Seeking Balance:
Fairness in Educational Funding
​in Pennsylvania

​Join us for this six-part forum to learn more about inequities in educational funding in PA.

Dynamic experts in various dimensions of educational funding will lead this forum to inform and spark dialogue in our community, addressing the unfair funding policies that support systemic racism and economic disparities in education in Pennsylvania. 

If you missed a presentation, scroll down! We'll be posting the videos from each week at the bottom of this page.
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Organized by a coalition of Pottstown area faith communities:
First Baptist Church of Pottstown
Zion's United Church of Christ
First Presbyterian Church
Trinity Reformed Church of Pottstown
​Bethel Community Church
Congregation Hesed Shel Emet​

Feb 21st at 4:15pm   David Mosenkis, POWER Interfaith
Feb 28th at 4:15pm  Stephen Rodriguez, Superintendent of Schools, Pottstown School District
Mar 7th at 4:15pm   Dr. Myra Forrest, Education Advocate, Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation
Mar 14th at 4:15pm  Laura Johnson, Pottstown SD Board of Directors, Co-founder of Pennsylvanians for Fair Funding
Mar 21st at 4:15pm   Joe Ciresi, State Representative for the 146th District &
                              Wendi Thomas, State Representative for the 178th District
Apr 11th at 4:15pm   A Call to Action: Where Do We Go from Here?

​Click here to join the forum on Zoom at https://ministrelife.zoom.us/j/93862003402

Or, use Meeting ID: 938 6200 3402

Sunday, February 28th at 4:15pm
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Stephen Rodriguez, Superintendent of Schools for the Pottstown School District, will discuss the role of taxation in educational funding in Pennsylvania in general and Pottstown in particular.

Sunday, March 7th at 4:15pm

Dr. Myra Forrest, Education Advocate for the Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation, will discuss the call to action sent to Pennsylvania legislators to address inequities in educational funding. These inequities will be illuminated in a case study of the Pottstown School District.

Sunday, March 14th at 4:15pm
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Laura Johnson, Pottstown School District Board of Directors and Co-founder of Pennsylvanians for Fair Funding, will discuss how inequitable education funding affects every aspect of our community, from students not receiving the same educational opportunities as their neighbors, to undercutting the economic outlook for families, to depressing community morale. She will also talk about the advocacy efforts of Pennsylvanians for Fair Funding, a statewide grassroots coalition which started here in Pottstown.

Sunday, March 21st at 4:15pm

Joe Ciresi, PA State Representative from the 146th District, and Wendi Thomas, PA State Representative from the 178th District, will join us to provide insight into the legislative process for educational funding in Pennsylvania.

Joe Cireci will specifically talk about his role on the PA House Education Committee.

Sunday, April 11th at 4:15pm

A Call to Action: Where do we go from here?

Join us for the final week of the Seeking Balance forum. This community conversation will focus on how we can answer this call to seek fairness in educational funding in Pennsylvania. 

Would you like to see David Mosenkis' presentation from Sunday, February 21st?

Please take a moment to view the recording of his presentation and the community conversation that followed.
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​David Mosenkis of POWER Interfaith discussed how Pennsylvania's public school funding system is among the most inequitable in the country, and how it got that way.

You can view the slides from David's presentation by clicking here.
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