Wednesday, November 28, 2012 9:00am-4:30pm Wannamaker Building, 10th Floor, Suite 1010, Philadelphia
Friday November 30, 2012 12pm-1:30pm Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, Horizons Rooftop Ballroom 201 North 17th Street, Philadelphia
The Law Center and partner organizations have convened a constituent-led coalition to advocate for healthy foods and green spaces in Philadelphia.
Monday November 5, 2012, 4:30-6:30pm Penn Law School, Gittis 214
The Law Center and Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) submitted comments on the Office of Child Development and Early Learning Services (OCDEL)’s proposed policy for the Eligibility for Infant/Toddler and Preschool Early Intervention services. The Law Center’s Sonja Kerr and PCCY’s Executive Director, Shelly Yanoff, addressed three primary concerns regarding the policy, as […]
The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia has named Dechert’s Philadelphia office as the recipient of its 2012 Thaddeus Stevens Award. This award honors an individual or organization whose actions best illustrate the Law Center’s mission: using high- impact legal strategies to improve the well-being and life prospects of the Philadelphia region’s most vulnerable populations […]
On August 30, 2012, the Law Center’s Michael Churchill was one of only 40 education leaders from Pennsylvania invited to Washington to meet with White House senior policy advisors and top staff from the Department of Education.
The Law Center, along with over 150 organizations across the country, has signed a letter urging Congress to pass the Keeping All Students Safe Act, which will create restraint and seclusion standards in schools that will better protect both students and staff.
The Law Center, along with 24 other organizations, has sent Governor Tom Corbett a letter urging him to move Senate Bill 1115 through as quickly as possible. If passed, the bill will help improve the efficiency with which special education funding is distributed in the state, helping 270,000 students with special needs receive the educations […]
An op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer co-authored by the Law Center’s Michael Churchill highlights the real reason results are floundering in the School District of Philadelphia: funding.
