Media Gallery – 2025

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2025

A diverse crowd gathers on a rainy Tuesday in support of PA’s schoolchildren.

PA Schools Work rally, PA Capitol steps, Harrisburg, 5/13/25

These two new friends of PPC are posing with our favorite “fat cat,” Mr. Riggs.

Bernie Sanders-led rally, Farm Show building, Harrisburg, 5/2/25

Wearing his “Tax the Rich” hat, PPC campaigns director Dwayne Heisler hangs out with “fat cat” Mr. Riggs and these two friends of PPC.

Bernie Sanders-led rally, Farm Show building, Harrisburg, 5/2/25

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Thousands of Philadelphians / Pennsylvanians gather outside of City Hall to hear Senator Bernie Sanders speak.

Bernie Sanders-led rally, City Hall, Philadephia, 5/2/25

“Fascism Is Here”

“Union busting is disgusting!”

Bernie Sanders-led rally, City Hall, Philadephia, 5/2/25

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The crowd watches Senator Bernie Sanders speak.

Bernie Sanders-led rally, City Hall, Philadelphia, 5/1/25

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PPC’s outreach and partnerships director Jeff Garis holds up our QR code so people can easily sign our petition to fight the Trump agenda.

Bernie Sanders-led rally, City Hall, Philadelphia, 5/1/25

PPC executive director Marc Stier states that it’s critical for Rep. Rob Bresnahan to vote NO on cutting Medicaid and SNAP.

What Will Rob Bresnahan Do? press conference, Wilkes-Barre, 4/25/25

PA representative Eddie Day Pashinski speaks to crowd about how critical Medicaid and SNAP are, not only to people but also to local economies.

What Will Rob Bresnahan Do? press conference, Wilkes-Barre, 4/25/25

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Pro-Trump/pro-Bresnahan supporters brought this with them when they came to protest the press conference.

What Will Rob Bresnahan Do? press conference, Wilkes-Barre, 4/25/25

PPC executive director Marc Stier records a conversation with pro-Trump protester Dwayne McDivitt.

What Will Rob Bresnahan Do? press conference, Wilkes-Barre, 4/25/25

50501 organizing tent

No Kings rally, Harrisburg, 4/19/25

Protestors make their case.

No Kings rally, Bloomsburg, 4/19/25

“Hate never made any nation great.”

No Kings rally, Bloomsburg, 4/19/25

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Protesters in front of the PA Capitol building.

No Kings rally, Harrisburg, 4/19/25

“Hands off Social Security.”

No Kings rally, Bloomsburg, 4/19/25

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“Unpaid protester: We hate him for free.”

No Kings rally, Bloomsburg, 4/19/25

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“I am stealing from you.”

No Kings rally, Bloomsburg, 4/19/25

“Not my president.”

No Kings rally, Scranton, 4/19/25

“Stop deadly Trump cuts.”

Tax Day rally, Bloomsburg, 4/15/25

“Food is a human right, hands off SNAP.”

Tax Day rally, Bloomsburg, 4/15/25

“Bucks families pay, while Trump plays.”

Tax Day rally, Bucks County, 4/15/25

“Tax the rich.”

Tax Day rally, Bloomsburg, 4/15/255

“Hands off Social Security Medicare.”

Tax Day rally, Bucks County, 4/15/25

“It’s so bad, introverts are here.”

Tax Day rally, Bloomsburg, 4/15/25

“Fitz has got to go!”

Tax Day rally, Bloomsburg, 4/15/25

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“Protect all Americans, not billionaire fascists.”

Tax Day rally, Bucks County, 4/15/25

Keynote speaker Senator Bob Casey, Jr. makes an impassioned speech about fighting the Trump administration’s cuts, which would take away many Pennsylvanians’ access to health care and food aid.

Federal Fightback Summit 2025, Harrisburg University, Harrisburg, 3/26/25

50501 organizer Cristin Wormuth: “As a social worker, I see firsthand how vital federal funding is for the programs that protect the most vulnerable.”

Federal Fightback Summit 2025, PA Capitol media room, Harrisburg, 3/26/25

Representative Chris Rabb speaks at the press conference.

Federal Fightback Summit 2025, Harrisburg University, Harrisburg, 3/26/25

Rebecca MacTaggart, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS) and United Spinal Association of Pittsburgh, describes what Medicaid has provided for her son, who got a spinal injury when he was 15.

Federal Fightback Summit 2025, Harrisburg University, Harrisburg, 3/26/25

Robin Sampson is an advocate, a mom, and a caregiver to her mother, who has Parkinson’s diesease. She depends on Medicaid for her mother’s needs.

Federal Fightback Summit 2025, PA Capitol media room, Harrisburg, 3/26/25

Representative Dwight Evans speaks at the press conference.

Federal Fightback Summit 2025, PA Capitol media room, Harrisburg, 3/26/25

Penn Policy Center campaigns director Dwayne Heisler speaks at the press conference.

Federal Fightback Summit 2025, PA Capitol media room, Harrisburg, 3/26/25

Penn Policy Center’s C.O.O. Levana Layendecker talks about PPC and Pennsylvanians Together’s work since the presidential election.

Federal Fightback Summit 2025, Harrisburg University, Harrisburg, 3/26/25

A Jeff Garis selfie

Pennsylvania Policy Center in-person staff meeting, Pursuit Co-working, Harrisburg, 3/25/25

Representative Mary Gay Scanlon and attendees discuss the Trump cuts’ threat to Pennsylvania, namely Medicaid, public education, and a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall.

Community Conversation, 3/19/25

(L–R) Adrienne Standley, Castin Stone, Levana Layendecker, Kirstin Snow, Marc Stier, Erica Freeman, Mark Shaffer, and Dwayne Heisler

Pennsylvania Policy Center in-person staff meeting, Pursuit Co-working, Harrisburg, 3/25/25