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.)
Clearing titles helps prevent homes from being stolen and keeps them in the family. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Co-founded and led by Tatyana Woodard and Bishop Romaine Gibbs, Ark of Safety LGBTQ+ Safe Haven will provide a variety of resources and support services, including a weekly nighttime drop-in for people to come and get a hot meal and a shower, emergency shelter services, and, thanks to a grant from Homeless Assistance Fund Incorporated (HAFI), a two-year rapid rehousing program specifically for trans individuals of color. | From: Philadelphia Gay News (Read more.)
To help build that skilled workforce, the Wistar Institute, the University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, and partners have launched a new biomedical technician training program. | From: The Inquirer (Read more.)
Philly resident Tatyana Woodard is opening a shelter for LGBTQ people because she knows how much it would have helped her, decades ago. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
More than a week after the City of Philadelphia announced it would receive another 3,500 vials of monkeypox vaccine, city health officials said it would give up to $375,000 in grants to groups that could help increase the equitable distribution of the vaccines to residents. | From: NBC10/Telemundo62 (Read more.)
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