ADVOCACY
Our members have provided testimony for or are currently participating in the following proceedings, lawsuits, investigations and/or committees in an effort to demilitarize and defund Penn Police and the Police Department of Philadelphia:
outreach & educatioN
Why PILOTS Matter: Penn's Responsibility to Public Education and Community Justice
PCJ member Sarah Min joins this virtual panel on the debate surrounding Penn's obligation to pay PILOTs.
#DearDavidCohen Campaign with Philly Jobs with Justice
PCJ supported the #DearDavidCohen campaign to push the Penn Board of Trustees to pay PILOTs.
Penn in the Wake of BLM - NSO Preceptorial 2020
PCJ leads a preceptorial on Penn in the Wake of BLM introducing new students to the current state of activism on campus and PCJs demands.
Testimony: 52nd St. Short Film Project
PCJ is in the process of making a short animated film based on member, Amelia Carter's, Penn Public Safety Review testimony. Amelia discusses her experience on 52nd St. on May 31st. during the police assault. To be released soon!
MUTUAL AID
PROJECT
A partnership with Defund Temple PD and Sunrise Philly to collect winter clothes for former residents of the parkway encampment.
Human Rights Violated Here: A Panel on Philly's Appeal to the United Nations
This panel of human rights experts and city officials will look at the significance of Philly's United Nation's (UN) appeal, the subsequent UN intervention and discuss next steps on how Philadelphia can move forward.

