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In the News 2008
Resolution Calling
For Automated External Defilibrators for Recreation Centers
throughout the City of Philadelphia read
more>
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown Introduces Legislation
to Create a Professional Certification for Tour Operators,
Require Dentists to Install Amalgam Separators, & Make
City Buildings Silver-LEED Certified. read
more>
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown Introduces Legislation
for a Bike-Share Program, Philadelphia’s Creative
Economy, and Drop-Out Rate. read
more>
Legislation Passed To Disclose Mercury
in “Silver” Dental Fillings
Councilwoman
Blondell Reynolds Brown introduced bill (#040904) introduced
addressing the unforeseen side of “silver dental fillings.”
The bill is about the right to know, mercury is toxic, and
consumers being aware of their dental options. Dental fillings
are in fact 50% mercury, and are a source of mercury pollution
in Philadelphia’s water. “Consumers have the
right to know that silver fillings aren’t silver-they
are mainly mercury, and non-toxic alternatives like resin
should be considered,” Reynolds Brown stated. read
more>
In The News 2007
Inquiry sought in racial incident involving noose
December 13, 2007, Paul Solomon, who tearfully testified
in front of City Council last week that "his standard
of living is diminishing" because of the incident,
can't fight for himself, so Williams and other black leaders
and elected officials in Philadelphia will try to do it
for him. "People need to know that that type of crime
is equal to the type of crimes the district attorney should
investigate. The offender has a job someplace else, and
the victim is out of work and can't take care of his family,"
says Councilwoman Reynolds Brown." read
more>
CHOICE to honor Councilwoman At-Large Blondell Reynolds
Brown
November 12, 2007, Concern for Healthcare Options: Information,
Care and Education (CHOICE) has named Philadelphia Councilwoman
At-Large Blondell Reynolds Brown as its 2007 recipient of
the Louis Gerstley, III, MD, Community Health Advocate of
the Year Award.
Now in its third year,
the Gerstley award honor is presented to an individual who
carries on Dr. Gerstley’s praiseworthy advocacy on
behalf of those in need of information, care and education
in the realms of reproductive, sexual and/or community health.
read
more>
Park Change
September 20, 2007, City Councilmembers Darrell Clarke and
Blondell Reynolds Brown could authorize a bill that would
ultimately dissolve the current commission and create a
board of overseers to be appointed by the mayor with guidance
from Council. read
more>
Grandparents are the rock
by Karen C. Buck, Michael Vogel and Blondell Reynolds
Brown
In Philadelphia alone, one in six children, more than 60,000,
are being raised by a relative, often a grandparent. Statewide,
over 80,000 grandparents, from their 40s to their 80s and
90s, are successfully raising and parenting grandchildren,
while more than six million children are being raised in
households headed by grandparents across the country. An
estimated 2.5 million children are in households without
any parent at all. This phenomenon of kinship care cuts
across all racial, economic and geographic lines. read
more>
It's
A Man's World: In Recent Years, Only One Woman Has Joined
the Club - June 22, 2007
In last month's primary election, there were only two women
in the field of 19 at-large Democratic City Council candidates,
and only one had a chance to win.That was incumbent Councilwoman
Blondell Reynolds Brown. "I call it 'walking on a tightrope
backward with heels on,' " said Brown, on the challenge
of running for citywide office as a mother.
Is City Failing Its Youth? - June 19, 2007
The mayor last year cracked down on truancy and curfew violations
in response to youth violence. The effect of those and many
other efforts will be reviewed in future report cards, which
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown said will continue
to be funded after Street leaves office next January.
Mayor Releases Annual Report Card Findings - June 19.,
2007
Mayor Street states, "Perhaps the most encouraging
new development this year was City Council’s unanimous
vote to institutionalize the annual publication of the report
card, meaning that it will live on beyond this and future
mayoral administrations. We owe a special debt of gratitude
to Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown for sponsoring the
resolution that will preserve this important accountability
tool for generations to come.”
