Men Who Care began life as a neighborhood cleanup initiative in 2011. Now the group facilitates anti-violence programs, runs virtual learning pods for students during COVID, and holds a weekly food pantry, among many other initiatives. | From: Generocity (Read more.)
Tree House Books’ philosophy is straightforward: Books in children’s homes is a measure of future success. Since 2005, the nonprofit has made it its mission to support a new generation of readers and writers in North Philadelphia through literacy programs and book giveaways. They distributed more than 80,000 books in 2019. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
The new position, which is the subject of a scheduled Thursday virtual hearing, would have broad powers to investigate complaints on behalf of children and families in group and congregate care facilities.
Advocates, however, are girding themselves for a fight. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
Philibros installed its first community-based library last week at Taquitos de Puebla Restaurant in the Ninth Street Market. Still coming are more than 15 wooden libraries on track for arrival to various Mexican-owned business locations throughout South Philly. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
Wolf is calling for a $1.35 billion increase to the state’s main pot of K-12 education funding. The increase would allow him to redistribute the entire basic education subsidy through a formula based on school and student needs without negatively affecting any school district in the state. Currently, only 11% of Pennsylvania’s $6.8 billion basic education subsidy is distributed via that formula. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Mount Airy Groceries has grown into a storefront operation from a couple that used to provide groceries to just their neighbors and friends. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Terrill Haigler, aka @YaFavTrashman, says Philadelphians don’t have to wait for him to organize a cleanup for them to take action in their community—they can coordinate one themselves. Here’s his advice on how to make (Read more.)
A collaboration between several local organizations has distributed more than $15 million in affordable loans to the Latinx community in North Philly—and it’s just getting started. | From: Philadelphia Citizen (Read more.)
After four years providing an arts sanctuary in a neighborhood battling opioid use and homelessness, the Kensington Storefront has closed its doors for good. Mural Arts, which ran the center in partnership with the city, attributed the shutdown to “a perfect storm of zoning restrictions and COVID.” Though virtual programming will continue, and a search for a replacement space is underway, the loss is causing grief among the community, which had come to depend on it as a beacon of hope. From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
How do shootings relate to employment, education, income and age — and what’s the financial toll on the hospital system and the community? | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)
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