ASAP is excited to highlight the people, the stakeholders, the change makers in our community. This spring, we are excited to name Councilmember Isaiah Thomas ASAP’s After School Champion.
ASAP Champion
When it comes to ensuring out-of-school time is part of the City’s gun violence solution, City Councilmember-At-Large Isaiah Thomas not only talks the talk but walks the walk. Thanks in no small part to Thomas’s follow-through, ASAP landed a spot in the City’s 2022-23 budget.
“It’s important that we invest in prevention-based initiatives. We want to continue to invest in programs like ASAP’s to make sure our young people stay positive and keep our city safe. As long as ASAP continues to invest in our children, we on City Council will continue to meet halfway.”
-Isaiah Thomas, City Councilmember, 17th Annual PECO-ASAP Checkmate Violence Chess Marathon
Most recently, Councilmember Thomas spoke at both ASAP Debate’s High School League Finals event (April), and the ASAP Chess FlagFest (May). Both were the final events of the school year for Debate and Chess! Notably, Councilmember Thomas presented the check from the City of Philadelphia to ASAP.
After School Against Gun Violence
If you’d like to learn more about Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic and how ASAP is partnering with folks like Councilmember Thomas to ensure after school activities stay part of the City’s solution to gun violence, keeping our children safe when the school bell rings, click the button below.