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Meet our next 2025 presenter, Evelyn Sample-Oates!

  • Sep 30, 2025
  • 2 min read

We're thrilled to share a preview and the official title of Evelyn's presentation: Delaware Valley Alliance: Fighting for Economic Justice



🤔Curious? Here’s more on her topic, in her own words:


OIC of America and its partners are spearheading the Delaware Valley Alliance—an aggressive movement toward economic justice that enriches people’s lives and economic well-being, while addressing a critical need for today’s economy. 


The regressive gas tax disproportionately affects forgotten people living in forgotten places, while the public works that it funds disproportionately employ those already overrepresented in the construction trades. With an $8-$10 billion annual PennDOT budget—$3.4 billion in the five-county Philadelphia region alone—we have an opportunity to ensure those who pay the most are able to benefit from the jobs created.


Building equity in the construction trades will improve economic justice and reduce poverty—particularly in Black and brown communities, which face a 27 percent poverty rate across the region. 


The Delaware Valley Alliance is the blueprint for an economic model that addresses the systemic barriers that keep people—especially those in poverty and in the justice system—from fully participating in today’s economy.



Learn more about Evelyn and get a sneak peak on her slides here: Evelyn Sample-Oates | Fast Forward Philly



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