Philadelphia is an extremely diverse city. It’s filled with many Philly natives, as well asmany people who move here for school or work, and many travelers as well. Being filled with alarge diverse population of [continue reading…]
Independence Blue Cross is working with Cocolife.black and Cayaba Care to reduce racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity. [continue reading…]
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. [continue reading…]
The Asian Arts Initiative unveils a new mural and invites the community for the Pearl Street Block Party. [continue reading…]
Story by Rjaa Ahmed Hannah Chinn, a Chinese American reporter at WHYY, recalled feeling incredibly down the day of the Atlanta mass shootings which killed six women of Asian descent on March 16. Chinn had [continue reading…]
It’s always at least 10 degrees colder by the river than anywhere else in Philadelphia. That’s why Brannon Johnson always puts on an extra layer of socks before leaving her house to set up tents [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
Leaders of the subcommittee discuss the severity of discrimination at the workplace of the First Judicial District. [continue reading…]
Three different Instagram accounts, giving Black and brown students a place to talk about their experiences with race in Philadelphia’s schools, call for a change of the culture on campuses. [continue reading…]
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