Since spring of 2021, members of ACT UP Philly have been staging regular, peaceful actions outside of one of Mayor Kenney’s condos in Old City, demanding that more funding be allocated toward permanent, safe, affordable housing for residents experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Rev. Michelle Anne Simmons is the CEO of Why Not Prosper, a nonprofit in Philadelphia that provides transitional housing for formerly incarcerated women. She was desperate when the heater broke in one of their housing locations and ten women were left in the cold Philly winter in early 2019. | From: Next City (Read more.)
After two shooting deaths near the Temple University campus in the last three weeks, a group of students, parents, and community members rallied on Monday to call on the city to beef up security at the school. But at a forum hours later, some students questioned whether overpolicing would damage Temple’s relationship with the surrounding neighborhoods. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
There are currently no state or federal government benefits mitigating diaper need, and diapers are tax exempt in only eight states. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is the only cash assistance program that allows families to buy diapers, however, only 23 percent of families living in poverty receive TANF funding. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
The men make between 19 and 51 cents an hour working a range of jobs — some in the prison infirmary, the library, or food service; two of them work for the Mural Arts program. At those wages, that means it took the men thousands of working hours combined to come up with the cash. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Twice a week, the truck, painted in soothing pastel colors, travels through Philadelphia neighborhoods dispensing free toiletries — and a dose of kindness. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Philadelphia area businesses owned by people of color and women were more likely to report losing revenue in the coronavirus pandemic, and less likely to get federal aid they applied for when compared to white-owned or men-owned businesses, according to a new analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
According to the Billy Penn analysis of data from January 2015 through October 2021, gun violence in some wards in Southwest Philadelphia and parts of North Philadelphia around Kensington is starting to drop to pre-pandemic levels. But in other wards in areas with a much shorter history of gun violence, shootings are increasing. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Women are more likely than men to stay home when their kids’ school or day care closes, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. It also found women left their jobs in droves because of pandemic safety concerns. On the whole, women’s workforce participation is the lowest it’s been in 33 years, according to the National Women’s Law Center. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, eight schools in the Philadelphia school district have closed temporarily because of positive cases. The closures come amid an outcry over the recent death of an unvaccinated student at Olney Charter High School and data showing only about 21% of eligible children in Philadelphia have received the vaccine. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
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