Pennsylvania nonprofits geared towards immigrant rights are imitating California with an immigrant fund of their own. The PA Immigrant Relief Fund started with a $500,000 gift from the Douty Foundation of Philadelphia and now features more than 40 organizations from across the state pooling donations towards the effort. | From: AL DíA (Read more.)
Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art have filed a petition with management with the intent to form a labor union. Organizers claim the petition was filed by a majority of eligible employees across many departments. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Under the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Pennsylvania is distributing more than $300 million in SNAP benefits to families whose children are eligible for free lunch. Because all Philadelphia public school students receive free lunch at school, this means all families are eligible to receive an extra $365 in pandemic aid — even those that are financially secure. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
As Philadelphia prepares for the June 2 primary amid the coronavirus pandemic, neighborhoods with low-income residents and communities of color are requesting absentee ballots at rates that far lag other parts of the city. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Two Pennsylvania congresspeople have introduced the Giving Retailers and Our Convenience Employees Relief Act, or GROCER Act. The bill would establish a four-month federal tax holiday for grocery and convenience store workers who make less than $75,000 annually. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
After voting to strike during the coronavirus pandemic, when they were needed the most, nursing home workers at South Philadelphia’s St. Monica’s emerged with a contract that union leaders say is “night and day” compared to their previous contracts. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Through Proyecto Tamal, Caballero helps a different out-of-work cook every Friday to whip up around 400 tamales in a kitchen at Craft Hall. The tamales are then sold through Proyecto Tamal’s website the following Sunday, and all proceeds go to that week’s cook and their family. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
Uno de los programas que se están recortando junto con toda la Oficina de Artes, Cultura y Economía Creativa es el Fondo Cultural de Filadelfia, que repartió aproximadamente 3 millones de dólares en fondos para un récord de 349 organizaciones en 2019. El perdido de estos fondos va a poner varias organiziaciones en lugar difícil. | Por: AL DÍA (Read more.)
One of the programs being cut along with the entire Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy is the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, which dished approximately $3 million in funding to a record 349 organizations in 2019. The cut in funding puts many arts organizations in a hard place. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
A partnership between Center City District and Philly’s Mural Arts Program — which despite concerns over looming budget cuts to arts funding and the city’s arts office — is finding ways to get artists work, and to get them paid. Twenty eight pieces have been installed in Center City so far. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
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