Our next meeting will focus on the U.S. Census.

When: January 9, 2010 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Where: Generations of the Indian Valley, 259 N Second St, Souderton, PA 18964

We will have Rep. Steve Malagari attending, a speaker from the county, and the Census Bureau to educate us on the facts. We will also have a job fair. 

An accurate census count is essential for our community. It not only determines the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives for each state, but the data is also used to distribute billions in federal dollars to local communities. We need to make sure each and every one in our community is properly counted. Please come out to get the facts and help to reach out to ALL members of our community!

By the way, the Census Bureau increased the salary to $27 an hour. And above if census takers work after 6pm or weekends. Learn more here: https://2020census.gov/en/jobs.html

This year gave us and others hope. Hope that we can end the one-party system in the Indian Valley. Hope to get equal representation locally and in Pennsylvania. Hope that we can bring our country back to a civilized and fact-based reality. There is still a lot to do but with your help, we can accomplish these objectives.

We want to celebrate our third year as Indivisible HOPE by reflecting on the past year and anticipation of the year we have been waiting for so long: 2020!

Please join us for an evening over a glass of wine and finger foods. Please bring your favorite finger food to share and we will bring the wine.

When: December 12, 2019, at 7 pm
Where: Generations of Indian Valley, 259 N. Second Street, Souderton, PA 18964
Note: This is our new location!

It is no longer an option not to vote in an off year election in our country! We have learned the hard way what happens when we stay home and let others determine our future. Shape your world or someone else will!

As you have followed our page and attended our meetings, you have hopefully learned that the decisions of local elected officials have a direct influence on our day-to-day lives. It could be a full day of kindergarten for your child or the bridge you need to cross every morning to go to work, the open spaces and parks you enjoy, or the property tax you have to pay.
Come and learn what local and countywide candidates propose and what they want to achieve.

October 10, 2019 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
at Peter Becker Community, 815 Maplewood Drive, Harleysville, PA 19438

Indivisible HOPEand Indian Valley Democrats partner once again to introduce local and MontCo Democratic candidates right before the Primaries on May 21:

The meeting is on May 9th, 2019 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm 
at Peter Becker Community, 815 Maplewood Drive, Harleysville, PA 19438 

Meet:
+ Val Arkoosh, Chair of Commissioners
+ Ken Lawrence, Commissioner
+ Jeanne Sorg, Recorder of Deeds
+ Noah Marlier, Prothonotary
+ Virgil Walker, Judge of Common Pleas
+ Henry Hilles, Judge of Common Pleas
+ Julie Munden, Souderton Borough Council
+ Nate Miller, Souderton Borough Council
+ Chelsea Camson, School Board, SASD
+ Bennett Brigaman, School Board, SASD
+ Kevin Shelly, Lower Salford Township Supervisor
+ Bruce Rhoades, Lower Salford Township Supervisor
+ Nicole Spiese, Telford Borough Council
+ Dennis Erb, Upper Salford Township Supervisor

hear them talk, ask questions, and enjoy a conversation afterward with a glass of wine.

Invite to our April meeting on

April 11, 2019, from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. 
at Peter Becker Community, 815 Maplewood Drive, Harleysville, PA 19438  

What is Pennsylvania’s agenda for women and why it is important for both, women and men? Two State Legislators and the Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project discuss obstacles and opportunities for women and men.
According to UNICEF, gender equality “means that women and men, and girls and boys, enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities, and protections. It does not require that girls and boys, or women and men, be the same, or that they are treated exactly alike”.

Speakers are:

• Mary Jo Daley, Pennsylvania State Representative 148th district
• Morgan Cephas, Pennsylvania State Representative, 192th distict
• Carol E Tracy, Attorney and Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project

CAROL E TRACY, Attorney and Executive Director of the Women’s Law Project

Carol has been working to advance women’s rights for the past thirty years.  In 1990, she became the Executive Director for the Women’s Law Project, where she has presided over major legal victories in the areas of discrimination in employment, education, athletics, welfare, and reproductive rights.

Her recent work has focused on improving institutional response to violence against women.  Carol is a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and the Bryn Mawr School of Social Research.  She has served on numerous boards of non-profit agencies in Philadelphia, is active in the public interest legal community, is the recipient of many awards and honors, and is frequently featured in local and national media.  In June 2017, she was the recipient of the Sandra Day O’Connor Award, a prestigious award that recognizes legal work in advancing the rights of women and girls.  Carol is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned her law degree from Temple University School of Law.

