Today at noon in the caucus room at City Hall (room 401)

Health Care For America Now

and The City Council of Philadelphia

are holding a press conference to kick off our

Be There For Health Care Campaign

On November 6, City Council, at the behest of Majority Leader Marion Tasco, unanimously passed a resolution urging “President-elect Obama to visit Philadelphia, during the month of January 2009, to address the people of Philadelphia by informing citizens how we can help him realize the promise of affordable and accessible health care for all.”

The Be There For Health Care campaign is asking people of the Greater Philadelphia region to commit themselves to work with President-elect Obama for health care reform in 2009.

Over twenty five progressive organizations will attending the kick-off press confernce and contacting their members and asking them to join in Council’s invitation to President-elect Obama, to seek Senator Specter’s for support quality, affordable health care for all, and to invite their friends and neighbors to join the campaign. The online sign-on tool can be found at www.hcanpa.org

Come join us. And sign on to our campaign at www.hcapa.org

Sponsored by Philadelphia City Council and Health Care for America Now and its partners: ACORN, Asian Americans United, CLUW-Philadelphia Chapter, City of Philadelphia Consumer Affairs Department, Disabled in Action, GGCC-IBT Local 14-M, Institute for the Study of Civic Values, JSPAN, Jewish Labor Committee, Jobs with Justice, National Physicians Alliance, Neighborhood Interfaith Movement, Penn Action, Penn PIRG Pennsylvania Health Access Network, Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth, Philadelphia NOW, Philadelphia Student Union, Philadelphia Unemployment Project, Philly For Change, Raise of Hope, SEIU, TURN, UFCW Local 1776, Women’s Community Revitalization Project and other groups joining every day.