Ninth graders at Philadelphia’s Martin Luther King High School are beginning their high school careers with a set of teachers who look like them. That’s something Principal Keisha Wilkins thinks will give the students a boost as they prepare for the future. | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)
Temple’s lot is one of 2,100 remaining across the city that have U.S. Bank liens on them, according to advocates who have canvassed the city. Owned by the private bank, rather than the city, these lots are at risk of being sold at Sheriff sales and turned over to developers — which community members say is detrimental to the quality of life of lower-income communities of color by depriving them of green space and accelerating gentrification. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Kensington Corridor Trust, whose mission is to maintain affordability and culture around Kensington Avenue, is forming a new group of stakeholders who will determine how its properties are rented. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Zi Aronow, who has been organizing the Feminist Flea Market and Craft Fair via the production company House Cat since 2018, has created temporary space to drive business to local artists and makers, many of whom are queer and/or BIPOC. In order to create a more permanent space to keep that momentum going, Aronow has opened a physical location to sell the work of many of those artists. The shop Baby Tooth launched in the Bok building on September 9. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Philadelphia’s building trades offer a rare opportunity: A stable career offering good pay and benefits, with no need for a college degree. But Black people, people of color, and women have been kept out of these unions for hundreds of years. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Because Black teachers are critical for the success of Black students, we need to work even harder to recruit and retain them, says urban educator and writer Rann Miller, who followed his own alternate route to teaching. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)
A new public art project is shining a light on the people who keep South Philadelphia’s iconic Italian Market thriving. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The Pathways to Housing PA program helped furnish nearly 1,400 households last year for free. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
A one-year-old Mural Arts’ program works to reduce recidivism for Philly women by looking inward to succeed on the outside. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
The park is part of the city’s Rebuild project, which intends to refurbish 72 of the city’s 400 parks, playgrounds, libraries, and recreation centers, with a focus on neighborhoods heavily impacted by gun violence. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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