Its been said that 'almost the whole world's asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. Only a few people are awake. And they live in a state of constant, total amazement.'

I just got to see this clip on the daily show, and I also watched

Weiner's full podium time. Congress's actions are shocking, completely

disgusting, and makes me shake with anger. It's all political bullshit,

involving parliamentary back and forth... THAT'S NOT THE

ISSUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE ISSUE IS THAT CONGRESS HAS JUST DEFEATED A

BILL THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN $7BILLION FOR HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR 9-11

FIRST TIME RESPONDERS! AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S WORSE, FIRST RESPON… Continue

First, thanks to all who attended. The Urban Greenspace Sustainability Project
was a success!
I would say we had approximately 25 volunteers from our
group, friends, and local orgs and neighbors. It was great to see people from the community just show up, tools in hand, wanting to help us turn a pretty much
abandoned, overgrown, trash-filled lot into a beautiful garden,
including a juneberry tree! We hope this brings a positive change to
the community, where the people who live there can c… Continue

First, sorry for the delay in putting up the notes from January's meeting. I have them hear as well as on the discussion forum for the meeting.
Second, Dan and I were the only two from our existing Philly ST Team members, but we were lucky enough to have two DU Public Health Graduate students join us. (As Dan indicated in the previous comment they also came out to join us on MLK Day).

The four of us talked about FWT.org and the Philly ST Team as well as potential initiatives, programs, ideas, e… Continue

Quote of The Day: "The Day a child realizes adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent, the day he forgives them, he becomes and adult, the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise"

student_voting_guide_05.pdf
To All:
We had our WakeUp Session yesterday. Even though there were only 7 members, from the Philly and Eastern PA towns ST, we were able to discuss a number of ideas and Street Team focuses. The following is an outline of what was discussed. I know Ebonie took notes as well, so she may add some informatio… Continue