https://www.funtimesmagazine.com/2020/06/03/322476/remembering-mr-clifton-lowery-covid-19-an-honorable-legacy-a-preventable-death-and-precautions
https://www.funtimesmagazine.com/2020/08/08/324061/the-real-deal-entrepreneur-extraordinare-alleta-paris-olday-on-surviving-covid-19
Alleta Paris-Olday is the real deal. She operates in almost any sector of entrepreneurship one may think of. She is the CEO of ‘Footprints to Financial Success,’ founder of ‘The Pennsylvania Women’s Empowerment Initiative,’ CEO of ‘A Blissful Beginning’ travel agency, a certified wedding consultant, partner at Agyei Business Services, Co-founder of AMPlifiers, an asset building and wealth management company, and more. In addition to these roles, this strong, multifaceted, resilient woman is a COVID-19 survivor. | From: Fun Times (Read more.)
In the first six months of 2020, Philadelphia workers have filed roughly the same number of complaints with the city’s labor enforcement office as they did in all of 2019, according to a newly released city report. These complaints are allegations that employers have broken one of the city’s six labor laws. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
The $600 per week that kept many jobless Americans afloat officially expired Friday. With the Trump administration and Congress deadlocked over whether to extend it, untold millions of Americans may be at risk of falling behind on bills, going hungry, even losing their homes. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
About three million people in Pennsylvania got the unemployment checks, which have helped tide a lot of people over during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the deepening economic fallout. The last $600 payments in Pennsylvania and New Jersey went out last week. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Comcast, the city and several foundations are supporting the effort to connect households with children in Philly’s public, charter and Independence Mission Catholic schools. The initial focus will be on households with K-12 students and no internet access or only mobile phone access, or on people who are homeless and housing insecure. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
To their establishments, servers are essential workers who fuel Philly’s food scene. But they aren’t getting compensated for their essential work during the pandemic. So, they’re organizing to fight for fairer pay. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
Although COVID-19 has put a spotlight on housing inequality, our city had serious housing issues long before the pandemic hit. Now is the time for organizations in the public and private sector to help address this crisis and specifically work towards rectifying the wrongs to Black, brown, Latinx, and communities of color. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
Terrill Haigler wants to help solve the problem city sanitation workers are facing, with a lack of proper PPE, by raising money for more gear during the pandemic and trash collection issues currently pressing the city. | From: Plan Philly (Read more.)
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