PA State Rep for the 186 District / Majority Chair @PA_HouseApprops @pahousedems/ ΦΒΣ / /G\ /M.Ed/ - just a guy from South Philly trying to make my momma proud!
Thanks to @CityAndStatePA for including me in their 2024 Black Trailblazers issue. I am humbled to be included among so many great leaders!
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Since he was 8 years I’ve tried to be a good role model, adviser, and godfather. Now, that 8 year old boy is a man and today becomes a husband. John, I’m very proud of the man you have become and I know you will be a great husband. Congrats to John and Jade💙 @millersvilleu
I'm honored and privileged to become the state representative of PA's 35th Legislative District!
Please click https://t.co/szPIYXJvjh to learn more about me and what I hope to accomplish in my new role.
A special moment from the 2025 Excellence Awards! Our keynote speaker, House Majority Appropriations Chairman @RepHarris, joined by PLAN, Inc. Executive Director Meredith Rapkin, Sharon Dietrich, @CLSphila Litigation Director, and Rhodia Thomas, @LegalMidpenn Executive Director.
What an inspiring evening at our 2025 Excellence Awards! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate this year's honorees, and especially to @RepHarris, whose powerful keynote address was a highlight of the night and a reminder of why this work is so vital.
Today we’re standing with @StartStrongPA to #fixchildcare in Pennsylvania.
Investing in the recruitment and retention of child care workers is an investment in PA’s future!
Thank you @PennMedicine & everyone who came out to the Tiffany Harris & Timmy Dowling Memorial Colorectal Cancer Awareness & Prevention Event hosted by myself and @RepHarris at @LozadaQuetcy's Thriving Together Expo
Thank you to the University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics for presenting me with the Elsie Hilliard Hillman Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Public Service!
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S. Weir Mitchell Elementary hosted a @Scholastic United States of Readers event! Nearly 800 students from Mitchell & G.W. Childs received free books, heard from @RepHarris and enjoyed a special presentation by award-winning author & Philly native Jamar Nicholas. #PHLed
We @Arnold_Ventures funded a pilot to bring a Nordic-style restorative justice model to a prison in PA and assess its impact. The question was whether it could work within a vastly different criminal justice system.
Initial results are so promising that PA is expanding the program to 3 more prisons. In the long run, reducing recidivism (currently at 64%) will likely determine its broader adoption. But already, it has become the safest and most sought-after unit for inmates and guards alike.
95% of state prisoners will eventually return to their communities. Prisons must do more to maximize the chance of successful reintegration. Productive programming and humane living conditions are a necessary component of that.
Pennsylvania State @RepBenWaxman asked the Department of the Corrections for updates on the Little Scandinavia Unit in SCI Chester, a humane approach to incarceration. The unit is modeled after prisons in Scandinavia, where they focus on safety, transparency, innovation and reintegration into society.
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This past weekend, I celebrated the historic, grand re-opening for the @NationalMAHSMus in the Mighty 2nd Council District!!!!!! I stood alongside my bro @RepHarris , community members and museum supporters to cut the ribbon to officially open the museum to the public... 1/