Delco Accent
Réalta’s founder, Colleen Kennedy, created and manages the political and communications strategy for Delco Accent, a community incubator of political power.
OUR ORGANIZING VISION
Delco Accent is a political endeavor of a team of seasoned political organizers in Delaware County, PA, to connect community input and effective policy solutions into action, whether wealthy interests like it or not. Those closest to the harm are the best experts about what should be done to alleviate harm, but far too often, their voices are ignored. Because of ongoing national turmoil, a political campaign system that is entrenched in moneyed interests, and a media landscape that covers our lives like a sports competition, our voices are not even considered. Delco Accent is a local effort by advocates to disrupt harmful narratives, amplify the voices of those systemically ignored, and make the process of stakeholders actually making good policy decisions a much easier undertaking. We’re done waiting for our elected leaders to be consistently progressive. Our communities want progress, so we’re bringing our collective voices to the forefront.
KEY NARRATIVES
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Our collective oppression is connected and our solidarity must be too.
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We are in a fight that is top versus bottom, not left versus right.
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Going back to “how things were before Trump” is not sufficient. We must strengthen our political imagination.
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Accountability for only one party is simply political theatre.
In Development
Delco Accent’s deep canvassing program, a legislative analysis tool, ongoing work to end the practice of youth detention, and so much more

