Kensington
Kensington: What Should Be Done with the Opioid Settlement Funds?
Kensington community members tell us where the millions of dollars from opioid settlements should and should not go. [continue reading…]
Social Issues
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.
Food
Southwest: The People’s Kitchen, a Free Restaurant, Promotes Community Prosperity
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…]
2022 Midterm Elections
Elections: Reproductive Rights Activists Looked to the Election and Beyond for the Future of Abortion in Pennsylvania
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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2022 Midterm Elections
Elections: Mural Arts’ Chad Eric Smith Calls Upon Philadelphians to Participate in Midterms; ‘I am less optimistic that current elected leaders can work together than I am that community members can unite in selecting better leaders’
Philadelphians could make transformational changes, if they vote on Nov. 8. [continue reading…]
2022 Midterm Elections
Elections: Philadelphia Students Talk Midterms and Share Issues Important to Them
Registered and non-registered student voters share issues they care about most and mobilize their communities ahead of elections [continue reading…]
Neighborhoods
Northern Liberties: Life After Fleeing War, Yuliia Bihun Navigates Her Life as a Ukrainian Refugee in Philadelphia
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. [continue reading…]
Health
North Philadelphia: Nonprofits Show Up for Fun in the Sun
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…]
Food
Culture: Caribbeans Celebrate Heritage at Reading Terminal Market Event
The Caribbean Community in Philadelphia shared their culture through music and food on June 25. [continue reading…]
Arts and Entertainment
South Philadelphia: Sing Slavic Raises Funds to Support Relief for Ukraine
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…]