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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.
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Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown Introduces Legislation for a Bike-Share Program, Philadelphia’s Creative Economy, and Drop-Out Rate.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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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