Last November, over 125 concerned citizens participated at a town hall meeting and watched our Childbirth Crisis video; expressed their concerns about the OB crisis, and made a collective call for change!
Childbearing families, nurses, doctors, midwives, and government officials explored the city's childbirth crisis at a November 29th, 2007 Northeast Philadelphia Town Hall Meeting moderated by Zack Stalberg of the Committee of Seventy. The event was held at St. John's Lutheran Church.
Sponsored by: the Community Board of Public Health Center # 10; Maternity Care Coalition; Counseling or Referral Assistance (CORA); Castor Gardens Town Watch; Dungan Civic Association, Fox Chase Homeowners, Friends of Tacony Creek Park; Holmesburg Civic Association, Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Holy Terrors Youth Organization, Lawncrest Town Watch; Lansing Knights Youth Organization, Mayfair Community Development Corporation; Millbrook Civic Association, Parkwood Civic Association, Rhawnhurst Town Watch; Somerton Youth Organization; Somerton Civic Association; Tacony Civic Association; The Academy Sabres; Upper Holmesburg Civic Association; and Upper Northwood Community Council.
Watch the video shown at the Northeast Town Hall meeting:
Families in Northeast and all of Philadelphia
must have access to safe and affordable
prenatal care and birthing options.
The time to act is now!
Live in Northeast Philadelphia?
Ask your city councilperson, Pennsylvania State senator and representative, as well as your Federal Senators and House representative to bring maternity services back. Also, ask them to support state-wide insurance legislation called CAP, or, Cover All Pennsylvanians (click to read a pdf that explains CAP; pdf courtesy of Philadelphia Unemployment Project).
Find your state and federal legislators by entering your zip code at www.congress.org.
