258000 Philadelphians Will Be Hungry This Holiday

Philadelphia is currently experiencing several crises and everyone is extremely fatigued. I understand this feeling. We have been sensationalized by the media over the election. We have had major political officials threaten to invade us. We lost several thousand jobs recently with the PES plant explosion. We have a Pandemic raging right now and many of us have lost our loved ones. Right now most of our city is boarded up. We had 4 people killed by the city government since October 8th. Right now 258,000 Philadelphians are going to bed hungry tonight. The homeless population the city says is 5700, but last year the city engaged 17000 people over homelessness, and that number is likely higher since they count on the coldest night of the year to get low numbers. The city is full of crises and it is fair to ask right now when will it stop?

I believe in times like these, our attention should turn 100% on to crises we have, and offering ourselves to do community service and mutual aid if we are able. We owe it to all of our neighbors and our community. If don’t engage the crises at hand and help our neighbors in times like these, we won’t recover.

There is no reason 16% of people are hungry besides the strict measures in place that prevent people from accessing proper welfare. Philadelphians need to be demanding guaranteed access to food, shelter, healthcare, and medication in times like these. People are absolutely suffering and the city officials are trying to cover up the problem. Well people are now calling out this problem and demanding solutions. We can find solutions. Many of us have already been fighting for them.

We have more empty plots in the city than homeless people. We have more food being thrown out than we have hungry people. And we have enough medical professionals and prescription manufacturers in the reason that everyone should have healthcare. If the federal government isn’t doing the job for us, the local and state government should. I demand action or I demand resignation for lack of real action to solve these problems.

18 million dollars that Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is asking for the police is taking food from the hungry and homes from the homeless. We must stand against this. Especially after the violence the city officials have brought our community.

We need food. We need houses. We need healthcare. Everything else officials put their attention towards is absolutely bullshit right now.