Women's Way
‘I sought out my own education’: Taina empowered herself through financial literacy
Taina talks about why financial literacy is essential to empowerment. (Read more.)
Month: July 2021
Women's Way
‘I’m calling you out’: Devon wants to change the narrative surrounding poverty
Learn how Devon works towards changing the discourse around poverty. (Read more.)
Community and Family
How Mister Softee Revolutionized the World of Ice Cream
Sixty-five years ago, two sons of immigrants burst from a West Philly garage and revolutionized the ice-cream business. The city has changed. Mister Softee hasn’t — and that’s a good thing. | From Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
Education
LaunchCode comes to Philly to help build our city’s tech talent pipeline
The St. Louis-based nonprofit LaunchCode has recently come to Philly to fuel our tech talent pipeline, with training and job placement that support marginalized candidates. | From The Citizen (Read more.)
Health
CAPABLE: National Program aimed to help seniors live longer and more independently expands to Philly
The CAPABLE program will be expanding to the Philadelphia region, thanks to a critical new partnership.
On July 7, it was announced that Heart Home Healthcare Services (“HFTH”) has partnered with The Hairston Foundation for Social Justice to help Philadelphia region seniors age safely in their homes.
The CAPABLE program, which stands for “Community Aging in Place – Advancing Better Living for Elders” was launched more than a decade ago by nurses at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and implemented locally by HFTH. | From AL DÍA (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Color Me Back: The program using art to brighten public spaces in Philly
Philadelphia’s art scene is one of the most prominent in the country. One nonprofit organization coloring the city and changing lives in the process is Color Me Back, which is bringing local, struggling artists the opportunity to create murals at SEPTA stations and other areas in Philly.
The program was initially founded in April 2019 as a 28-week starting project. However, Color Me Back became a major hit, and has built a strong following since. | From AL DÍA (Read more.)
Education
Créditos fiscales para padres con hijos universitarios
El crédito fiscal por hijos te proporcionaría un pago de hasta $500 por cada hijo que esté en la universidad. | From Telemundo 62 (Read more.)
Health
FABSCRAP is coming to Philly to tackle fashion’s waste problem at the source
The New York City based nonprofit FABSCRAP is working to offset the waste created by the fashion industry by recycling pre-consumer textiles such as unfinished samples, cuttings, and deadstock material, then making them accessible to local creatives for reuse. | From Green Philly (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Philadelphia woman directing $100k in grant funding dedicated to boosting Black biz
Helping Black-owned social enterprises thrive is Chelsey Lowe’s passion.
Lowe is one of two people running the Well City Challenge, a citywide quest to develop new ventures that boost the health of millennial Philadelphians, which studies show is generally worse than generations before them.
Raised in Pittsburgh, Lowe said she’s realized how her childhood surrounded by Black, community-based entrepreneurship helps guide the work she does today. | From Billy Penn (Read more.)
Education
Pennsylvania Act 66 will allow students to repeat a grade after pandemic learning loss
Every student in Pennsylvania is eligible to repeat a grade to make up for COVID-19 learning losses, but families who want to exercise that right have to move quickly. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)