Testimonial 1

“In these extraordinarily hard times for our city and its public education system, we ask Penn to contribute to closing the gap in opportunities afforded to rich and poor families and students in Philadelphia. We ask Penn to create an Educational Equity Fund governed by the school district and the city of Philadelphia. The fund would help the schools meet urgent needs such as removing lead and asbestos from buildings. In the short term, the fund would also help afford the extra cleaning and safety measures necessary to make teaching in the midst of the pandemic as safe as possible for our school district students' and teachers. In other words, Penn would help bring to the larger local community the safety standards it is prudently applying to its own students, faculty, and staff.”

—Tulia Falleti, Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Political Science and Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program.