StrategicPlanning

Charting Our Course

Starting in May 2022, the Law Center began to look towards the future by embarking on a strategic planning process. With the arrival of a new Executive Director in 2021 and the conclusion of our prior strategic plan, the time was right to draw a roadmap to guide our work through the next three to five years—a pivotal moment for Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

THE CURRENT PROCESS IS IN FULL SWING, SETTING GOALS AND EVALUATING OUR WORK IN THREE PHASES:

✴ PHASE 1 (COMPLETED)

Through stakeholder surveys and an analysis of the political, economic, demographic, philanthropic and legal trends, we sought to discover challenges and opportunities.

✴ PHASE 2 (ONGOING)

Through a series of planning retreats, we will find ways to strengthen our four core strategies for taking on discrimination and poverty (litigation, community education, advocacy and organizing), and determine how best to make positive change in our six practice areas (employment, environmental justice, healthcare, housing, public education and voting). We will also discuss all aspects of our operations: board governance, fundraising and development, and more. Throughout this process, we will apply an intentional racial justice and DEI lens.

✴ PHASE 3 (UPCOMING)

Draft and implement the strategic plan.