Education
Education: Nonprofits Provide Opportunities for Philadelphia Youths
Nonprofits Provide Opportunities for Philadelphia Youths [continue reading…]
Neighborhoods
Education
Education: The School Closures Were Traumatic
Kristen Clark said that the school closures of 2012 and 2013 were traumatic. [continue reading…]
Education
Education: The Lasting Effects of the 2013 School Closures
Ten years after the School District of Philadelphia closed 24 public schools, the impact looms large. [continue reading…]
Education
Education: Schools Were Closed … but then Returned as Schools
Schools closed in 2013 have been reborn as schools. [continue reading…]
City Hall
Transportation: Pausing the KOP Rail Reopens Possibilities for New Transit Priorities
City councilmembers and local advocates discuss how SEPTA should proceed after canceling its King of Prussia extension. [continue reading…]
Neighborhoods
South Philadelphia: Looking Back While Striving Forward: 44 Years of the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia
Bunrath Math, 55, was only 11 years old when he fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule. As an orphan in the United States, he initially found refuge in Berkshire, Massachusetts, before settling in Philadelphia in 1992. [continue reading…]
Education
Lower Moyamensing: Boosting Literacy Starts Early with Family Storytime at this Library
In Lower Moyamensing, the benefits — and fun — of fostering young readers is on display at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Library. [continue reading…]
North Philadelphia
West Philadelphia: A New Incentive To Hire More Philadelphia Lifeguards
Philadelphia Parks and Recreation department created a new incentive to hire more lifeguards. The city also hosted a ‘Philly Phreeze’ to raise more funds to fund job incentives.. [continue reading…]
Mantua
Mantua: Neighborhood Community Center Faces Potential Demolition
Since its founding in 1990, the Mantua Haverford Community Center has been a beacon for youths of all ages—offering an array of daycare services, after-school initiatives, and summer programs—in the neighborhood.
Germantown
Health: The Unseen Cost of an Undiscussed Topic
The fundamental comfortability and taboo nature of talking about women’s health, and access to knowledge period products, and even care has never served women or menstruating people. [continue reading…]