NSM is one of the leading organizations working to pass legislation to allow everyone in PA to have a Driver’s License through the statewide coalition Driving PA Forward. Our goal is to organize and mobilize our base to pressure the PA Legislature to approve legislation that will allow access to a standard Driver’s License for …
[cmsms_button button_link=”https://drivingpaforward.org/” button_target=”self” button_text_align=”center” button_font_weight=”100″ button_font_style=”normal” button_border_style=”solid” animation_delay=”0″]Website: Driving PA Forward[/cmsms_button] The Driving PA Forward Coalition is systematically holding face-to-face meetings with prospective co-sponsors, as well as conducting education, advocacy, and voter mobilization campaigns in communities across the state. To win in our state, the campaign will need to build a strong coalition of …
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Great news for the campaign for driver’s licenses for all in Pennsylvania! On June 17, 2016, after organizing for months, today the Eastern PA Conference of the United Methodist Church passed a formal resolution supporting our legislation at their Annual Conference! The Conference represents over 100,000 people in the state and sends a powerful message to …
United Methodist Conference of Eastern PA Endorses Licenses For All! Read More »
On Monday, April 11, we went to the Pennsylvania capitol, Harrisburg, for the annual lobby day with the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition. Along with other coalition partners (MILPA, CASA, Make the Road PA), we held legislative visits with state representatives to push forward our bill for unmarked driver’s licenses for all. Let’s keep moving …
2016 Harrisburg lobby day for driver’s licenses! Read More »
As part of a state-wide coalition fighting for unmarked licenses for all, New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia is seeking official endorsement from religious denominations in Pennsylvania. Through a process of strategic analysis, our immigrant members have concluded that harnessing the unified power of our religious denominations is a critical way to move forward the legislation to …
Petition: Win religious denomination support for driver’s licenses for all in PA Read More »
In January 2016, New Sanctuary Movement and our coalition partners at the Alianza Pro Licencias held an all-day retreat to plan strategy for the licenses campaign. It was a powerful day for our immigrant leaders! Thank you to Make the Road PA for hosting the retreat in Reading and to CASA and Lucha Pro Licencias …
Members of the campaign met with Father Bruce from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez, and Senator Larry Farnese.
The summer 2015 retreat for the Pennsylvania driver’s licenses coalition (la Alianza) was our biggest yet! The retreat took place in York, Pennsylvania, and immigrant leaders from Philadelphia, York, Reading, Harrisburg, Chambersburg, Easton, and Lancaster were there to keep building relationships and developing strategy for the rest of 2016. Adelante!
State-wide retreat for immigrants working on the driver’s license campaign held in York, Pennsylvania. The campaign launches a photo-testimonial blog to increase the pressure on State Senators Taylor and Keller! http://palicensesforall.tumblr.com
The coalition travels to Harrisburg to hold a press conference on the re-introduction of PA House Bill 1648, now HB1450 which would grant driver’s licenses to all Pennsylvanians! After the press conference, we held a celebration barbeque for 150 immigrants across the state working on the campaign.