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Featured Stories

Mantua: ‘If you don’t live here you ain’t going to put all your heart into it;’ the Impact of a Community Center

March 8, 2022Alesia Bani

A former evening director of the West Philly Boys & Girls Club talks about the need for engaging teenagers in the community.

Chinatown

Chinatown: Asian Americans United Leads Youth Engagement Projects

June 19, 2018Moran Erin and

Asian Americans United hosts and organizes a variety of civic engagement programs and events, most of which are largely facilitated by youth volunteers. But one woman, Teresa Engst, helps organize and train the young volunteers

Bustleton

Fox Chase: CORA Services Arrives At Loesche Elementary School

September 28, 2017Kristof Phillips

CORA Services recently expanded its out-of-school-time (OST) network in Northeast Philadelphia, bringing additional services to schools like Loesche Elementary School. Located in Fox Chase, CORA provides children with academic support, psychological services, speech and language

Logan

Olney/Logan: GED Center Closing Leaves Community Void

May 1, 2013

[vimeo 65069811] For 21-year-old Gemera Gilmora, the E3 Logan/Olney Center’s free GED program is a welcomed change from her high school experience. “Within the two years that I’ve been here I’ve learned more than in my

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