Philadelphia Federation of Teachers

PFT President Jerry Jordan on the Deadly White Supremacist Terrorist Attack in Buffalo

PRESS RELEASE

May 15, 2022

"It should horrify and shock any person of conscience that once again, a white supremacist with access to guns targeted and terrorized a predominantly Black community, and in his racist massacre took ten innocent lives—the lives of Buffalo community members shopping for groceries on a Saturday afternoon.

"This monstrous act of terrorism is another devastating reminder of the inherent danger of being Black in America.

PFT Joins "No More Excuses" Rally at FS Key School

May 12, 2022

PFT President Jerry Jordan at the "No More Excuses" rally at FS Key School:

On March 29, 2019, so many of us here today stood outside this very school, the oldest school building operating in the school district of Philadelphia, to launch the Fund Our Facilities Coalition.