February Statewide Call: Advocating for your Welfare Rights
Join us TONIGHT, February 18 at 7 PM ET. Zoom info below. Every third Wednesday of the month from 7-8 pm ET, Put People First! PA, a statewide, member-led, staff-free organization holds our Statewide Membership Call. This call is for active members, mobilizers, and anyone who is interested in finding out more about our Healthcare is a Human Right campaign and getting involved! This month’s call will be about advocating for your rights to Medicaid (welfare insurance) and SNAP (food stamps).
Did you know that if you have Medicaid or SNAP that you have rights if you are cut or denied?
In Put People First! PA we have learned through experience and struggle how to advocate for ourselves. We have a 93% success rate winning Medicaid appeals for our people! Folks always ask us if we have lawyers, but we have learned how to navigate the system ourselves! This is called “pro se” or self-advocacy healthcare and welfare lawyering. And YOU can learn it too.
Click here to join the call tonight:Â https://zoom.us/j/5483957623
Or to call in, Dial: 646 558 8656 (US Toll)
Then enter Meeting ID: 548 395 7623
New Video: Southeast PA Leader Robin shares Healthcare Story
On Thursday, January 22, Put People First! PA joined PASNAP (Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals) and other unions and community groups for the Forum to Save our Healthcare! Click here to see Robin share her story and how Put People First! PA is fighting back.
Nonviolent Medicaid Army National Call: Community Care
Join the Nonviolent Medicaid Army on our Monthly National Call, next Thursday, February 26 from 7 – 8 PM ET. This month’s topic is Community Care. We’ll discuss:
- How is community care different from self care?
- Why does community care have to be centered in our work of the poor organizing the poor?
- What is our approach to community care and how is it different from mutual aid or charity?
- What are our approaches to emotional and material support?
- What are the limits of community care and how does that connect to our building of power for the poor?
Register here: https://bit.ly/2026NVMANationalCall
“Hospitals in, ICE out! Housing in, ICE out!” Vigil in Southeast PA
On Friday, January 30, over a hundred community members gathered in Upper Darby, Delaware County for a peaceful vigil and protest to demand together that the government stop violent attacks on our communities and instead fund our basic needs like housing, hospitals, healthcare, food and public safety. Put People First! PA joined with MILPA – Movement of Immigrant Leaders in PA – the National Union of the Homeless, and a number of other Delaware County community organizations to shed light on the connection between attacks on our immigrant communities and attacks on the whole poor and dispossessed working class. Click here to see the photo report back of this powerful vigil!
NVMA March Saturday School of Struggle: Who are the Poor and Why Are We Poor?
Join the Nonviolent Medicaid Army for the March 2026 Saturday School of Struggle on Saturday, March 7 from 1 – 2:30 PM ET! Who are the Poor and Why are We Poor? Theories of Poverty and Theories of Change.
Register here: https://bit.ly/NVMAMarch2026SSoS
Regional Healthcare Rights Committee Meetings
Put People First! PA is organized into five regions: Southeast, Southwest, Central-Appalachia, South Central and Northeast. In each of these regions, members participate in twice a month meetings held by phone and online, organized around our healthcare struggles. If you’re new to Put People First! PA, attend a monthly Statewide Call or Saturday School or click here to contact any of the Coordinators listed to learn more.