MIENTRAS LA CIUDAD DE FILADELFIA trabaja para informar al público sobre los desarrollos del coronavirus, una barrera del idioma con personas que no hablan inglés es una preocupación para las organizaciones comunitarias que sirven a esas poblaciones. | Por: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
As the city of Philadelphia works to inform the public about coronavirus developments, a language barrier with non-English speakers is a concern for community organizations that serve those populations. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Comcast Spectacor will continue to pay its employees at the Wells Fargo Center ticket takers, cleaners, and security guards, for Philadelphia Flyers, 76ers, and Wings games that were postponed this month, but Aramark employees are less certain. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
As the coronavirus expands in the Philadelphia area, there is growing concern that low-income residents and people in poverty may suffer disproportionately — directly, by getting sick, and indirectly, through disruptions to their work lives. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
In changes announced Wednesday, riders using the SEPTA Key, the authority’s smart fare card, would pay $2.50 for a single ride, up from the now-discounted $2. The first transfer would be free for Key users — though not for cash riders — to make travel more efficient and cost-effective for low-income riders. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
As local government officials scramble to devise strategies to support workers in the poorest big city in the country, hourly workers have been plunged into uncertainty, left waiting to see if they’ll be called back in. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Councilmember Helen Gym wants Philadelphia to consider a moratorium on evictions, foreclosures, residential tax liens, and utility cut-offs in the event of a major coronavirus outbreak. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
The city’s Office of Innovation and Technology awarded its 2019 grants to organizations using tech get hard-to-reach Philadelphians to fill out the online questionnaire. | From: Technical.ly (Read more.)
As Philadelphia ramps up awareness campaigns for the Census, two nonprofits are collaborating on the story of a Census Champion’s struggle to explain the importance of the census to undercounted communities. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Has the city done all it can for queer youth amid the Supreme Court’s decision to hear vital Philadelphia-based LGBTQ+ civil rights case? | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
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