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In the summer of 2010 the City of Philadelphia began a "rolling brownout" measure, in which local fire stations close for determined periods of time. The City put the measure in place to save approximately $3.8 million and prevent permanent closing of fire stations and layoffs of firemen and women. (In 2009, the City shut down seven fire stations.)

Since the brownouts started, there have been several fires in which the closest and most direct fire station was browned out, resulting in unnecessary loss of life.

In the recent state budget proposal, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett proposed a cut in the education system of around $550 million (that's right, million). At the same time, the Pennsylvania prison system has not received any cuts and in fact has gotten an increase in funding (of approximately 11%).

MMPTV tells the untold stories of those uniting across struggles to build a movement to end poverty.

Many in the Cambodian-American community are facing a holiday season without their brothers, sons, friends and fathers.

MMPTV tells the untold stories, news and analysis of poor and working people uniting across color lines to build a movement to end poverty.  In this episode, we look back at this past summer of 2010, which has not been an easy one.   Many of us have been in an economic crisis all of our lives. But that does not make it easier to know how many more people are losing their jobs, homes and lives.  Despite these hard times, more and more of us are organizing. More and more of us are sharing our stories and building networks across different issues, locations and identities.

Monica Roberts, member of SEIU 32BJ and MMPTV, produced this video to highlight the solidarity of 32BJ members in the NYC residential workers' fight for a fair contract.  The residential workers, who work in NYC high rise apartment buildings, recently held a march where they were joined by thousands of 32BJ members from around the region, including Philadelpha, Pittsburgh and Washington DC.  Since then, 30,000 New York City apartment building workers won a tentative four-year agreement, providing nearly 10% in wage increases, and maintaining employer-paid family health care covera

Philadelphia’s two major newspapers have been acquired by outside investors.  Comcast cable dominates the market, but thousands of our neighbors can’t afford to get online.  In an era of dwindling outlets telling the stories of everyday Philadelphians, the Media Mobilizing Project has launched MMPtv, a monthly half-hour newsmagazine knitting together the stories of people across our region.  The show premiered on PhillyCam, Philadelphia’s new public access television station.

Now you can watch online.