After months of pressuring Senator Toomey to sit down and hear from the concerns of Philadelphia’s 99%, five Fight For Philly community members were able to walk into the senator’s Philadelphia office and request—yet again—a meeting with Mr. Toomey.
Fight for Philly community members Marvin from West Philadelphia, Gina from South Philadelphia, and Caesar from North Philadelphia caught Toomey’s Philadelphia staff off-guard by arriving at their office doors and demanding a meeting with the Senator. We need him to explain why he doesn’t want to extend unemployment insurance—a vital source of income for many struggling Philadelphians.
Once inside the office, we sat down with a member of the senator’s staff who eventually promised (on camera!) that Mr. Toomey would sit down with members of Fight For Philly.
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Since last summer, we have made several attempts to schedule a meeting with Senator Toomey, but this time we think it’s different. We left with a feeling of adrenaline, and smiled at each other in the elevator, knowing that we had come together as a group and demanded that one of our public servants come face to face with his constituents.
We headed back to our neighborhoods with a renewed sense of the power, and looking forward to holding Senator Toomey to his word to meet with us and account for why he continues to side with the 1% instead of the rest of us.