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[ July 23, 2021 ] Environment: Officials Promise Ambitious Plan for City’s Trees at Public Meeting City Hall
[ July 21, 2021 ] Social Issues: The Philadelphia Community Bail Fund Posts Bail for Philadelphians in Need Featured Stories
[ July 19, 2021 ] Social Issues: New Leash On Life Gives Second Chance to Both Shelter Dogs and Incarcerated Individuals Featured Stories
[ July 16, 2021 ] Health: Memory Cafes Provide Social Outlet and Engagement for Those With Dementia, Alzheimer’s Health
[ July 14, 2021 ] COVID-19: Restaurants, Bar Owners, and Musicians are Figuring Out When and How to Bring Live Music Back Arts and Entertainment

Environment: Officials Promise Ambitious Plan for City’s Trees at Public Meeting

July 23, 2021 Philadelphia Neighborhoods 0

The Philly Tree Plan seeks to address both environmental quality and inequality by finding where trees can have the most positive impact and then plant them there. […]

Arts and Entertainment

Callowhill: Two Brothers Giving Waste a Second Chance

June 2, 2021 Olivia C Alongi 1

Rabbit Recycling is a startup that provides a solution for households and businesses to recycle, reuse, and upcycle their unwanted materials. […]

Education: Students Voice Concerns to City Officials

May 21, 2021 Dylan J. Fritz 0

Councilmember Helen Gym held a meeting to allow students to explain their concerns from the pandemic.
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Gun Violence: Register Tracey Gordon Hosts Webinar to Discuss Violence, Safety and Solutions in Philadelphia

May 19, 2021 Iris Amanda Wexler 0

On April 1, Tracey Gordon, the City of Philadelphia’s Register of Wills, hosted a webinar, Plan. Prepare. Protect. The event was part of a series she hosts on Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. in […]

COVID-19: William Way Center Holds Vaccine Clinic for Members of the LGBTQ+ Community

May 14, 2021 Marie Alfonsi Shelanski 0

The William Way Community Center, in partnership with Philadelphia FIGHT, delivered 200 first-dose vaccination shots to members of the LGBTQ+ community on April 6, 2021. Dozens of people waited on a sunny afternoon in a […]

Gun Violence: Local Organizations Discuss Struggles of Fighting Gun Violence Epidemic

April 27, 2021 Iris Amanda Wexler 0

On March 24, the Mayor’s Office of Black Male Engagement (OBME) and the Mayor’s Commission on African American Males (MCAAM) hosted a virtual community meeting to hear from local organizations that are determined to combat […]

Arts & Entertainment: How One Organization Has Created a Close-knit Community for Local Performers and Songwriters

April 26, 2021 Olivia C Alongi 0

The Philadelphia Songwriters Project is an organization that opens up artists, both songwriters and performers, to more opportunities to showcase their music and advance their musical careers. […]

City Hall: Virtual Town Hall Discusses Philadelphia’s Gun Violence Crisis

April 9, 2021 Iris Amanda Wexler 0

Councilmember Allan Domb hosted a virtual town hall to address the gun violence crisis in Philadelphia with Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw and Senior Director of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Erica Atwood. […]

Chinatown: Lunar New Year Celebrations Continue Amid Pandemic

April 1, 2021 Philadelphia Neighborhoods 0

There might be less people in the streets this year in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, but the community still found ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year in February amid the pandemic and the anti-Asian discrimination that […]

Chinatown: Supporting Philly’s AAPI Community During Rise in Anti-Asian Violence

March 7, 2021 Philadelphia Neighborhoods 0

Cynthia Choi of Chinese for Affirmative Action said the COVID-19 surge in hate crimes has Asian people in America fearing for their lives. “The one thing you’ve been allowed to do in the last year is take […]