Congressman Chaka Fattah

Three local nonprofit organizations are the beneficiaries of AmeriCorps grants totaling $3.4 million dollars. Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and a leading advocate of programs for young people who commit themselves to national service made the announcement saying more than 600 AmeriCorps members will be supported by the grants. These grants are the result of the 2012 AmeriCorps State and National funding competition and advance the...Read Full Story

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), whose college readiness programs have prepared millions of young people for higher education, will keynote the GEAR UP and AVID end-of-year event at Temple University's Student Center, 1755 N. 13th St., on Wed., May 30, at 10:30 a.m. Fattah, creator of Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), the largest pre-college awareness program in the nation, will address 350 students from 30 schools across the city. The sixth-through...Read Full Story

Representative Chaka Fattah (D-PA), explains why he is challenging Facebook to set aside a portion of its shares for purchase by nonprofits and foundations other than elite investors. Next >Read Full Story

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Sphere: Related Content Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's backing Senator Hillary Clinton for president over Barack Obama. But that's not stopped him from predicting that Obama will be the 44th President of the United States. Read this from Ben Waxman's blog:Nutter, Brady, Fattah, and Knox all appeared at a mayoral forum at Central High School in Philadelphia. They were asked to predict who the next president would be. Here is Nutter's answer:The...Read Full Story

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Monday criticized the lack of minority participation in the government's financial bailouts and suggested that President Barack Obama isn't doing much better than his predecessor to ensure diversity.Giving Obama some leeway with only two months in office, the lawmakers voiced their concerns during an all-day summit on Capitol Hill that drew several hundred minority- and female-owned business leaders to hear guidance from federal officials such as...Read Full Story