Councilwoman
Reynolds Brown Judges the 2nd Annual Urban Idol Competition
On Thursday, August 9th, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds
Brown, Chair of The City Council Committee on Parks, Recreation
and Cultural Affairs helped to select the 2nd Annual Urban
Idol Winner, Starr Bonilla, of Water Tower Recreation Center
at the Urban Idol Final Competition, held at the Dell East.
It's
A Man's World: In Recent Years, Only One Woman Has Joined
the Club
June 22, 2007
In last month's primary election, there were only two women
in the field of 19 at-large Democratic City Council candidates,
and only one had a chance to win.That was incumbent Councilwoman
Blondell Reynolds Brown. "I call it 'walking on a tightrope
backward with heels on,' " said Brown, on the challenge
of running for citywide office as a mother.
Is City Failing Its Youth?
- June 19, 2007
The mayor last year cracked down on truancy and curfew violations
in response to youth violence. The effect of those and many
other efforts will be reviewed in future report cards, which
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown said will continue
to be funded after Street leaves office next January.
Mayor Releases Annual Report Card Findings
Philadelphia Safe and Sound - June 19., 2007
Mayor Street states, "Perhaps the most encouraging
new development this year was City Council’s unanimous
vote to institutionalize the annual publication of the report
card, meaning that it will live on beyond this and future
mayoral administrations. We owe a special debt of gratitude
to Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown for sponsoring the
resolution that will preserve this important accountability
tool for generations to come.”
Council recess provides time to work out Fairmount
structure. METRO - June 15, 2007
Reynolds Brown states that "she’s encouraged
that the parks activists are ready to work with her and
Clarke to get the charter change question on the ballot."
City
Council Amends Park Reform Bill Today -
June 14, 2007
Mayor
Street Urges School $ and Council Complies
Philadelphia Daily News - June 8, 2007
Councilwoman Reynolds Brown, sponsor of the funding amendment,
said she hoped the city's action would be repeated by the
state.
With more
than a 100 attendees the business roundtable, Navigating
The Procurement Web Of The Philadelphia Creative Economy
was a success - June 8, 2007
Philadelphia
City Council Unanimously apporves resolution instituionalizing
the City's Annual Children's Report Card - May 10, 2007
Working
to Abolish Mercury Dental Fillings: Councilwoman
Adresses "Unforeseen Side of Mercury"
- April 25, 2007
Philadelphia City Council
to Support Paid Sick Days via Healthy Family, Healthy Workplace
Resolution, Championed by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds-Brown
Councilwoman
Reynolds Brown is proposing an ordinance that would require
tour guides to pass a test and be licensed -
Spring 2007
Minors
to Adhere to Summer Curfew Hours
In May 2006, the Honorable
Blondell Reynolds Brown introduced legislation in City Council
to strengthen the curfew law for minors ages 13 and under.
Reynolds Brown and co-sponsors of the bill (Councilmember’s
Clarke, DiCicco, Kenney, & Reed-Miller) acknowledge
the rise of violence among youth, which has had a traumatic
effect on our communities. The Mayor is proposing the establishment
of Youth Curfew Centers in several troubled areas aroundthe
City under the alarming use of crime.
Councilwoman
Reynolds Brown hosts Youth Rally Commission Ballot Question
- May 9, 2007
Citizens
in Southwest Philadelphia Help 'Groceries for Guns' Reach
1,066 Firearms. Fattah, Reynolds Brown Initiative Gets Firearms
Off the Streets
Marketwatch - April 28, 2007
Vote
"YES" Youth Commission
Philadelphia Daily News - April 27, 2007
Unforeseen
Side of Mercury
Op/Ed by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown
April 25, 2007
Chinese
New Year Spectacular - View Video
Special Committee on Gender Parity Created
Councilwoman
Reynolds Brown creates City Council’s Committee on
Gender Parity which will investigate and explore expanding
opportunities for working women.
Bill
Asks for Food Data
Topix - March 1, 2007
Councilwoman
At-Large Reynolds Brown to Defend Seat
The Evening Bulletin - February 2007
Groceries
for Guns
The Public Record - January 15, 2007
Resolved:
That each of us help a youngster find the way
The Philadelphia Inquirer - January 2007
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