YEAH’s goal is to provide a space for teens that feels like their own and, in the process, helps them feel included and supported within the larger community, something that, in the cofounders’ minds, isn’t well achieved through existing youth programs. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
Saleemah McNeil says her desire to provide free therapy to people of color is not only rooted in her experience as a Black woman in America, but also seeing the hurt, anger and pain of a community left feeling broken and hopeless. According to researchers, racial trauma can result when someone experiences several instances of racism, whether in the workplace or through hate crimes, as well as racial profiling and microaggression. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
According to a crowdsourced database inspired by the protests against racism and police brutality, there are at least 150 Black-owned restaurants in Philadelphia spread across the city | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Over two months, the Philadelphia Red Umbrella Alliance and Project SAFE have raised nearly $50,000 to distribute to local sex workers. They’ve so far received 250 applications from people requesting help. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Mayor Jim Kenney is proposing to decimate the city’s main civilian police oversight board and a string of anti-violence programs while funneling nearly $23 million in new funds to law enforcement. Under the mayor’s revised municipal spending proposal, which must still be approved by City Council, the Philadelphia Police Department will be able to raise salaries and hire new staff. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Two Philly nonprofits that bail out people who can’t afford it have raised a collective $1.8 million since protests erupted across the city on Friday in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. The Philadelphia Community Bail Fund and the Philadelphia Bail Fund, two separate groups which work in conjunction, said the money is already helping release protesters and others who can not afford to pay the 10% needed for release. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
The revised plan introduced in early May hacks off a huge chunk of the proposed $5.2 billion budget Kenney’s administration put forth just two months earlier, slashing beloved programs, constricting departmental budgets and, most controversially, laying off a fleet of city workers. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
El lunes 8 de junio, el gobernador de Pensilvania, Tom Wolf, anunció un nuevo plan de financiación para las pequeñas empresas de todo el estado afectadas por COVID-19 y su posterior cierre por valor de 225 millones de dólares. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Los desalojos en Pensilvania pueden estar prohibidos el 10 de julio, pero esa fecha se acerca rápidamente. Para los miembros del Consejo de la Ciudad que están detrás de la Ley de Protección de Viviendas de Emergencia (EHPA), representa el comienzo de otra crisis. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
On Monday, June 8, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced a new slate of funding going towards small businesses across the state affected by both COVID-19 and its subsequent shutdown worth $225 million. The funds, which come from the state’s $2.6 billion allocation from the federal CARES Act, will be for eligible businesses to cover operating costs during the shutdown, to help them as they reopen and for other guidance and training services for business owners. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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