King is one of many Philadelphia teens who have had their first work experience turn sour as the program that funds their summer work, WorkReady, has struggled to pay youths they’ve vowed to support. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The school supplies giveaway at Izlas Latin Cuisine in West Kensington began at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Less than 30 minutes later, one woman estimated she’d already given backpacks — stuffed with crayons, pencils, folders and notebooks — to 50 people. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
By now, most of us know what a community fridge is: a freestanding refrigerator stocked with food that anyone can take, anytime, no questions asked. Nowadays, Philly has a whole network of them. But at the start of the pandemic, as New Yorkers and Los Angelenos started installing them, Germantown was community fridge-less. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Philadelphia school district officials announced Tuesday they will resume using state standardized test scores as a criterion for admission to the city’s most selective high schools for the class that will start ninth grade in September 2023, but the acceptable minimum scores are being reevaluated, they said. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
But, after completing a free nine-week training program offered by Drexel University, the 20-year-old West Philadelphia resident felt more equipped to deal with those challenging situations. | From: Metro Philly (Read more.)
This is Corners to Connections, a violence interruption initiative based out of North Philadelphia’s Taylor Memorial Baptist Church. Rev. G. Lamar Stewart, senior pastor at the church and founder of the operation, huddled his volunteers and split them into two teams. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The University City Townhomes saga could be a sign of things to come. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
A new tool from the nonprofit Philadelphia Bail Fund aims to highlight the patterns that exist in Philly’s cash bail system, furthering public knowledge of how bail works — and how it disproportionately affects underserved communities. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Morris wanted a different experience for her second pregnancy. She wanted to hire a Black doula to help her birth naturally, while teaching herself to feel empowered, as a Black woman, about her body and resiliency. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Finding child care can be filled with headaches. Philly parents offer their tips, plus additional tips for finding financial assistance and more. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
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