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.
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. [continue reading…]
Leading up to the election, activists were focused on advocacy and voter mobilization to keep abortion legal in Pennsylvania. Following the results of Pennsylvania’s midterm election, that work has paid off.
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Philadelphians could make transformational changes, if they vote on Nov. 8. [continue reading…]
Registered and non-registered student voters share issues they care about most and mobilize their communities ahead of elections [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 Caribbean Community in Philadelphia shared their culture through music and food on June 25. [continue reading…]
West Philadelphia Slavic Community Choir, Sing Slavic hosted a benefit concert at Fleisher Art Memorial, to raise donations for United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, amid conflict with Russia. [continue reading…]
The Lenfest Center, also known as North10, has released a new strategic plan centered on the organization’s commitment to the surrounding community. [continue reading…]
Terry Little, Stacey Dowling and Guy Lang all grew up in the Philadelphia area, and now stay connected through their weekly podcast. [continue reading…]
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