Testimonial 11

“The underfunding of the School District of Philadelphia, both overall and relative to neighboring counties, is one of the most serious challenges to social justice and quality of life in the city. While I am gratified by the University’s longstanding and robust engagement in local schools, the fact that the city’s largest employer and property holder does not directly contribute to tax revenue is a major impediment to improving public education in the city. With the combined impact of the Covid-19 crisis and heightened attention to racial injustice in the United States, now is the time for Penn to join our peer institutions in contributing to PILOTs.”

—Chenoa A. Flippen, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center