Healthcare
Through the Richard Berkman & Toni Seidl Health Care Justice Project, we improve health outcomes in low-income communities, especially for children, by addressing systemic barriers to healthcare and public health threats.

News
- Oral argument at the PA Supreme Court scheduled in case challenging state firearm preemption that blocks local gun safety laws
- We filed our reply brief with the PA Supreme Court in our case taking on Firearm Preemption Laws
- Op-ed: Philly needs to enact its own gun laws. We sued Harrisburg to let that happen.
- Families of gun violence victims file brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, taking on firearm preemption laws
- PA Lawsuit Taking on Preemption of Local Gun Safety Laws Dismissed; City of Philadelphia and Families of Gun Violence Victims Vow to Appeal
- Oral argument to be held Nov. 15 in case defending Philadelphia enforcement of “lost and stolen gun” law
- COVID-19 lawsuit against FDC Philadelphia concludes amid extensive vaccination efforts
- Families of gun violence victims, the City of Philadelphia, and CeaseFirePA present first court argument in their case against Pennsylvania Firearm Preemption
- More News
Past Cases & Projects
- Taking on Gun Safety Preemption in Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Federal Detention Center detainees file class action lawsuit demanding protection from COVID-19
- Taking on Gun Violence in Philadelphia
- Challenging Federal Detention Center of Philadelphia’s Visitation Policy
- Pennsylvania Dental Advocacy Project