Category: Social Issues - Page 3 - Philadelphia Neighborhoods

Kensington: What Should Be Done with the Opioid Settlement Funds?

May 18, 2023 Jada M Wilson

Kensington community members tell us where the millions of dollars from opioid settlements should and should not go.

Mantua: Neighborhood Community Center Faces Potential Demolition

April 26, 2023 Chloe Rose Bonario

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.

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

January 20, 2023 Nadiyah 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.

Elections: Reproductive Rights Activists Looked to the Election and Beyond for the Future of Abortion in Pennsylvania

January 10, 2023 Sarah R Collins

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.

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’

November 8, 2022 Michela J Weber

Philadelphians could make transformational changes, if they vote on Nov. 8.

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

November 8, 2022 Fallon 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, 2022 Sarah 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.

North Philadelphia: Nonprofits Show Up for Fun in the Sun

July 19, 2022 Eden MacDougall

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.

Culture: Caribbeans Celebrate Heritage at Reading Terminal Market Event

July 11, 2022 Eden MacDougall

The Caribbean Community in Philadelphia shared their culture through music and food on June 25.

South Philadelphia: Sing Slavic Raises Funds to Support Relief for Ukraine

June 29, 2022 Caitriona O'Donohoe

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.