to avert a foreclosure deserve a second try at...
View ArticleGROUP CALLS ON SHERIFF TO SUSPEND ILLEGAL FORCLOSURES
1 March 2012 As many as 30% of current foreclosures may be illegal according to Superior Court ruling Media Contact: Jennifer England 412-513-9091 GROUP CALLS ON SHERIFF TO SUSPEND ILLEGAL...
View ArticleBusiness News in Brief-Group seeks to halt foreclosure sales
Alan Heavens--Philadelphia Inquirer 1 March 2012A group of community activists says it will try to persuade Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams on Thursday to suspend sales of foreclosed properties....
View ArticleResidents say Point Breeze Deserves Better
ABC 6 21 March 2012POINT BREEZE - March 21, 2012 (WPVI) -- From a decaying wall on Cross Street to a littered lot on Taylor, a Point Breeze community gathered to tell city and state officials on a...
View ArticleGermantown Walking Tour to Give First Person View of Blight to Officials
16 May 2012 Stretches of abandoned properties, broken curbs, blight, worry residents ACTION United members and residents of Germantown will be taking officials on a walking tour of neighborhood trouble...
View ArticleHUNDREDS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON EDUCATION ANS SCHOOL REFORM CRISIS
22 May 2012 Parents and community members will weigh in on how to save public education in Philly; lay out alternate vision for reform WHEN: Tuesday May 22, 6:30 p.m.WHERE:Bright Hope Baptist...
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Community Tour Demonstrates how Green Sewer Improvements Could Transform...
29 May 2012 Residents of Hazelwood and City Councilman Corey O'Connor will see how fixing the regions crumbling sewer problem with green methods could transform blighted neighborhoods and bring jobs in...
View ArticlePROTESTORS TARGET CHASE BANK: URGE THEM TO RETURN LOGAN HOME TO HOMEOWNER
12 June 2012 After years of trying to work with the bank to save her home it was sold illegally at Sheriff’s sale without notice The Home Defenders League and community members will protest at Chase...
View ArticleGreenfield Flooding Has Residents Asking for Help from Other Neighborhoods
8 August 2012Residents of “the Run” in Greenfield are asking fellow Pittsburgher’s to take action to help stop the severe flooding they’ve experienced in heavy rains like those of this...
View ArticleCommonwealth of Pennsylvania settles National Voter Registration Act case
12 August 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 22, 2012CONTACT:Stacie Royster, Lawyers’ Committee, sroyster@lawyerscommittee.org, (202) 662-8317 Sarah Massey, Project Vote, smassey@projectvote.org, (202)...
View ArticleEducation Dept. to Hear School Closing Complaints
JON HURDLE/ New York Times 28 January 2013"Action United, a group that opposes the closings, presented data Monday showing that 80 percent of the students affected by the planned closings are black;...
View ArticleCity Council Committee Pushes Alternative Funding Source For School Budget Gap
By Mike Dunn-Philadelphia(CBS) 17 May 2013 School advocates spoke in support of the U&O approach, which was authored by Councilwoman Maria Quinones Sanchez. “The ten biggest corporate property...
View ArticleCommunity schools bring services under one roof
Dale Mezzacappa-Notebook 1 June 2013 The idea of community schools, long discussed in Philadelphia but never quite a reality, takes to a whole different level the notion of maximizing time and...
View ArticleALEC Continues to Push Failed Market-Based Educational Reforms
By: Deborah Foster 4 August 2013 There are protestors working against market-based educational “reform” across the country. Groups like the Journey for Justice Movement, Action United, Progress...
View ArticleDo the right thing PSP
20 August 2013The Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) claims it is working to help Philadelphia’s children, but so far, most of PSP’s time, its voice and its money have been spent supporting private,...
View ArticleHUNDREDS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON EDUCATION ANS SCHOOL REFORM CRISIS
22 May 2012 Parents and community members will weigh in on how to save public education in Philly; lay out alternate vision for reform WHEN: Tuesday May 22, 6:30 p.m.WHERE:Bright Hope Baptist...
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Community Tour Demonstrates how Green Sewer Improvements Could Transform...
29 May 2012 Residents of Hazelwood and City Councilman Corey O'Connor will see how fixing the regions crumbling sewer problem with green methods could transform blighted neighborhoods and bring jobs in...
View ArticlePROTESTORS TARGET CHASE BANK: URGE THEM TO RETURN LOGAN HOME TO HOMEOWNER
12 June 2012 After years of trying to work with the bank to save her home it was sold illegally at Sheriff’s sale without notice The Home Defenders League and community members will protest at Chase...
View ArticleGreenfield Flooding Has Residents Asking for Help from Other Neighborhoods
8 August 2012Residents of “the Run” in Greenfield are asking fellow Pittsburgher’s to take action to help stop the severe flooding they’ve experienced in heavy rains like those of this...
View ArticleCommonwealth of Pennsylvania settles National Voter Registration Act case
12 August 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 22, 2012CONTACT:Stacie Royster, Lawyers’ Committee, sroyster@lawyerscommittee.org, (202) 662-8317 Sarah Massey, Project Vote, smassey@projectvote.org, (202)...
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