Stadium Stompers

09/09/2022

Friday, October 9th Stadium Stompers will showcase an exhibition of our campaign against Temple's football stadium at Vox Populi gallery (319 N 11th street, 3rd Floor):

STADIUM STOMPERS: AN ARCHIVE OF RESISTANCE

Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 2022 | 6-9pm | Free-To-Attend
Curated By: Blanche Brown, Verónica Ayala Flores, josh graupera
Friday, September 9, 2022 – Sunday, October 16, 2022
Presented in Gallery Three

PLAN YOUR VISIT
Vox Populi is open Noon-6pm, Fridays-Sundays, or by appointment (email: [email protected]). Masks encouraged while on site.

We would love to see you all there! If you can't make the opening, you can check out the show each Friday-Sunday from noon-6pm until October 6th.

You can also see the website page for the exhibition here:
https://voxpopuligallery.org/exhibitions/stadium-stompers/

04/07/2021

North Central! Rental assistance alert!

Are you or someone you know struggling to pay rent because you’ve lost income due to COVID-19? The City’s PHL Rent Assist program may be able to help.

Phase 4 is now open for applications and even applicants who received funds in Phases 1-3 may apply. Philly renters can apply for rental assistance and help with utilities (up to $2,000 for PGW, $2,000 for PWD, and $2,000 for PECO).

Visit www.PHLRentAssist.org for eligibility criteria and how to apply.

04/01/2021

Great news from Carmela Hernandez and her children:

On March 17th - "Shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Hernandez and her four children walked out of the Germantown Mennonite Church, officially concluding three years and three months in sanctuary — longer than anyone in Philadelphia during the last five years."..

“'Freedom is never free,' the Rev. Renee McKenzie told the crowd. 'Sometimes you just have to grasp it and take it because it’s yours, and you’re not going to let anyone take it from you.'
It was McKenzie who, at the start, on a moment’s notice, welcomed a desperate Hernandez family into the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia."

The move inside, first to one church, then to another, shielded Hernandez and her four children from deportation.

03/29/2021

Check out this interesting article on Mutual Aid: https://kairoscenter.org/beyond-mutual-aid/

& don't forget to fill out our survey to inform our strategy! https://www.stadiumstompers.org/survey

Projects of survival are woven into a political and moral imagination that emphatically believes in the power of poor people to be agents of change.

03/15/2021

We've missed you! Check out our latest newsletter with a bit of an update on what we've been up to. We plan to reach out over the phone as well -- read more about our Covid Relief Survey on page 2! Down with the stadium! Up with the community.

11/30/2020

Tell City Council it’s time to END the 10 Year Tax Abatement! This tax break for developers continues to starve out our schools and price out long term residents. Tomorrow the Committee of the Whole will vote on Bill No. 200366. Councilmember Henon wants to delay the reductions we won to the residential tax abatement for one year. We are in the midst of an economic crisis and EVERY Philadelphian should be paying their fair share.

REGISTER TO SPEAK by 3pm TODAY! Call 215-821-6625 or email [email protected] with the full name of the testifier, a callback phone number, the resolution number that is being testified about, and whether the testimony is in favor of or against the bill.

Philadelphia Student Union UrbEd VietLead Asian Americans United PhillySun Philadelphia Home and School Council Racial Justice Organizing Committee Caucus of Working Educators, Philadelphia Jobs with Justice POWER Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools Resource Generation Philly Chapter 215 People's Alliance Reclaim Philadelphia Debt Collective Philly DSA LILAC Movement Alliance Project

PHLCouncil Councilmember Kendra Brooks Councilmember Helen Gym Councilmember Jamie Gauthier Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson Councilmember Isaiah Thomas Councilmember Derek Green Councilwoman Cherelle L. Parker Councilmember María Quiñones-Sánchez Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr. Councilmember Mark Squilla Councilmember At-Large Allan Domb David Oh Cindy Bass Councilmember Bobby Henon

07/06/2020

Gentrification and policing are inextricably linked!

"When the layers are peeled back, the origin of Breonna’s home being raided by police starts with a political need to clear out a street for a large real estate development project and finishes with a newly formed, rogue police unit violating all levels of policy, protocol and policing standards.”

The complaint claims Breonna Taylor was wrapped up in a case that was less about a drug house and more about speeding up the city's development.

06/12/2020

"The Philadelphia Historic Commission denied plans for a new police station in North Philadelphia on Friday, as activists in the city and across the country call for cuts to police funding while decrying police brutality following the killing of George Floyd.

In written and oral comments before and during the commission’s meeting Friday, about 130 people voiced their opposition to the proposed $20 million new home of the 22nd police district in the primarily black community."

Activists in the city and across the country are calling for cuts to police funding while decrying police brutality following the killing of George Floyd.

06/10/2020

Before Friday, call and e-mail District 5 City Council Representative Darrell Clarke and the Historical Commission. Tell them: No Police Station in the Diamond Street Historical District!

06/10/2020

"Meanwhile, Kenney’s initial budget recommended increasing the department’s construction spending by $11 million to $62 million. A good chunk of that money will be used to build a new home for the 22nd District, which covers a vast band of North Philadelphia between 10th and 33rd Streets.

The two-story building will cost at least $20 million. It will be located in the West Diamond Street corridor, at the western end of North Philadelphia’s most significant historic district."

A $20 million building project raises questions about Mayor Kenney’s spending priorities.

06/09/2020

On Friday, June 12th at 9am, the Historical Commission is holding a meeting about whether to approve the construction of a new 22nd District Police Station at 21st and Diamond. This location is inside the Diamond Historical District.

Please support North Central residents fighting for positive community investment in their neighborhood. Call Darrell Clarke and The Historical Commission ASAP to say "Don't approve a police station in the Diamond Street Historical District!"