Author: Eden MacDougall

Health: Local Organizations Collaborate to Reduce Health Disparities for Expecting Black Mothers

August 9, 2022Eden MacDougall

Independence Blue Cross is working with Cocolife.black and Cayaba Care to reduce racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity.

Spring Garden: Library Exhibit Highlights Photography, Humanity of Prisoners

August 5, 2022Eden MacDougall

Howard Zehr photographed and interviewed Pennsylvania prisoners with life sentences in the 90s and returned 25 years later to find out how their perspectives on their sentences changed.

North Philadelphia: Nonprofits Show Up for Fun in the Sun

July 19, 2022Eden MacDougall

Block Gives Back, a community service nonprofit, started hosting Peace & Play Day in 2017 to encourage residents to use public parks more and make them safe spaces from gun violence in their communities.

Culture: Caribbeans Celebrate Heritage at Reading Terminal Market Event

July 11, 2022Eden MacDougall

The Caribbean Community in Philadelphia shared their culture through music and food on June 25.

COVID-19: Philly Comic Book Fans Help Shops Hang On

August 13, 2020Eden MacDougall

Comic book distributors took a break in March and April, impacting the small shops that rely on new issues to bring in customers.

Spring Garden: Students March to Protest Racism in Philadelphia Schools

August 12, 2020Eden MacDougall

Youth for Black Lives, an independent Philadelphia activist group, marched from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 2 to protest racism in Philadelphia schools.