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Chestnut Hill

Elections: Committee of Seventy’s Patrick Christmas Talks Improving Voter Turnout

July 1, 2019 Hannah Pittel and Adam Campbell 0

The Committee of Seventy is a nonprofit organization that works to drive up civic engagement in the city of Philadelphia. One of the ways it does this is allocating resources to educate people on upcoming [Read More]

West Philadelphia

Mill Creek: Pushing Millennials To Have A Seat At The Table

October 31, 2018 Taylor Allen and Kaicey Baylor 0

Ted Smith, 38, is often the youngest person in the room when attending various community meetings in West Philadelphia. Smith, born and raised in Mill Creek, said that while growing up, he often woke up and [Read More]

Politics

Mill Creek: Free Fried Fish Platters Encourage Residents To Vote

October 15, 2018 Kaicey Baylor and Taylor Allen 0

Many West Philadelphia residents registered to vote for the first time, then ate in celebration along 47th and Brown streets as The Men of Mill Creek, along with other Mill Creek organizations, ran their first [Read More]

Featured Stories

Immigration: VietLead Pushes Back Against Federal Government Policies And Practices

July 11, 2018 Roberts Jennifer 0

Nancy Dung Nguyen has made her career in social justice work, focusing originally on domestic violence issues and youth organizing. Now, she uses her advocacy skills to help her own community as the executive director [Read More]

Elections

How To: Help Keep Neighborhood Elections Fair

July 24, 2017 Bob Stewart 0

The primary way democracy thrives and survives is through fair elections. But who exactly is making sure the elections are fair? Is it some far off big-moneyed or well-connected power player? Nope. It’s people from [Read More]

Chinatown

Chinatown: Groups Work To Increase Residents’ Participation In Politics, Elections

December 5, 2016 Robert Tierney 0

Election Day has come and gone and many are either celebrating or discouraged by the result. While this brought an end to the current election cycle, the work done to increase the political involvement of the Chinese [Read More]

Economy

Hunting Park: Local Efforts Encourage Minorities And Millennials To Vote

October 28, 2016 Grace E. Maiorano and Ashley Nicole Portillo 1

Equipped with pledge cards, iPods, and polling data, a group of five millennials cramped into a minivan. Maneuvering through North Philadelphia, the team knocked door-to-door along nestled rowhomes in Hunting Park, Juniata Park, and Feltonville, [Read More]

Business

Chinatown: John Chin Seeks To Bring Divided Community Together

October 11, 2016 Robert Tierney 0

John Chin, the executive director of Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp. (PCDC), is at the forefront of a neighborhood split in two. According to city maps, the space above the Vine Street Expressway is considered Callowhill. But it [Read More]

City Hall

Politics: Groups Work to Register Philadelphia Voters Ahead of Election

October 10, 2016 Taggart M Houck 0

Perhaps no one in Philadelphia has Oct. 11 marked on their calendar more than Gregory Irving. The voter registration deadline is one of many that Irving has faced over nearly 29 years working in the [Read More]

Chinatown

Chinatown: Low Voter Turnout Despite Good Weather

May 20, 2015  0

With the sun shining down and a light cool breeze blowing by, it was the perfect weather condition for people to come out and vote. Despite the good weather, voter turnout was not so good [Read More]

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