12 Nov 2025
Pastor Alisa Lasater of FUMCOG
POWER Interfaith held a press conference at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown on the 12th of November in order to take a stand for affordability in Philadelphia.
Sharon Wineman, congregation member of Mishkan Shalom.
From Resolve Philly:
‘This kind of life wasn’t living. It was survival,’ said FUMCOG member Tamia Walker, sharing what it took to stay housed in Philadelphia. POWER Interfaith congregations warned at a Germantown press conference that ending the BIRT tax would worsen the city’s affordability crisis and urged the City Council to seek long-term solutions.
“It will cost the city $2.8 billion over 12 years,” said Sharon Weinman, a member of Mishkan Shalom Reconstructionist Synagogue, referring to an analysis of recent business tax cuts following the City Council’s $6.8 billion budget approval.
More at the link above.
Rabbi Shawn Zevit of Mishkan Shalom
BIRT definition and applicable regulations.
What the ending of BIRT means.
FUMCOG member, Tamia Walker
From Philadelphia Works:
More than 140,000 Pennsylvanians are at risk of losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) following new federal work and reporting requirements included in the budget bill passed by Congressional Republicans and signed into law by President Trump in July.
The Northwest Philly Cluster that organized this event.
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