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[ April 2, 2020 ] North Central Philadelphia: Tree House Books Helps Students Succeed After School Education
[ March 24, 2020 ] Rhawnhurst: Tiffany Diner and Other Non-essential Businesses Closed Due to Coronavirus Concerns Health
[ March 16, 2020 ] City Hall: Police Commissioner, Survivors of Gun Violence Testify Before City Council Center City
[ March 16, 2020 ] Allegheny: Roller Derby League Creates Family Culture in Contact Sport Allegheny
[ March 13, 2020 ] City Hall: Philadelphia City Council Responds to COVID-19 Neighborhoods

Center City: Philly Restart’s Food Line Has an Identity, A Family

January 9, 2020 Claire Wolters 1

Volunteers and guests of Philly Restart discuss the family-like nature of the group, and why they return to see old friends on Mondays. […]

Manayunk: Adoption Advocates Gather for Benefit Concert

November 25, 2019 Marybeth Gerdelmann and Lisa Cunningham 0

Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), an organization that provides services to adoptive families and birthparents in the Philadelphia area, held their third annual Share Your Heart Benefit Concert on Nov. 7 from 7 p.m. to […]

Center City: Washing the Feet of Philadelphia’s Vulnerable Residents

October 21, 2019 Claire Wolters 1

Through warm foot baths, healing ointments, and cordial conversation, Best Foot Forward Philly doesn’t just care about people’s feet, but about their personal journeys as well. […]

City Hall: CVS and PA Attorney General Announce New Safes to Deter Opioid Thefts

August 30, 2019 Dee Patel and Christopher Malo 0

National pharmacy chain CVS Health has installed time-delay safes at all 512 of its Pennsylvania retail pharmacies as an attempt to deter robberies, a problem the company describes as a “side effect” of the nation’s […]

Kensington: Neighborhood Volunteers Come Together for Monthly Cleanup

August 9, 2019 Dee Patel and Christopher Malo 1

With shovels and brooms in hand and dragging trash cans behind them, staff and community volunteers from Prevention Point of Philadelphia cleaned up trash as part of Kensington’s Community Cleanup Day on Saturday, Aug. 3, […]

Podcast: Making Room for Everyone, Rebuilding South Philly’s Mifflin Square Park

July 26, 2019 Christopher Malo 0

Built in the 1890s, Mifflin Square Park used to be full of energy and brought together the culturally diverse neighborhood surrounding the park. But in recent years, there has been an increase in violence and […]

Podcast: Chinatown Teen Support Group Looks For Safe Environment

July 19, 2019 Christopher Malo 0

This episode of Philadelphia Neighbors explores the creation and continuance of a teen support group in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood. The host follows two doctors to discuss the reasons they formed a group for students and […]

North Philadelphia: Black Business List a Crucial Part of Support Network for Black Entrepreneurs

June 14, 2019 Ayooluwa Ariyo and Khanya Brann 0

When Hakim Hopkins was sent to juvenile detention in New Jersey at age 14, his mother sent him the book Native Son by Richard Wright. “I became an avid reader,” Hopkins said. “That was the […]

Brewerytown: Former Foster Youth Find Opportunity at The Monkey and The Elephant

May 9, 2019 Ngozi Nwanji and Chad Gelfand 0

Lisa Miccolis’ desire to change the foster care system began after she visited South Africa in 2008. There, she met a 16-year-old Zimbabwean refugee who would lose his refugee status at 18 and have to […]

Kensington: Community Members Stacked Against Safe Injection Sites

May 3, 2019 Lawrence O'Connor 0

There was one topic on everyone’s mind at a 24th Police District Police Service Area Three, which serves Port Richmond and Kensington, meeting on April 10. The proposal of the city’s first safe injection site. […]