Federal guidance supports employers’ right to require the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees who physically enter the workplace, allowing for religious and medical exemptions when possible. But implementing vaccine mandates can be a tough decision, said employers and employment attorneys, and a gray area remains. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Si estás pensando en comprar una casa en Filadelfia, piénsalo dos veces ya que los costos de viviendas en la ciudad continúan en ascenso. Los precios de una casa promedio de dispararon un 12.4% en Filadelfia durante el 2020. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
To alleviate the costs of gun violence, the city has allocated $155 million towards anti-violence spending. Most of these funds are going towards the Philly PEACE budget, which focuses on preventing gun violence by comprehensively targeting its root causes. | From: Love Now Media (Read more.)
El COVID-19 ha puesto en evidencia la brecha de salud que divide desde hace mucho tiempo las comunidades de nuestra ciudad, pero sus efectos van mucho más allá del virus. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
A local program has taught wealth-building skills to 1,500 students and the adults in their lives. Now, it’s growing—with the support of powerful local institutions—to take the poverty-fighting work nationwide. | From: The Citizen (Read more.)
In a first, City Council and Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration are forming a new committee to evaluate the effectiveness of anti-violence grant spending. Members of the Violence Prevention and Opportunity review committee will help decide how to allocate funding to grassroots organizations. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
At a press conference held at the Hawthorne recreation Center in Queen Village, council members, clergy, and advocates urged Mayor Jim Kenney to treat the problem of gun violence as a public health crisis. Seven council members are calling on Kenney to use at least $50 million of the city’s federal stimulus funds to significantly increase and coordinate programs for young people, so as to treat gun violence as an epidemic that demands an emergency response. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
At a Chalkbeat Philadelphia virtual event on June 9th, high school students had the opportunity to ask Superintendent William Hite about a range of topics: including summer learning, vaccine requirements, antiracism and equity initiatives, and ongoing issues with building conditions throughout the district. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
In a meeting with the Board of Education on May 27th, Superintendent William Hite explained how embedded racist practices in schools are holding back Black and Latino students. Accordingly, Hite outlined his administration’s plans to develop an “equity lens” to better ensure that educational systems and policies are actively anti-racist. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
The Columbia North YMCA on North Broad Street is now sheltering The Best Buy Teen Tech Center, a space that will empower Philadelphia youth by providing tech access and improving tech equity in the community. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
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