Independent Party, Great Ideas From Local Leaders For Teens In West Philly by Van Stone vspfoundation@yahoo.com (610) 931-8810
Above: Logo of
Independent American Party
Philadelphia County Committee.
The State of Pennsylvania National Independent American Party (IAP) represented in West Philly, has started an IAP community service table and website for registered Independent Philadelphia supporters. The group using its IAP service table and membership website is growing quickly into a neighborhood action committee where teens age 15 to 19 can learn and update their information about constitutional rights. Adults can learn about defending the
U.S. constitution and when American’s constitutional rights have been violated also. The National Independent American party, an indirect creation of the Utah Independent American Party is one of several third parties in the
U.S., formally created May 27, 1998. The IAP offers education about civics and youth intervention programs in urban, suburban, and rural communities.
The IAP is welcoming registered Independents from the city of
Philly to join them. The party is for developing reforms that even the two major political parties in
Philadelphia, Pa can agree with. A reform that the IAP pursues helps to ensure that rights of all Americans regardless of political affiliation, especially teenagers, are maintained.
The IAP plan in
West Philadelphia is to have the local officials representing these city neighborhoods invest new interest in the young people they serve. The Independent Party has recognized that
Philadelphia has suffered terrible consequences from ignoring the constitutional rights of children who are teens. IAP Leadership and representation at community service tables and on the net will change all that.
Khalid Moffitt, who is the Independent Philadelphia’s second city committee President, is laying the groundwork that will lead to the eventual change of the way teens are viewed as being way too young to vote in the
United States. And he and other Independents in West Philly are starting a movement to change the legal age to be a voter registrant from age 18 to age 15.
Moffitt is working on setting up community tables about teen voting education and change at the West Philadelphia church Our First Temple of Faith Mt. Deborah Pentecostal Church 4045 Haverford Avenue and other congregations in West Philly.
The State of
PA Independent American Party's freshest leadership is targeting West Philly to begin a grassroots movement about what the first Philadelphia IAP city committee president, who is now the committee president of
Philadelphia county, calls “
U.S. teen suffrage.”
“
U.S. teen suffragists should develop in
Philadelphia so that leaders representing city neighborhoods will understand the significant need for the 15-year-old’s right to vote.” And that’s my personal view on it because the right to vote today should include the economic and political aim at extending suffrage to women and the teenager, on an equal basis to those for men and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax or marital status.
One of the reasons for the sudden rise of the Independent Party in
West Philadelphia is because some teens there are beginning to talk about the fact that only some teenagers have the right to vote but not all. The local IAP leadership has questioned if this is a matter of violating certain teen’s constitutional rights if they wish to be clearly independent from other teens that seem to be not ready for willful participation in civics.
The local leadership level of the IAP here in Philly is supporting the IAP PA state leadership level since the party seeks to be sure about teen’s right to vote eliminating all forms of discrimination against teenagers and women in the state of PA. If you are a teen or parent and you wish to learn more information about the Independent Party, West Philly's quest to lower the age teens have the right to vote, or IAP help visit the website at
www.usiap.org or
www.fpnnews.us. You can dial the IAP local number (215) 921-3484.
