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By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on May 18th, 2012%
May 19 – In protest of Mayor Nutter’s unconscionable and imminent ban on sharing food outdoors in city parks, human rights advocates, religious groups, and affected individuals will be holding An Alternate Opening of the Barnes Museum: An exhibit on poverty, class warfare, and hunger, sponsored by Food Not Bombs.
Saturday, May 19th
6:30pm
20th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Press Contact: Niko Rayer . . . → Read More: Philadelphians Convene on Barnes Museum Opening Gala to Condemn Ban on Sharing Food Outdoors
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on April 28th, 2012%
The Spring 2012 Report is available for download in PDF for printing and distributing with church bulletins, etc. Please feel free. We need to spread the word and increase our bases of support: financial, prayer and volunteer.
Here it is: TKJ Spring 2012 Report
Thank you for your support.
May God . . . → Read More: Spring 2012 Report
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on April 27th, 2012%
The Philadelphia City Council unanimously censured Mayor Nutter over his misuse of power to use regulatory decrees of the Parks and Rec Dept. and the Health Dept. to make serving of the poor and homeless outdoors illegal. They pointed out that there were no funds available for the enforcement of these new regulations, much less to . . . → Read More: Update on Philadelphia Hijinks
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on April 25th, 2012%
Press Release – Parks & Rec
Attempts To Prevent Public Testimony
By Moving Hearing Up At Last Minute To
Today April 25, 2012 @ 6:00 PM
The city’s attempt to undermine the legal process and pass this unconstitutional regulation is clear. Upon announcement of the Mayor’s ban on outdoor meals to the homeless, the public had 30 . . . → Read More: Chosen 300′s Press Release on Nutter’s Shenanigans
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on April 25th, 2012%
Mayor Nutter is pulling more shenanigans. They have to hold hearings on these decrees. The first hearing was supposed to be next Wednesday. I just opened my email to find this:
Good morning, we literally just found out that the Parks & Recreation Department
has changed the meeting scheduled for
Wednesday May 2, 2012 at 6:00 PM at the . . . → Read More: More Nutter Shenanigans
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on April 4th, 2012%
Last night, there were about 30 of us sitting and standing against the walls of the back room of the Teaful Bliss Cafe on 11th and Spring Garden in Philadelphia. We represented 15 to 20 different groups who serve the homeless and poor on the streets of Philadelphia in one fashion or another. We were there . . . → Read More: A Reprieve for Now
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on March 30th, 2012%
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2011
CONTACT:
Keith McHenry 575-770-3377
menu@foodnotbombs.net
www.foodnotbombs.net/food_is_a_right.html
Kathy Mitro 386-795-9643
kathymitro@yahoo.com
FOOD IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE
Sharing food with the hungry is an unregulated act of kindness.
End all efforts to stop people from feeding the hungry.
Rescind all laws restricting compassion.
“I wholeheartedly support the action on April 1, 2012 to protest
laws against sharing food!” Dr. Cornel West – author and professor . . . → Read More: Food Is a Right, Not a Privilege
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on March 24th, 2012%
It is not lost on us that the ban on outdoor serving of hot, nutritious meals to homeless and other poor people in Philadelphia goes into effect on April 13, Great and Holy Friday. The whole community was given very little warning. The proposals came out during Lent. There is at least a one month gap where there . . . → Read More: Great and Holy Friday
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on March 22nd, 2012%
The way Mayor Nutter is phrasing things, it is like he has “invited” us to come inside and that it is all about concern for the health and dignity of the homeless population. When asked about enforcement, he says, “I’ll get back to you on that.”
The devil is in the details. He started using the Health Dept. . . . → Read More: Why Can’t We All Get Along?
By Cranford Joseph Coulter, on February 18th, 2012%
This is my second “comment” given to Sally O’Brien to pass on to the Health Dept. of Philadelphia regarding their proposed regulation that would require us to submit a menu and schedule one year in advance, prepare food in a commercial kitchen that they inspect, get a permit, etc., etc. There have been no problems with . . . → Read More: Feeding the Poor is Sacramental
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The King's Jubilee has been ministering in Jesus' Name among poor and homeless people in Philadelphia since February of 1989. We also seek to equip and encourage any who wish to join us in similar service, wherever they are located.
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