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Lawncrest: Giving Food Waste New Life

February 7, 2023Elizabeth DeOrnellas

Tim Bennett has been in the green energy business for more than 13 years. He started Bennett Compost in 2009 to provide a solution for apartment-dwellers like him who wanted to compost.

Southwest: The People’s Kitchen, a Free Restaurant, Promotes Community Prosperity

January 20, 2023Nadiyah Timmons

The People’s Kitchen, a free restaurant model, in Southwest Philadelphia was established in 2020 to address this growing need to fight food insecurity by offering free meals from their restaurant front.

Southwest: Community Surrounding Former Oil Refinery Site Take Action and Voice Concerns About Redevelopment Plans

December 6, 2022Elizabeth DeOrnellas

Southwest Philadelphia residents push for a legal agreement to govern refinery redevelopment

Crime: Heal The Hurt and Value Young Lives

November 28, 2022Haajrah Gilani, George W. Miller and Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

Heal The Hurt and Value Young Lives

Crime: Without Targeted Support, Youth are Left Behind

November 28, 2022Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

Without Targeted Support, Youth are Left Behind

Hartranft: A Neighborhood in Transition

November 28, 2022Haajrah Gilani and Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

Hartranft: A Neighborhood in Transition

Crime: What Can Local Organizations Do to Help Stem the Tide of Violence?

November 28, 2022Brooke Beyer and Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

What Can Local Organizations Do to Help Stem the Tide of Violence?

North Philadelphia: Can the Next Crimes be Prevented?

November 28, 2022George W. Miller, Brooke Beyer, Haajrah Gilani and Natalie Elizabeth Kerr

November 28 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Temple student Samuel Collington.

Elections: Philadelphia Students Talk Midterms and Share Issues Important to Them

November 8, 2022Fallon A. Roth

Registered and non-registered student voters share issues they care about most and mobilize their communities ahead of elections

Northern Liberties: Life After Fleeing War, Yuliia Bihun Navigates Her Life as a Ukrainian Refugee in Philadelphia

September 17, 2022Sarah Landwehr

This past February, Yuliia Bihun, her 2-year-old daughter, and her husband were back home in Kyiv, Ukraine when their home started to shake from Russian bombs at five in the morning.