The everyday conditions amplify the reality that black and people of color are most affected by the impacts of climate change, amongst other issues. But just like redlining, environmental injustices and Pollution segregation continue to plague our city, more specifically the low income, predominately black neighborhoods in Philly. | From: Green Philly (Read more.)
Terrill Haigler wants to help solve the problem city sanitation workers are facing, with a lack of proper PPE, by raising money for more gear during the pandemic and trash collection issues currently pressing the city. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
As Philly faced its first heat health emergency of the summer this week, the same residents who are vulnerable to COVID-19 are also vulnerable to extreme heat. Many live in homes without air conditioning units and can’t afford to buy them. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
About 40 members of District 1199C, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, were joined by state and local officials Tuesday morning on the steps of Temple University Hospital at Broad and Ontario streets to demand hazard pay for the 800 patient-care technicians, attendants and administrative assistants 1199C represents at Temple. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Mientras que los trabajadores esenciales continúan valientemente yendo a trabajar en medio de la creciente pandemia de coronavirus, Pensilvania está ofreciendo una forma de compensar a sus empleadores por el esfuerzo. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Philadelphia will open a limited number of cooling centers as scorching temperatures combine with high humidity to make for potentially deadly conditions as a brutal heat wave sets in. The cooling center sites will be different than in past years and will have social distancing and mask standards in place as they open amid the coronavirus pandemic. | From: NBC10 Philadelphia/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
The nationwide day of action, part of the broader Black Lives Matter uprisings sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, took place in more than two dozen cities nationwide. It aimed to link the Black Lives Matter struggle to the fight for workers’ rights, and call attention to the racial discrimination that Black workers face on the job, which workers say has only worsened during the current health crisis. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
While the City and advocates continue negotiations over the homeless encampment on the Parkway, Denver and New Jersey demonstrate some much-needed new thinking. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Bethesda Project’s Church Shelter Program uses a community-based surveillance model to prevent pest infestation. Columnist Andrew Huff tells us what that looks like. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Last week, the City held a press conference to announce its plans for addressing an inevitable heat wave amid the pandemic. But most of the City’s current plans seemed to fall short of what will be needed to keep vulnerable populations safe. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
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