Like the early returns on election night, the First 100 Days will be the subject of great interest and speculation. Nor have early difficulties necessarily doomed a presidency to failure or mediocrity. Success in the First 100 Days, however, has never meant a guarantee of success later. Roosevelt used his first three months in office to lay the foundations of the New Deal, the First 100 Days have been seen as a unique moment-the new president's first and perhaps best chance to reshape the nation according to his own agenda and vision. Ever since 1933, when President Franklin D. Use the maps below (or this free tool) to learn what U.S.Just How Critical Are the First 100 Days?Įvery journey starts with a single step, and every presidency begins with the First 100 Days. House of Representatives are based on smaller districts of the state, so depending on where you live in Philadelphia you have one of the following three Representatives. And they are:Ĭontact: Who represents your interests in the U.S. No matter where you live in the state of Pennsylvania, you have two senators representing you in the U.S. Hold Your Federal Representatives Accountable by Staying in Contact You can also contact President Joe Biden online, or call the White House switchboard at 20 or the comments line at 20 during business hours. Make a calendar invite for yourself to help remind you! Make a plan to contact your congresspeople either weekly or monthly to check in on the status of the issues you care about. If you don’t live in Philadelphia, you can find those resources for other areas here. senators and representatives who represent people in Philadelphia. Yes, contacting your congresspeople and the White House directly do help to push them into action, especially when more of us regularly reach out to demand action on the issues we care about!īelow, we’ve outlined the three best ways you can contact the U.S. And that’s where you can help by staying in regular contact with President Joe Biden’s White House, your representative in the House of Representatives, and your senators in the Senate. They’ll need the help of our two legislative bodies in Congress to enact any lasting change. President Biden and Vice President Harris can’t accomplish things alone. As Vice President Kamala Harris recently said in an interview, the word multitasking is in the English language for a reason.ĭownload These Designs (11x17) Download These Designs (8.5x 11) Hold Your Federal Representatives Accountable by Staying in Contact! While our 13 posters only cover a sliver of the possible policies the Biden/Harrris administration could work to address, we hope that perhaps this project will inspire Philadelphians to create their own posters as well. Let’s replace those 2020 campaign signs with posters promoting the issues we want addressed immediately.īiden and Harris won, now it’s time to rally our communities to hold the new administration accountable to the policies they ran on and work to move them forward!Įach issue part of our First 100 Days poster project was chosen by one of our 13 Philly artists. And as we enter this new season, our windows can continue to the effort of serving as neighborhood billboards promoting our voter demands. It’s exactly the time that our united voices can work to push real change. These first few months set the tone for the next four years and show us where the new President and Vice President’s priorities lie. The first 100 days of a new administration are crucial. About the Projectįirst 100 Days is a new art project designed to engage the public around policy issues that could be addressed in the new presidential administration. PMA Curator Kathryn Hiesinger interviewed Conrad Benner about this exciting news, and the two discussed public art’s power and necessity.
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