The school district confirmed to Chalkbeat that it would advocate for early-grade teachers to get vaccine priority. Prekindergarten to second grade teachers are slated to return to school buildings on Monday. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
In a review of residential eviction filings from 2018 through 2019, the annual filing rate for Black Philadelphia renters was nearly 9%, while the rate for white Philadelphia renters was about 3%. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Misinformation and language barriers prevent many in Chinatown from applying for unemployment compensation or rental assistance. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
As local health leaders work to open more mass coronavirus vaccination centers for the public this month, some independent pharmacies are speaking out, saying they’ve been ready to serve in the region’s rollout plan but are being left behind. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
14 Philadelphia-based companies scored a perfect rating in Human Rights Campaign’s annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The index rates companies on criteria including nondiscrimination policies, corporate social responsibility, and inclusive employee benefits and culture.
Instead, she partnered with the Bok building, renting out their now-empty event space and creating Kampar Kitchen, her new concept that serves as a kind of chef incubator and ghost kitchen. The vision is so (Read more.)
For households nationally that subscribe to the program, internet speed will double from 25 megabits per second (mbps) to 50. Costs will remain the same at $10 a month.
By Eugene Sonn, of Resolve Philly Month after month, we hear report after report about how one of the more painful parts of losing a loved one to COVID is not having the chance to (Read more.)
We know that nothing can make up for that. But we also believe that keeping those final thoughts and sentiments bottled up can be an additional hardship. So we are offering anyone who couldn’t have that in-person goodbye a chance to share what you would have said if you’d had been able to be by their side. We call this effort: With Love: Messages to those lost to COVID | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Pennsylvania will reopen its health insurance marketplace, dubbed Pennie, for a special enrollment period Feb. 15 through May 15 to allow people affected by the coronavirus pandemic to select a new plan. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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