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Penn award recipient unable to take stage after getting arrested protesting board of health feeding rules.
The Web site for the award-winning alternative weekly, the Philadelphia City Paper.
Penn award recipient unable to take stage after getting arrested protesting board of health feeding rules.
Khadijah White had planned to spend this afternoon hanging out with friends and family who'd come into town to watch her receive the Women of Color at Penn Award for 2012.
The award "recognizes individuals who have conscientiously endeavored to increase respect for women of color through leadership, service, positive impact on the community, and a commitment to enhancing the quality of life for women of color." White is a candidate for a doctoral degree at the University of Pennsylvania this year.
Instead, she spent the ceremony in jail, after getting arrested outside of the Municipal Services Building during yesterday's heated Board of Health hearing on proposed rules that would regulate food distribution to the homeless.
White was the only person arrested yesterday. The details aren't clear. When city officials announced that only 40 people would be let into the building to attend the hearing at once (at least a hundred had showed up), a protest erupted.
White says only that she hadn't intended to get arrested, or even protest — she had only stopped by to "show support" for her Occupy Philly friends attending the hearing.
At some point "there was an interaction with police, and my finger ended up getting broken in the commotion." She says that when police ordered protesters to move back, she was tending to her finger — and "they were like, 'Just arrest her.'"
Legal aide Jody Dodd, speaking on behalf of attorney Larry Krasner, who represented White today, says that White has been charged with two misdemeanors — resisting arrest and disorderly conduct — and one summary charge of harassment.
CP spoke to White less than half an hour ago, just an hour after she left jail. She said the last 22 hours had been unpleasant, but that the worst part had been missing the award ceremony, which she'd been looking forward to.
"The mayor was supposed to have been at the luncheon I was supposed to be at today," she said. "And I didn't want anybody to think they were wrong for supporting me. It was the thing that made me the most miserable while I was in jail."
"But it seemed like what was happening was that people don't like to see poor people and this was just an excuse to clear them out ... I believe in helping people who are less fortunate."
The world is changing slowly but surely towards good and is being changed by every person who was at this rally speaking out for people who could not speak for themselves This is an act of kindness, this is an act of compassion. The giving and sharing of food should be an unregulated act of compassion. Everyone who protested at this rally know this and I applaud them. For this reason a global day of compassion FOOD IS A RIGHT NOT A PRIVILEGE is being held on Sun, April 1, 2012 to bring public awareness to these laws that are not working for us. Go to link for more information on how we can change the world on this day and eradicate hunger thru food rescue http://www.foodnotbombs.net/— Kathy Mitro
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