Jamie's Put People First! PA Year End Fundraiser

I am part of Put People First! PA. We are an organization of everyday people from across PA uniting to secure healthcare for ourselves and everyone else!   Our organization is 12 years old, and we are completely member-led and staff free.

I've been a member of PPF-PA since 2014! For the past decade, this organization has been my political home, my community, and a driving purpose in my life. Every day, I am grateful to be building this organization with countless others in my home state of Pennsylvania, organizing poor and working class people to demand our basic needs - like healthcare - be human rights.

We’ve just completed a powerful year of organizing in the wake of the bi-partisan Medicaid purge that has resulted in more than 25 million Americans losing their healthcare since April 1, 2023 - including almost 900,000 here in Pennsylvania. Here are just 3 of our achievements and milestones from 2024:

• A bill to restore the adult dental benefit in Medicaid passed the PA House. We are advocating to make sure that working class people in our state can keep as many of their teeth as possible and get the dental care we all need and deserve.
• We hosted 50 leaders from 10 states in the Nonviolent Medicaid Army network we founded for an organizing exchange in the Central-Appalachia region that included People’s History, cultural sharing and training in base building and organizing conversations.  Teams of 10-15 leaders knocked doors and had hundreds of politically independent organizing conversations about the interconnected crises of health, housing and the economy across Washington, Cambria, Blair and Lawrence counties.
• We assisted people across Pennsylvania to appeal their Medicaid cut-offs. Our success rate in helping people keep their Medicaid is 93% compared to the state’s rate of less than 1%.
• Philadelphia City Council passed a resolution in support of our proposal for a Public Healthcare Advocate in Pennsylvania!  

Every year, we conduct a year-end fundraising drive. Last year we collectively raised over 50k. 

I understand things are economically challenging for many of us, but if you're interested and have a little to share, please consider making a contribution!

United Workers in Maryland is our fiscal sponsor.