PA State Representative Napolean Nelson was on FIRE at recent community meeting in SW Philly

During a meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2025, hosted by the Delaware Valley Alliance, focusing on fighting for economic justice, one of the guest speakers was PA State Rep. Napoleon Nelson. Nelson is the current chairman of the PA Legislative Black Caucus. He represents constituents in the 154th legislative district, which covers Montgomery County, and his district office is in Glenside, PA. Here's some of what Rep. Napoleon Nelson said during this critical community meeting at Ezekiel Baptist Church on Grays Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia.

- Thera Martin [e-mail]

"We have 38 members of the PA Legislative Black Caucus, in the House and the Senate, covering everywhere from Norristown and Cheltenham out to the Hill District in Pittsburgh and all in between. Part of our work is making sure that we talk to our communities about those items that are critical to us, and we're saying, 'Don't get distracted.' We have to make sure that we are getting folks jobs. We have to do our work, and I promise you, we're going to do our work. We're going to roll up our sleeves and do everything we have to, fighting against some folks who don't want any of this to happen. We're going to put the work in to make sure that we get the opportunities so that more folks can work in PennDOT who look like us, can contract with PennDOT, can work for the Department of General Services, Department of Health and Human Services, the Education Department, the School Districts, Philadelphia Streets Department, etc. We want to make sure that we get opportunities to (not only) bring more dollars into the Black community; we are going to make sure that we focus our collaborative efforts around keeping dollars within the Black community. When we do that, we also need to make sure that we don't lose the ur