Lgbtq recommendations philadelphia election nov 5 2019
What to Know
- Philadelphia has five candidates for City Council and two candidates for judgeship that recognize as LGBTQ this election cycle.
- Philadelphia Capital Council is the only "top five" major U.S. metropolis to have never elected an openly-identifying LGBTQ member.
- Only a tenth of 1% of all elected officials in the United States is a LGBTQ person, according to the Washington-D.C.-based Victory Fund.
A win by Henry Sias, who is running for evaluate in Philadelphia this year, would be a first in the United States.
He is trying to become the country's first transgender man to take the bench in a courtroom.
"There are times when I do experience very humbled by it and that’s pretty awesome," Sias, who graduated from Yale Law University, said in an interview with NBC10 about his trailblazing campaign. "But when I hear from younger people or their parents, when a parent will speak, 'Hey, my kid saw your video,' that sort of puts the wind in my sails."
He is part of the strongest contingent of LGBTQ candidates in memory. Five people are running for Philadelphia City Council and two are running for Frequent Pleas judge. No LGBTQ person has ever won election to Philadelph
Members Of Local 2663
In arrange to have our members have a summer picnic we will host two ZOOM picnics - August 10 & August 24. This entitiles our members to take up to four hour LPRTY times to be worked out with thier offices and coverage should not be an issue as it is spread over two weeks. So, they will need to pick one date and makie a plan with thier office.
I am expected to position out a Zoom which I will open on both days.
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Marybeth Hill, Local President
It's the holiday season, which means it's time for our annual Council 4 Holiday Toy Drive.
We are collecting new, unused and unwrapped toys, and gift cards, through December 13, 2019. The donations will leave to our friends at the United Labor Agency, which helps Connecticut's working families in need. (If you’d like to make a monetary contribution, please build your check payable to the United Labor Agency.)
All locals, individual members and employees of Council 4 who wish to participate in this effort may take donations to Council 4 at 444 East Main St. in New Britain.
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Election Day 2019 was a big victory for productive families. In states and cities across the region,
This week the Philadelphia Bar Association released its final slate of judicial ratings, which includes candidates running for judicial seats and sitting judges running for retention in the Court of Usual Pleas, leading up to the Nov. 5 general election.
The 35-member Bar Association is independent and non-partisan. Ratings are based on investigations done by its 120-member investigative division.
“Our Commission’s non-partisan judicial ratings are a simple way for voters to create an informed choice in an often ‘low information’ race,” Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Rochelle M. Fedullo said in a release.
Out lgbtq+ woman Tiffany Palmer is one of three candidates running for a judicial seat on the Court of Shared Pleas who received the “Highly Recommended” rating, along with James Crumlish and Anthony Kyriakakis. The Bar Association rated all remaining candidates “Recommended,” except Crystal Powell.
Rated as “Not Recommended,” Democratic ward leaders chose Powell to fill an empty slot on the ballot after Judge Sandy L.V. Byrd withdrew his bid for retention.
“I am thrilled to be one of the candidates to have received the rating of “Highly Recommended,”
Tiffany Palmer and Henry Sias, two openly LGBTQ candidates for 10-year judgeships on Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, say they’re grateful to receive favorable ratings from the Philadelphia Bar Association.
The bar association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention announced the ratings on May 8.
Palmer, 47, received a “highly recommended” rating, the only woman to get the coveted rating this year. She’s practiced law for 20 years, primarily in the field of LGBTQ civil rights.
“I’m deeply honored to hold received the highest rating from the Philadelphia Exclude Association,” Palmer told PGN. “I’ve spent my career fighting for social justice and hope to take that perspective to the bench. I’m grateful for the opportunity I’ve had in my 20-year career to work on groundbreaking LGBT civil-rights cases. I’ve had the privilege to argue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and acquire worked on numerous appellate cases that have shaped Pennsylvania law. Those experiences likely contributed to the rating — as good as my community service. I’m currently a Young woman Scout leader and I started a non-profit to raise money for my daughter’s Philadelphia public school.”
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At the polls on Tuesday, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for mayor, City Council seats, city commissioner and more.
Mayor Jim Kenney is up for reelection, facing off against Republican Billy Ciancaglini. Perhaps the biggest question of the race, though, is whether the city will elect a third-party Metropolis Council candidate for the first time ever. Two of seven City Council at-large seats are reserved for minority party members; in the past, they’ve always gone to Republicans. Kendra Brooks and her running-mate, Nicolas O’Rourke, both of the Working Families Party, are among those hoping to change history. Brooks has raised more money than any third-party candidate in Philly ever — and earned an endorsement from Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren.
Other races on the ballot include: City Council district seats, register of wills, sheriff, Superior Court judge, evaluate of the C