To increase access to housing services for patients of FIGHT’s Y-HEP Adolescent and Young Adult Health Center, the HIV-prevention group has teamed up with social services organization Valley Youth House. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health implemented an initiative with food projects across the city to connect each neighborhood with healthy options. | From: NBC 10 Telemundo (Read more.)
As an educator and scholar-activist, Joshua Sbicca, an assistant sociology professor at the Colorado State University, has worked with grassroots initiatives to advance food system change throughout the United States. | From: WURD (Read more.)
Katie McCrea, the Outreach Associate for the Common Market’s Mid-Atlantic Team, talks about the organization’s mission to eliminate food insecurity in Philadelphia and other areas. | From: EcoWURD (Read more.)
QSPACES, which will be available for iOS and Android, will allow users to sift through providers by category or medical specialty, and leave ratings and reviews regarding doctors’ competency around LGBTQ health concerns, like hormone therapy, proper pronoun usage and fertility treatments. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
Jacqueline Patterson, the director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, and Adrienne Hollis, the lead climate justice analyst for the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, discuss the intersection of climate change and food security. | From: EcoWURD (Read more.)
Dr. Jamila Taylor is the Health Care Reform Director and a Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation. Tianna Gaines-Turner is an advocate, a wife, and a mother of four who uses her voice to speak out and is a member of witnesses to hunger. | From: ecoWURD (Read more.)
Bartram’s Gardens Sankofa Community Farm Chris Bolden Newsome & culinary expert Michael Twitty discuss the legacy of Black food and culinary expertise, how it reconciles the history of slavery, and how to achieve “food sovereignty.” | From: ecoWURD (Read more.)
Can the water department convince Philadelphians that what comes out of their sinks is safe, and convenient? A year-long project is trying to do just that. | From: The Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
WURD launches its next initiative Foodlab, which adjusts the narrative on food insecurity and elevates solutions for people experiencing it. | From: ecoWURD (Read more.)
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