City residents from low- and moderate-income families who attend full time and who graduated from a Philadelphia high school — public, private, cyber, or home school — would be eligible for the scholarships. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Philly athletes Dajah Horsey and Malika Douglas show how athletics help girls fight back against food insecurity. | From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Increasing numbers of catchment families are enrolling in their local District schools in this section of Northwest Philly. | From: The Notebook (Read more.)
La Salle University hosted a poverty simulation with the goal of teaching students to be sensitive as graduated professionals to those grappling with the realities of being impoverished and how to better meet their needs. | From: Philadelphia Weekly (Read more.)
Paolo Narciso, vice president of AARP Foundation Impact Areas, and Meredith Ponder Whitmire, policy director for the Defeat Malnutrition Today coalition, join host Charles Ellison to discuss food insecurity among seniors. | From: EcoWURD Foodlab (Read more.)
City work-to-college pipeline helps helps young adults hold down restaurant jobs while also attending college. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
CEO at the Alliance for Aging Research Susan Peschin, Nutrition Manager at the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging Amy Goldstein, and the executive director at Caring for Friends, Jeanette Fournier, discuss seniors experiencing food insecurity. | From: EcoWURD Foodlab (Read more.)
Director of the Health Department’s Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention division Dr. Cheryl Bettigole, and Donna Leuchten Nuccio, Senior Director at the Reinvestment Fund, discuss the recently announced Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative. | From: EcoWURD Foodlab (Read more.)
Time-banking, a community-centered model of sharing skills and connecting neighbors of all income levels and abilities, is taking root in Philly. | From: CityWideStories (Read more.)
The media giant gave out $1 million for digital literacy workshops in Philly last year. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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