WE, the Temple workers are standing strong in our efforts to show temple that we are to be respected and valued for what we do everyday. It is a tough battle but still one definately worth fighting.
 
Editors Note: Carolyn is a GI technician at Temple Hospital. She participated in a media training class MMP put on with the United Way last fall. She is a member and leader of the Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners (PASNAP) currently on the picket line.
 

 
With less than a week before the March 31st strike deadline, nurses and healthcare professionals held a rally outside of Temple University Hospital to demand a contract that will not strip away their human rights or diminish their ability to provide quality care to patients.  
 
For background about the nurses union, visit:  www.pasnap.org
 

Video by: Carolyn Humphries 
 
Temple University Hospital's 1,500 nurses and professional and technical employees will hold a final rally before going on strike to demand a fair and just contract that will uphold their rights to advocate for patients.  
 
Date: Friday March, 26th 2010 
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: Temple University Hospital Main Entrance at Broad & Ontario Sts.
 

On Sunday, March 21, 2010 Around 1,000 people from Philadelphia and surrounding areas packed into buses and headed towards Washington D.C to join up with the 200,000 already present there for a march for  Comprehensive Immigration Reform. You may not have heard about this incredible gathering of people in the media because it was overshadowed by the few dozen protestors gathered there also against the Healthcare Reform bill that was being passed. Regardless of that, the power of the people was definitely seen and heard in Washington and throughout the country.
 

Because the federal health reform bill signed into law today (Tuesday, March 23)  fails to make health care truly universal and equitable, human right to health care advocates across the country are pushing their state legislatures to implement more effective and comprehensive measures at the state level. In Vermont, for example, the Vermont Workers’ Center’s Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign has galvanized legislative action with a powerful grassroots organizing and advocacy strategy.

En el 2 de Febrero, grupos de imigrantes, trabajadores y gente de fé se juntaron para demandar el apoyo de una reforma migratoria del Congresista Robert Brady.  El escuchó el grito del pueblo y ya llego el momento para traer el mensaje a la capital de este país,  Washington DC.
 
El pueblo de Filadelfia y el region va a unirse con 80,000 de personas este Domingo en Washington DC para demandar que el Congresso de los EEUU reforma este sistema migratorio quebrado.