Pa. election 2024: Dates to watch What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? Let us know. Activist and canvasser Colette White opened a low iron gate and rapped her knuckles on the front door of a row home in Northwest Philadelphia.
A woman slowly opened the interior screen door. “Hi, how are you? I’m Colette. I’m from Positive Women’s Network ,” White said.
“Are you familiar with the safe syringe program?” The woman at the door quickly confirmed that yes, as a nurse, she knew about Philadelphia programs, which distribute clean needles to people who use drugs and collect used ones. The practice has been shown to reduce new cases of HIV, hepatitis C and other infections, but Mayor Cherelle Parker eliminated city funding for local programs in this year’s fiscal budget. “So we, Positive Women’s Network, want to go back to City Hall and tell City Council to reinstate the funding,” White explained and gestured to a digital petition.
“We can add your name?” Activist Colette White knocks on doors in Northwest Philadelphia on Wed., Oct. 23, as a canvasser with Positive Women’s Network.
(Nicole Leonard/WHYY) White and other canvassers with the Positive Women’s Network, Pennsylvania chapter are hitting the streets and going door-to-door in Philly’s 11th, 16th and 38th wards to get registered voters thinking about health care issues ahead of Election Day . Their effort is not just about health.