En medio de la pandemia de coronavirus, la ayuda mutua ha crecido mientras los vecinos dependen unos de otros para ayudar con la comida. | Para: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Philadelphia is now taking notes from New York’s experiment in mutual aid as several fridges have been set up to provide nutrition for the community. They all share the same objectives: to reduce waste, to make fresh and healthy food more accessible, and to create a more equitable city. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Southwest Philadelphia residents continue to struggle with the expenses of cleaning up from a natural disaster worsened by city planning mistakes of the past. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
The Education Culture Opportunities (ECO) Foundation was founded in 2018, and after two years of helping students at schools and in their neighborhoods, the nonprofit cut the ribbon on its first home base in West Philadelphia on Sunday. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
For many business owners surveying the damage Wednesday, the storm Isaias was simply the latest in a string of events to have rocked their enterprise: first the pandemic, then the property damage following the killing of George Floyd, and now this. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Outreach workers, who were already canvassing around the clock in intense summer heat, received another in a long series of blows this week when the U.S. Census Bureau announced it would end all counting efforts by Sept. 30. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Child care providers say new state reimbursement rules scheduled to start in September will devastate the industry, forcing many to close and leaving parents without options as more go back to work. | From: The Notebook (Read more.)
The recent boost in funding is impactful, yes, but without systemic change, it’s not enough. Because Black-led, Black-serving nonprofits have long faced unjust barriers to accessing to funding. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
According to Kerri Hartnett, Prevention Point Philadelphia’s drop-in coordinator, starting in March, she began hearing of people being scammed out of unemployment money and stimulus checks in Kensington. For many experiencing homelessness, it’s difficult to secure these needed benefits. | From: Kensington Voice (Read more.)
The digital divide is one thing, but socioeconomic pressures highlighted and intensified by the pandemic are creating new hurdles for the most marginalized students.| From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
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