While online learning, hybrid or not, continues for the majority of students, Mejía said she and her fellow students deserve a better plan from the school district. That plan should address accessibility issues, like internet (Read more.)
Terrill Haigler, aka @YaFavTrashman, says Philadelphians don’t have to wait for him to organize a cleanup for them to take action in their community—they can coordinate one themselves. Here’s his advice on how to make (Read more.)
Apart from general vaccination information, the panel discussed access to immigrant and undocumented communities, how to get the vaccines in Philadelphia, and the FEMA sites available, both in Center City and in North Philadelphia at (Read more.)
After SEPTA’s announcement, NKCDC, HACE CDC, and Impact Services released a joint statement about the closure, stating the “frustration with SEPTA’s decision to shut down this station without engaging neighborhood residents in the decision-making process,” due to the negative impact it will have on the Kensington and Fairhill neighborhoods. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
A collaboration between several local organizations has distributed more than $15 million in affordable loans to the Latinx community in North Philly—and it’s just getting started. | From: Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
After four years providing an arts sanctuary in a neighborhood battling opioid use and homelessness, the Kensington Storefront has closed its doors for good. Mural Arts, which ran the center in partnership with the city, attributed the shutdown to “a perfect storm of zoning restrictions and COVID.” Though virtual programming will continue, and a search for a replacement space is underway, the loss is causing grief among the community, which had come to depend on it as a beacon of hope. From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
How do shootings relate to employment, education, income and age — and what’s the financial toll on the hospital system and the community? | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Esto ocurre tras el cierre temporal de la estación de Somerset, en Kensington.
Until now, those funds allocated to Pennsylvania had not been distributed to SNAP beneficiaries. Plaintiffs and USDA reached a settlement, under which all funds allocated by USDA to Pennsylvania to date — over $700 million (Read more.)
The community center is hosting a clinic for people in Phase 1A or 1B.
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