“What the Democratic Party keeps trying to do is decide for us who we should support without engaging us as committeepeople,” says Sergio Cea, for Billy Penn

A wave of millennials and Gen Zers have been moving into Philadelphia politics over the past decade, shaking up the organizations that form the bedrock of hyperlocal government — the city’s 66 wards. These wards, and the committees that determine their leadership, are traditionally considered a starting point for getting involved in the political scene.

“This is a struggle for power,” said Cea, “and it’s a struggle for what the ideology of the local party is.” Read more here