PA State Rep for the 186 District / Majority Chair @PA_HouseApprops@pahousedems/ ΦΒΣ / /G\ /M.Ed/ - just a guy from South Philly trying to make my momma proud!
Thanks to @CityAndStatePA for including me in their 2024 Black Trailblazers issue. I am humbled to be included among so many great leaders!
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Since he was 8 years I’ve tried to be a good role model, adviser, and godfather. Now, that 8 year old boy is a man and today becomes a husband. John, I’m very proud of the man you have become and I know you will be a great husband. Congrats to John and Jade💙 @millersvilleu
I'm honored and privileged to become the state representative of PA's 35th Legislative District!
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A special moment from the 2025 Excellence Awards! Our keynote speaker, House Majority Appropriations Chairman @RepHarris, joined by PLAN, Inc. Executive Director Meredith Rapkin, Sharon Dietrich, @CLSphila Litigation Director, and Rhodia Thomas, @LegalMidpenn Executive Director.
ALT This is an image of PLAN, Inc. Executive Director Meredith Rapkin, Community Legal Services Litigation Director Sharon Dietrich, House Majority Appropriations Chairman Jordan Harris, and MidPenn Legal Services Executive Director Rhodia Thomas standing together at the 2025 Excellence Awards against a blue backdrop. Chairman Harris, who delivered the keynote address, holds a blue bowl that was given to him as a token of appreciation. The PLAN, Inc. logo appears at the bottom of the image.
What an inspiring evening at our 2025 Excellence Awards! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate this year's honorees, and especially to @RepHarris, whose powerful keynote address was a highlight of the night and a reminder of why this work is so vital.
ALT This is a photograph of the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network 2025 Excellence Awards ceremony, held at the Hilton Harrisburg on March 27, 2025. The image shows keynote speaker, House Appropriations Chairman Jordan A. Harris, as he stands at a podium on stage addressing the room. Attendees are seated at round tables in a ballroom with chandeliers and '2025 EXCELLENCE AWARDS' is displayed on a screen behind them. The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network logo appears at the bottom of the picture.
Today we’re standing with @StartStrongPA to #fixchildcare in Pennsylvania.
Investing in the recruitment and retention of child care workers is an investment in PA’s future!
Thank you @PennMedicine & everyone who came out to the Tiffany Harris & Timmy Dowling Memorial Colorectal Cancer Awareness & Prevention Event hosted by myself and @RepHarris at @LozadaQuetcy's Thriving Together Expo
Thank you to the University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics for presenting me with the Elsie Hilliard Hillman Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Public Service!
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S. Weir Mitchell Elementary hosted a @Scholastic United States of Readers event! Nearly 800 students from Mitchell & G.W. Childs received free books, heard from @RepHarris and enjoyed a special presentation by award-winning author & Philly native Jamar Nicholas. #PHLed
We @Arnold_Ventures funded a pilot to bring a Nordic-style restorative justice model to a prison in PA and assess its impact. The question was whether it could work within a vastly different criminal justice system.
Initial results are so promising that PA is expanding the program to 3 more prisons. In the long run, reducing recidivism (currently at 64%) will likely determine its broader adoption. But already, it has become the safest and most sought-after unit for inmates and guards alike.
95% of state prisoners will eventually return to their communities. Prisons must do more to maximize the chance of successful reintegration. Productive programming and humane living conditions are a necessary component of that.
Pennsylvania State @RepBenWaxman asked the Department of the Corrections for updates on the Little Scandinavia Unit in SCI Chester, a humane approach to incarceration. The unit is modeled after prisons in Scandinavia, where they focus on safety, transparency, innovation and reintegration into society.
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This past weekend, I celebrated the historic, grand re-opening for the @NationalMAHSMus in the Mighty 2nd Council District!!!!!! I stood alongside my bro @RepHarris , community members and museum supporters to cut the ribbon to officially open the museum to the public... 1/
More than three million Pennsylvanians count on Medicaid and CHIP for health care - and the jobs of millions more in every corner of the commonwealth depend on health care.
House Democrats are urging our U.S. Congressional Delegation to put people ahead of politics.