How our anchor institutions spend money in the immediate aftermath of COVID-19 could be the linchpin of an equitable post-pandemic economy — and to building a more resilient region for the future. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Rebel Ventures was one of five finalist teams vying for a $5,000 prize to pilot a project designed to tackle the city’s growing problem of hunger. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
The Full City Challenge, by Billy Penn and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, aims to help community groups use food to strengthen communities by pairing them with money and expert assistance. | From: NBC10 (Read more.)
From Billy Penn: Between Dec. 3, 2018, and Jan. 24, 2019, we’re accepting short proposals for initiatives, campaigns, social enterprises, technology platforms and other new solutions that use food, culinary or agricultural-based solutions to address pervasive hunger and its underlying causes for too many of our region’s residents. (Read more.)
“Lessons from Broke in Philly: The benefits and challenges of mass city-wide collaboration among local media outlets” is one of the featured sessions planned for Klein News Innovation Camp this Saturday at Annenberg Hall, at the (Read more.)
Please join Broke in Philly and partner Billy Penn, for a FREE After School Activities Fair Saturday in Southwest Philly. (Read more.)
From Technical.ly: Poverty in Philadelphia is the intractable elephant in the room. We are stubbornly poor. It’s a major problem. Yet there are solutions in various corners of the city — and those elsewhere worth importing — that need more attention. (Read more.)
From NEXTpittsburgh: The partners include the city’s daily newspapers, public radio station WHYY, Billy Penn, a four-year-old media startup, the Philadelphia Tribune, the nation’s longest-running African American newspaper, community news outlets and two academic institutions — Temple University and Allentown, PA’s Muhlenberg College. (Read more.)
For the past few years, Greg Bullock’s Sharswood rowhome has been more than just a house. (Read more.)
Monica Wright showed her first house 27 years ago — exactly one week after her fourth daughter was born. (Read more.)
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