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Revision as of 02:12, 9 October 2016

. http://www.phillynn.org/

Philadelphia is a great city -- but it's more than a city. It's a group of neighborhoods whose vitality depends not only on people caring about each other, but also on the political decisions that shape our environment.

Neighborhood Networks traces its origins to the MoveOn presidential campaign of 2004. After the election a core group of MoveOn veterans around the city decided to keep the energy and connections alive by continuing to hold monthly potlucks over the winter. When they discovered that similar activity was happening outside their own wards, the groups planned to form a new organization. They joined together at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in June, 2005, and Neighborhood Networks was born. The idea was to create an ongoing organization to push for progressive candidates and policies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the national level, not unlike the strategy the far right used so successfully to dominate the Republican Party.