MARY JO DALEY, Pennsylvania State Representative 148th District since 2013

Mary Jo serves on the House Ethics, Environmental Resources, and Energy Finance and Health committees.  She also serves as Democratic House chair of Women’s Health Caucus.  Pennsylvania was second to last, only behind Mississippi, in electing women, and so Mary Jo and her colleague Rep. Tina Davis co-founded “Emerge Pennsylvania”.  Emerge Pennsylvania is changing the face of PA politics by identifying, training and encouraging women to run for office, get elected and to seek higher office.

Mary Jo and her husband live in Naberth.  She has an AS degree from Gwynedd Mercy College, BBA from Wharton School and MPA from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.  In 1992 she was elected to serve on Narberth Borough Council.  For twenty years she served as a member of the council, eight years as the “lone” Democrat and 10 years as the Council President.

MORGAN CEPHAS, Pennsylvania State Representative, 192th District, Philadelphia County

Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2017 to date.  Her committee assignments are: Aging and Older Adults Services, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Appropriations and Labor and Industry.  On March 1, 2019, she also started her new role as deputy Democratic Caucus chair for the 2019-2020 legislative session.

Prior to her joining the legislature, Morgan served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to 4th District Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. in Philadelphia after she graduated with a degree in political science from the University of Virginia in 2006.  As Deputy Chief of Staff, Morgan helped ensure the families in the district were able to live, work and play in thriving neighborhoods. Morgan serves on the Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission for Women. Recently, Morgan has been the recipient of several awards, including being named one of The Philadelphia Tribune Magazine’s “10 Under 40 to Watch in 2016”.

March 14, 2019 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM

Peter Becker Community, 815 Maplewood Drive, Harleysville, PA 19438

Indivisible HOPE co-hosts this event with
Orange Wave for Gun Safety to talk about what we have already accomplished and what needs to be improved to save lives.
Speakers are:

• Movita Johnson-Harrell, candidate for State House and founder of the Charles Foundation
• Elizabeth Lee and Gitana Wasserman from Orange Wave for Gun Safety
• Montgomery County Sheriff Sean Kilkenny

Orange Wave – For Gun Safetyis a grassroots organization based in Pennsylvania working to elect representatives who will introduce, sponsor, and support legislation designed to prevent and reduce gun violence.

Movita Johnson Harrell is a wife, mother and grandmother. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School for Social Justice and Social Policy where she earned her masters of social work. For over two decades Movita has advocated for marginalized communities.

Movita is the founder of The CHARLES Foundation (Creating Healthy Alternatives Results in Less Emotional Suffering). The CHARLES Foundation was created in memory of Charles Andre’ Johnson, Movita’s youngest child of four. On January 13th, 2011 Charles, 18 years old, died of fatal gunshot wounds.

Movita has worked nationally to organize to fight gun violence and to educate on and support gun violence prevention legislation. January 2018 Movita was appointed as the Supervisor for Victim and Witness Services at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office by District Attorney Larry Krasner. Movita is candidate for state representative in the HD 190’s special election on March 12, 2019. 

Sean P. Kilkenny was elected in 2015 as the Sheriff of Montgomery County, the third largest county in the Commonwealth. He is a long-serving member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps and the son of a police officer.

Kilkenny served his country as an officer in both the active duty U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve for more than two decades. Now a retired lieutenant colonel, he began his military career as a paratrooper and federal prosecutor in the Judge Advocate General Corps. He has served in Iraq, Kosova, Bosnia, and South Korea. He is currently assigned as the Staff Judge Advocate to the 94^th Training Division in Fort Lee, Virginia. He completed an elite program at the U.S. Army War College and earned a master’s degree in strategic studies.

What is the role of faith in politics and how much influence should it have? 

The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” However, the phrase “separation of church and state” itself does not appear in the United States Constitution. Faith and religion clearly have an influence in politics but how much influence should it have?

We will have three panelists, from a Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faith background to talk about their perspective:

• Kerry Hasler-Brooks, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Messiah College, Grantham PA.
• Rabbi Jason Bonner, Congregation Beth Or, Maple Glen
• Rubina Tareen, Chaplin, Alvernia University, Reading, PA

When: February 14, 2018 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Where: Peter Becker Community, 
at Maplewood Estates Main Building, 815 Maplewood Drive, Harleysville, PA 19438