June 2022 – Page 4 – Broke in Philly

New digital mental health tool is now available to LGBTQ youth

June 7, 2022

When it comes to the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth, resources are not always abundant in places like schools or community centers. That’s where the free, research-based digital mental health tool imi (pronounced eye-me) comes in. Imi was created to help queer and trans youth explore and affirm their identity and engage in practical techniques that increase methods of coping with stress related to sexual orientation and gender. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)

Affording housing to replace North Philly nuisance motel

June 7, 2022

On Wednesday, nonprofit North10 Philadelphia will break ground on Be A Gem Crossing, an approximately $20 million affordable housing project that will stand where the nuisance motel once stood. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)

Stronger Every Day

June 7, 2022

The road to recovery from gunshot injuries can last years. Listen to how Tashawn Strother has helped her son Walter Willis make tremendous progress. | From: Kouvenda Media (Read more.)

This little known Philadelphia nonprofit loans small businesses money even after banks reject them

June 6, 2022

The PIDC is an independent, nonprofit organization co-founded by The City of Philadelphia and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce that provides financing to Philadelphia businesses using money from the city and other public and private sources. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)

How to eliminate racial disparities made worse by Covid-19

June 6, 2022

Akron and Cincinnati, Ohio and Philadelphia are using the purchase of land, housing and commercial properties as a means of countering the rise in parasitic capital as well as setting the stage for scaled homeownership and corridor initiatives. These efforts follow the maxim of Della Clark, president of The Enterprise Center in Philadelphia: “If you don’t have site control, you just have an opinion.” Significantly, new ideas around community equity corporations, districts and shares are emerging that, if structured and implemented well, could enable residents to benefit from economic revitalization of their communities. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)

West Philadelphia garden fights development as Land Bank mulls changes

June 6, 2022

A new Philadelphia program designated a 19-year-old community garden that memorializes children lost to gun violence as “vacant” land to be turned into new housing, leaving a horticulture nonprofit and the residents working with them baffled and frustrated. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)

National study to investigate gun violence causes in Philly

June 6, 2022

Philadelphia is one of five major cities receiving national funding to study the factors driving youth gun violence. The research model involves hiring people with lived experience to ask questions in their own neighborhoods. | From: WHYY (Read more.)

Philadelphia’s free preschool program plans expansion

June 3, 2022

Philadelphia’s free preschool program doesn’t offer the 6,500 seats city leaders envisioned when it launched more than five years ago, but a modest expansion planned for the coming school year could bring the number to 4,300. | From: Chalkbeat (Read more.)

Project 440 transforms high school musicians into community leaders

June 2, 2022

Project 440, founded by a Philadelphia Orchestra bassist, transforms high school musicians into community-minded entrepreneurs. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)

Philly libraries are understaffed, workers are calling for change

June 2, 2022

Philadelphia’s libraries and recreational centers have been short-staffed for years, but workers say the problem worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, they want the city to allocate funding to keep facilities open in the evenings and on the weekends. | From: WHYY (Read more.)