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Penn Community for Justice (PCJ)
Penn Community for Justice (PCJ) was started as a platform for University of Pennsylvania staff, faculty, students, alumni and any person impacted by Penn or it’s healthcare system, to organize around issues concerning economic and racial justice within our community. We demand the following from the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania:
1. Institute a Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program to provide the city at least 50% of the value of the university’s forgone property taxes. At the current tax rate of 1.4% of assessed property value, Penn’s backlog from last year could cover the mayor’s cuts to the city budget for arts and culture, sustainability, homeless services, parks and recreation, public health, and behavioral health services combined.
2. Divest from the prison industrial complex, and cease associations with organizations, such as the Philadelphia Police Foundation, that support militarized policing in Philadelphia; instead, redirect those funds to racial justice organizations.
3. Return its savings from the city’s 25% water bill discount for nonprofits, estimated at $2.2 million in 2018, and demand an education equity fund with public oversight.
