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Update 7/31/19: Thanks to all your support, we have raised 75% of the funds needed for BAYM! We just need to raise $740 more to meet our...
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- Apr 14, 2019
- 3 min
We’re Hiring — Executive Director
Executive Director Job Announcement Position Summary: The Philadelphia Student Union (PSU) based in West Philadelphia, is a community...
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- Feb 12, 2019
- 1 min
If you believe…
If you believe in youth organizing, and want to help the Philadelphia Student Union expand our in-school chapter organizing… If you want...
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- Nov 27, 2018
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Support the Philadelphia Student Union on Giving Tuesday!
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day when people around the world give back to their communities and donate to organizations whose work...
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- Jun 19, 2018
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Support PSU’s Summer Organizing and Leadership Institute!
Update 7/5/18: Thanks to all your support, we are already more than halfway to our goal! We have raised $1260 and just need to raise $740...
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- Mar 16, 2018
- 3 min
Student Vision for School Safety March Demands
On February 14th, the school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School forever changed the Parkland, Florida community, after a gunman...
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- Dec 31, 2017
- 2 min
Looking Back on 2017
Throughout the past year, young people in the Philadelphia Student Union built leadership in the movement for public education. Will you...
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- Nov 28, 2017
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Support PSU on Giving Tuesday!
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day when people around the world give back to their communities and donate to organizations whose work they...
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- Nov 13, 2017
- 1 min
Save the Date!
You are invited to join the Philadelphia Student Union at an event to celebrate our new Executive Director and growing team of...
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- May 11, 2017
- 4 min
Students Demand Real Accountability And An End To School Police Violence
Students Demand Real Accountability And An End To School Police Violence Police brutality is an epidemic that has existed since the...
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- Nov 29, 2016
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Support PSU on Giving Tuesday
Today is Giving Tuesday! We hope you’ll consider making a contribution to support the Philadelphia Student Union. We’re excited to...
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- Jun 23, 2016
- 3 min
A win on five demands- but fight to end school police violence isn’t over
For the past six weeks, students in the Philadelphia Student Union have held weekly vigils at 440, held press conferences, organized...
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- May 12, 2016
- 4 min
Assault at Ben Franklin
On Thursday, May 5th, 2016, Brian Burney, a member of the Philadelphia Student Union and student at Benjamin Franklin High School, was...
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- Feb 8, 2016
- 1 min
Last week to get your donation to PSU doubled!
If you b The Cahn Funds for Social Change and two individual donors have pledged to match all donations to the Philadelphia Student Union...
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- Dec 1, 2015
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#GivingTuesday
Today is “Giving Tuesday”, when people around the world give back to their communities, and donate to organizations whose work they...
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- Oct 22, 2015
- 2 min
Our Current Work: #No215Jail Working Group
In May of 2015, Councilman Bobby Henon put forth a bill that would pave the way for a new prison along the Delaware River to replace the...
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- Sep 14, 2015
- 6 min
Lessons from Katrina for the School District of Philadelphia
School started this week in Philadelphia, but things are not business as usual in the School District this year. This is the first week...
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- Aug 14, 2015
- 5 min
Comics that can Change the World
Excerpt from “A Piece on the Youth and Adult Prison Systems” by M. Papadopoulos, written for PSU’s documentary comics workshop. Picture...
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- Jul 20, 2015
- 4 min
The Network Plan: Who are the newest additions to our School District?
When Superindentent Hite was brought to Philadelphia, his purpose was clear: enact the Boston Consulting Group’s plan for the School...
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- Jul 14, 2015
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The Philadelphia Student Union needs a new home
This spring, the Philadelphia Student Union was evicted from our home on 42nd and Chestnut. For the past few months, we have been...
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