Greg Edwards
Greg Edwards ran for congress in Pennsylvania's 15th district in 2017.[1]
Lehigh County must do more to keep people out of the court system and jails
Op-Ed in the Morning Call October 16, 2021:
- More must be done to keep citizens out of the court system and jails for petty crimes such as drug possession. Doing so will help low-level offenders — disproportionately poor, young people of color — avoid the stigma of conviction and trauma of incarceration, while saving huge sums of taxpayer dollars.
- County Commissioner David Harrington reports that courts and corrections cost the county $70 million annually. With 4,486 criminal cases in 2019 — that’s over $15,000 per case.
- Lehigh County’s practices in this area, known as “diversion,” need to be studied and updated to reflect new innovations. A self-reporting survey does not demonstrate success and can often be misleading.
This op-ed is endorsed by Power-Lehigh Valley Committee to End Mass Incarceration, Pastor Greg Edwards, Dan Falco, Sharon Finnegan, Susan Jordhamo, Lark Kurtz, the Ortiz Ark Foundation, Oscar F. Ortiz, Jessica Lee Ortiz and Enid Santiago, Jennifer Swann, Maureen Simonetta, Robert Walden, Edith Ward, Ettore Angelo and SELF of the Lehigh Valley.[2]
Free College Online Forum November 2017
Pennsylvania Student Power Network hosted an online forum for promoting "Free College for All". From Facebook:[3]
- "Tonight: Free College for All online forum with Rep. Maureen Madden, Summer Lee for State Rep, Erie Council Chair Jay Breneman, Greg Edwards for Congress, and more!"
Spring 2018 Endorsements
Keystone Progress 2018 endorsements. US House
- CD 1 Scott Wallace
- CD 7 Greg Edwards
- CD 10 Shavonnia Corbin-Johnson
- CD 11 Jess King
- CD 16 Chris Rieger
Collective PAC
Launched in August of 2016, the Collective PAC is backing several candidates in 2018, including Greg Edwards PA (7) [4]
Justice Democrats
Greg Edwards PA 07 was endorsed by Justice Democrats for 2018.
Common Defense endorsement
Common Defense endorsed Greg Edwards for Congress in 2018.
DSA backing 2018
LILAC - Philly DSA shared a post. May 13 at 8:56pm.
- LILAC folks with interest in electoral stuff: Philly DSA's own James Cersonsky is organizing folks to knock on doors for a great candidate in Allentown. Let him know if you're interested or if you know of Allentown folks that would like to be involved.
Endorsed Edwards
January 2018 Adanjesus Marin of Reading, was director of Make the Road Pennsylvania, The group's political arm endorsed Greg Edwards in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District.,[5]
WFP backing
Circa April 2018, Working Families Party State Committee Member Adanjesus Marín’s powerful speech introducing Greg Edwards.
