2022 Year In Review
Cover Photos:
Left - Organizers with the grantee Pennsylvania chapter of the National Domestic Worker Alliance. Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania chapter of the National Domestic Worker Alliance
Center - Representatives of grantee University Community Collaborative at ConsentFest event staged by grantee Your Empowered Sexuality. Photo courtesy of Your Empowered Sexuality
Right - Still We Rise Coalition member Starr Granger speaking at a rally outside Philadelphia City Hall. Photo by Joe Piette, used under creative commons license.
Grantee Wins
The work of grantees Restaurant Opportunities Center, the PA chapter of the National Domestic Worker Alliance, and the Coalition for Restaurant Health & Safety contributed to the city’s allocation of funding for worker education: Philly officials shine line on workplace protection laws with grant program
Grantee Women’s Law Project served as counsel in the case to mandate Medicaid coverage of abortion in PA: Allegheny Health, PA lawmakers face off in state supreme court case to decide Medicaid coverage for abortion
Grantees New Voices for Reproductive Justice, Women’s Law Project, and Abortion Liberation Fund of PA worked with local legislators on this initiative. Philly City Council Approves a trio of bills aimed at protecting abortion rights
The efforts of grantee Restaurant Opportunities Center of PA contributed to policy changes in state regulations regarding tipped wages: Pennsylvania to raise tip threshold for tipped minimum wage