Yes, low-wage essential workers deserve better pay, but they deserve to be celebrated too.

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In this this month’s Mo-Ments in Philly Social Impact, there were too many things to include them all, so here are your highlights! Have something you’d like to share for April’s roundup? Email me at mo@generocity.org. [listly  id=”bIO” layout=”magazine” show_header=”false” show_author=”false” show_sharing=”false” show_tools=”false” per_page=”25″]

The current state minimum wage, $7.25, is significantly lower than the living wage in Philadelphia

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The local chapter of 15 Now, a national coalition advocating for a $15 per hour minimum wage, has made some notable gains since it first came to Philadelphia in February. The volunteer-run advocacy group launched a crowdfunding campaign and organized three “Neighborhood Action Groups” in North, West and South Philadelphia. It has also organized and […]

Protesters made their way down Broad Street this morning to show solidarity with a global fast food worker strike currently underway and to advocate for raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour. The protesters, formed loosely from union workers and low-wage workers, are a part of a national initiative, 15 Now, that believes […]