Philadelphia Student Union

The Philadelphia Student Union was started by a group of young people who were angry about the low quality of education in their schools and wanted to do something about it. In 1995 a group of twelve students convinced the White Dog Café to sponsor a leadership development program. After a year of building organizing skills the students decided they were ready to start the Student Union. The Student Union became a project of the White Dog's new non-profit, Urban Retrievers. In 1996 one of the Student Union's founders became Urban Retrievers' director and youth organizing became Urban Retrievers' total focus. Since that time, the Student Union has remained a youth run organization committed to fighting for a high quality education for all young people.


1315 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone (215) 546-3290
Fax (215) 546-3296