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Mission Statement :
Punks With Lunch is a non-profit organization run by volunteers dedicated to building a community by providing life-saving services, along with harm reduction resources to underserved and marginalized individuals.

09/29/2024

Thank you to for the inventory and , , and for the hookup. Together we put over 1,200 doses of Narcan and many testing strips out into the world and we won’t stop until all the homies are safe. We love you and we want you to be well.

07/27/2024

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Content warning: sexual assault

On June 14th we, South Philly Punks With Lunch (PWL), became aware that one of our long-standing members had sexually assaulted and engaged in an ongoing abusive relationship with another member of the harm reduction community. This other community member has also been organizing with us for years including tabling alongside us, fundraising for us, making outreach kits, and providing overdose education.

This member who was named in the allegations has been removed from PWL as of June 24th.

The survivor has made requests of the person who caused harm, reprinted here verbatim:
admit you sexually assaulted me
admit you’ve been lying to me for years, manipulating me, gaslighting me, coercing intimacy, weaponizing ignorance and using my mental health as a scapegoat
explain how they caused harm/pain, and
make a plan to change these behaviors

Punks with Lunch stands in solidarity with these asks and are encouraging the person who caused these egregious harms to take accountability.

We recognize that the removal of this person should have been immediate upon learning this from our community member, as well as immediately acknowledging the severity of harm done. We are working to correct our mistakes. We realize our engagement in this process so far has lacked transparency, been piecemeal, hesitant, and slow. This caused the person who received harm and others to suffer additional harms and a lack of security. We deeply apologize for this, and are working to course correct.

We are working with a transformative justice facilitator and are moving towards a transformative justice process to better align our actions with the needs of the person harmed, the needs of the broader harm reduction community, and our own values.

The former PWL member in question was receiving a $500 monthly stipend from Punks With Lunch to support their participation in PWL and their long-term recovery. We have decided to transition this person off our funding over a 2-3 month period to allow time for another source of income to be secured. They are not participating in any outreach, public or private PWL activity, or involved in any decision-making.

The survivor was recently fired from their job. Our inability to meet their needs and our mishandling of the harm was a major factor to the conditions under which this occurred. We have provided rent support to support the survivor, and are working with a transformative justice facilitator and a coalition of other harm reduction organizations towards a continued centering of that survivor’s needs.

The former PWL member in question has yet to meet the survivor’s demands, so we are taking the actions outlined above to encourage these demands to be met. We are committed to building internal group knowledge, infrastructure, and external support to prevent ourselves from repeating these errors again. We are addressing the culture of misogyny, toxic masculinity, r**e apologism, and ableism within our organization. We are continuing to strategize towards accountability for the person in question, as well as for individual members of our organization, and our organization as a whole; and towards a healing and transformative outcome for all parties.

07/14/2024

Been a sec since we posted, whoops!

It’s been HOT. We’ve had great friends donate water, electrolytes, and other 🥵 weather supplies, and a coalition largely made up of .southphilly friends helped us freeze water and have been distroing more widely in south Philly. continues to host us for meal prep, and today we received some lovely grocery donations from 🖤. is hosting a toiletries donation drive this month AND we are their round up at the register partner!

07/01/2024

Yesterday’s outreach was HOT! We’ve noticed a lot of our guests having a rough time outside, especially when heat is combined with substance use. Please carry Narcan (or your preferred form of naloxone) and help keep your neighbors safe!

We’re getting a lot of guest requests for tarps and tents. Send them our way if you’ve got them! Or donate via our Flipcause (link in bio) or cashapp ($SPPWL).

Finally, huge thanks to our neighbors 🍐 who are not only running a toiletries drive for us through July but also featuring us as their Round Up at the Register partner this month! Go get yourself some groceries or a treat, and tell them to keep the change 😊.

06/27/2024

Lunch today was Mediterranean rice, baba ganoush, and summer corn salad lovingly prepared at (with servings shared with folks in the Italian market as well).

Our usual distro at Broad and Snyder today was hot, but we had electrolyte beverages, cold lemonade, and even some iced treats for our early guests.

Come see us next on Friday in 🖤

06/24/2024

We are so grateful to who came in clutch yesterday sharing an abundance of pizza and electrolyte beverages for our guests, a super welcome addition to a hot distro!

There are so many groups doing great work in Philly. We also especially love TEP’s educational materials. If you don’t follow them already, check them out, learn from them, and consider volunteering with them this summer!

06/21/2024

What a week! Here are a few glimpses from Sunday distro, Monday’s cook at , Wednesday’s distro with special donations of clothing from and pastries from .

You can drop toiletries donations with our friends at through July.

Join us this afternoon for another rollicking time in !

06/14/2024

Punks in the park!

We relocated to the south side of Mifflin Square today to grill hot dogs, hang with great dogs, appreciate art, and share abundance with our neighbors. 🌭 🐶 🌳

In addition to hot dogs we served meals and soft pretzels thanks to a generous donation from (best 🥨 in the city).

06/12/2024

We are super excited to share that South Philly Punks with Lunch received a Program Grant from the Scattergood Foundation’s Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund.

Our grants team attended the ceremony this morning as well as handling our usual donation pickups and hosting an extra-abundant celebratory distro at Broad and Snyder.

This is our first big deal grant. It makes our operation more secure and more sustainable, allows us to grow where we see needs we can meet in our community, and allows us to make sure our own needs are met so we can keep showing up.

Expect more of the same from us going forward, maybe with a bit more sparkle while the good news is still fresh.

Thank you to each and every person who has donated to us, shared a kind word, and partaken from our tables over our 4+ years of operation.

✨ 🖤

06/10/2024

Food today was so SAVORY our guests ate it all up!

Join us and our .southphilly friends at tomorrow (Monday) to prep more delicious lunch — we usually start around 1:30 — DM for details!

06/06/2024

BUTTS, rainbow salad, and happy punks.

🍑🫢🥗 🖤

06/03/2024

Punks with pride!

We’re pretty gay all the time, TBH 🌈🖤

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