Resist Assaults On Our Dignity
Food from Children, Healthcare from sick, Childcare from Families, Mass incarceration, Hate & Discrimination, Denial of Reproductive Rights.
Our Campaign / Is Underway
We started voter registration, have about 40 volunteers and are doing Harris rallies in Glenside and Germantown next weekend.
About / Art Haywood
Art was raised by his mother with his sister. She taught them the importance of hard work, educating and faith. Art started working at age 9 as a newspaper delivery boy. He is a graduate of Morehouse College, the London School of Economics and Michigan Law School. He married Julie and has three adult children. After practicing law for over 25 years he began work in politics and government from the inspiration of the 2008 Obama for president campaign. Prior to serving in the PA State Senate he was a member of the Cheltenham Board of Commissioners from 2009 to 2013.
01 / WHY VOTE FOR US
Art is a determined fighter for all people and has won many battles, committed to making Pennsylvania a place where everyone can live with dignity. He has secured $100 million in annual funding for affordable housing, $14 million for mobile, school, and community health clinics to increase access, and up to $100 million to remove lead from school drinking water. Additionally, he has reformed guardianship laws to better protect the most vulnerable. Art has also released key reports, including the State of Black PA Report, the ENOUGH report on harassment at state universities, and the Poverty Report, which addresses barriers to escaping poverty. His dedication has earned him recognition as Legislator of the Year by the Life Sciences Caucus and The Arc of PA, along with the Excellence Award from PHFA, the Economic Justice Award from the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, to name a few. He is married to Julie Haywood and is the proud father of three adult children Arthur, Olivia and Alexandra.
02 / JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN
Your energy to improve our community counts. Enlist now. Contact me at [email protected] . Thank you.
03 / WHY SUPPORT US
Art cannot do it alone. Art is still working to raise the minimum wage, address climate change, end discrimination based on gender identity, get guns out of the hands of dangerous people and more.
05 / JOIN UPCOMING EVENT
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Legislators to introduce bill to raise Pa. minimum wage from $7.25 to $15
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More than 9 million Americans are getting a raise on New Year’s Day as 21 states lift their minimum wage rate. Pennsylvania is not one of them. But a trio of state legislators say they hope to chang...